Drugs Laws Don't Work - the Drugs Laws on Trial

The Drugs Laws Don't Work season concludes by asking if the drugs laws deter use or fuel abuse? A huge proportion of the population is criminalised by these laws even though many people only take drugs recreationally.

Is harm reduction the best way to fight addiction or is using the full force of the criminal law the only answer? Jon Snow introduces an in-depth debate offering witnesses who support and oppose current policy an opportunity to address these charges.

A studio audience, representative of the voting public, will act as jury and vote for the side that swayed them at the end.