Drugs swoops 'have little impact' / BBC.co.uk, 30 July 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7531860.stm

Drug dealers are "extremely resilient", the report says
Police are fighting a losing battle against drugs crime, with seizures having little impact on reducing supply or demand, research has suggested.

The UK Drug Policy Commission said despite the large sums of money spent tackling the problem, traditional police tactics were not working.

It said the £5.3bn British drugs market was too "fluid" for law enforcement agencies to cut supply.


Tackling Drug Markets and Distribution Networks (executive summary)

Tackling Drug Markets and Distribution Networks (full report) http://www.ukdpc.org.uk/resources/Drug_Markets_Full_Report.pdf