{"id":3492,"date":"2022-06-03T15:11:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T14:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/?p=3492"},"modified":"2022-06-03T15:11:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T14:11:19","slug":"democracy-4-liberal-drug-laws-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/03\/democracy-4-liberal-drug-laws-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy 4 &#8211; Liberal Drug Laws? (UK)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"3493\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/03\/democracy-4-liberal-drug-laws-uk\/democracy-4-liberal-drug-laws-uk\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Democracy-4-Liberal-Drug-Laws-UK.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Democracy 4 &amp;#8211; Liberal Drug Laws? (UK)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Democracy-4-Liberal-Drug-Laws-UK-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Democracy-4-Liberal-Drug-Laws-UK-1024x576.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Democracy-4-Liberal-Drug-Laws-UK-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Democracy-4-Liberal-Drug-Laws-UK-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Democracy-4-Liberal-Drug-Laws-UK-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Democracy-4-Liberal-Drug-Laws-UK-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Democracy-4-Liberal-Drug-Laws-UK-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Democracy-4-Liberal-Drug-Laws-UK.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Following on from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/03\/democracy-4-term-5-wilderness-uk\/\">fifth term of office<\/a>(!?), we embark on a historic nowhere-outside-of-dictatorship sixth term.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liberals have often advocated for relaxed drug laws to help reduce crime and redefine it as a health issue rather than a criminal justice issue.  In our historic sixth term in Democracy 4 &#8211; Liberal Drug Laws we look to see what effect it has on the UK.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will crime really DECREASE?  What are the other effects?  Is this a potential new revenue stream through taxation?  Does legalisation improve health?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other countries have tried a variety of law changes and only time can tell for some of the effects but with electoral popularity at an all time high, is this simply a bridge too far or does the government retain the faith of the people?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch now below to find out in Democracy 4 &#8211; Liberal Drug Laws (UK)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QbX28vMuppM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from our fifth term of office(!?), we embark on a historic nowhere-outside-of-dictatorship sixth term. 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