VAT rise and the drugs continue to flow

From 17.5% to 20%, the price of all the goods and services we buy and consume has got just that bit more expensive.

According to Robert Peston of the BBC, this will raise £13bn. This is an interesting figure. According to Transform, ending the prohibition of drugs could save the economy £14bn a year. Every year. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/apr/07/drugs-policy-legalisation-report)

Yet a failed drug war continues and the drugs continue to flow around the UK. Shame we dont have a politics that is ready to realistically assess a failed policy and change it.