Home Office targets drug drivers with tougher penalties

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Home Office targets drug drivers with tougher penalties

Drug drivers will have their licences seized as part of tougher proposed penalties.

Over the line: Document seizure could be options for drug offences

Date - 19th July 2022
By - Chris Smith

The Home Office has pledged to create tougher penalties to help tackle “the scourge of substance abuse in society”. A White Paper entitled ‘Swift, Certain, Tough. New Consequences for Drug Possession’, wants to escalate...

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