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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th November, 2017) A police chief has declared that his force will stop prosecuting all drug addicts, along with ‘low-level’ dealers of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The ipaper (16th July, 2017) The Home Office released its long-awaited new drugs strategy on Friday. Given that it was two years late, and given the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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