Ex-drugs policy director calls for legalisation | Politics | The Guardian

Ex-drugs policy director calls for legalisation | Politics | The Guardian:

He said that his views were widely held in the government but rarely expressed in public. 'I think what was truly depressing about my time in UKADCU was that the overwhelming majority of professionals I met, including those from the police, the health service, the government and voluntary sectors held the same view: the illegality of drugs causes far more problems for society and the individual than it solves. Yet publicly, all those intelligent, knowledgeable people were forced to repeat the nonsensical mantra that the government would be 'tough on drugs', even though they all knew the government's policy was actually causing harm.'

So, why is it, how is it, that all these people remain silent if they know better? Job security?