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UK drug advisers recommended decriminalising possession in 2016, leak reveals

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77% Informative

27 -page pro-decriminalisation report sent to the then home secretary by former chair of the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs highlighted serious concerns around criminalising drug use.

It is the only ACMD report not to have been published.

The Home Office fought a three-year battle to keep confidential after a freedom of information request.

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78

Informative language

76

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50

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

65

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

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short-lived

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