A drugs all of those they charge with property crimes like burglary and vehicle crime a well as robbery and class A drug offences. The results of these tests will then go forward to the court who must take them into account when deciding whether to grant bail or impose further testing as a condition of bail. And when it comes to sentencing of convicted offenders the courts will be able to attach a condition of testing to any form of community sentence or to impose a new Drug Abstinence Order as a sentence in itself. Those offenders who end up in prison will also be liable to testing when they are released on parole. In the fight against drugs we must mobilise all the forces at our disposal.
Government has to lead.
But it is not just up to government. I want to see the fight against drugs taken to every street corner, to every petty dealer terrorising an estate and to international action to track down and prosecute the drug pushers. It is hardly surprising that so many parents worry so much about whether their children are getting involved with drugs. What kind of world are we living in when we read only 10 days ago that a 12 year old boy had been found with 500 case in his pocket and convicted of selling heroin and crack cocaine to his friends. Across the country many brave and committed individuals are standing up to the dealers and making their communities a safer place.