The Government's failure to curb demand or prevent supply costs the criminal justice system alone over £4bn a year.

In the more tranquil villages and smaller towns of Derbyshire, we may think we are safe from what is often seen as an inner city problem.
Not so, as the report highlights.

Not only is it easy for drug users to travel to dealers, it is as easy for dealers to travel to our home areas to seek out new markets and trap new users into their heartless trade.

We need a zero-tolerance approach to drugs, from our shores to our streets.

We need to introduce a dedicated Border Police Force to stem the flow of drugs into Britain.

We need to extend abstinence-based rehabilitation to help get addicts off drugs for good.

There is no easy answer and any solution will take years to have a major impact.

But we do need to start now.

This current Labour Government is losing the war on drugs – even worse it doesn't seem to really care.

Rupert Matthews
Conservative Prospective MEP Candidate
9 Prospect Court
Courteenhall Road
Blisworth
Northamptonshire