Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group

The Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group (CDPRG) is a policy forum promoting evidence-based assessment of drugs policy and its implications. Our overall aim is to enable authoritative and informed consideration of reform that could reduce the public harm caused by drugs as well as enabling the potential benefits for patients from medicines whose potential is prevented or reduced by the current legal and regulatory framework. Our immediate priority will be looking at the potential public health benefits in respect of medicine from cannabis – where global policy has put our understanding half a century behind – and opportunities to increase safe access to it for patients. The focus of our work is informing Government policymakers and policy influencers on the centre-right of British politics. There is no formal affiliation with the Conservative Party and we believe in working both cross-party and with the full range of organisations operating within this space. The CDPRG has no specific policy ambitions, other than removing obstacles to access cannabis-based medicines for patients with strong clinical indications, but we will encourage widespread Parliamentary support for an independent evidence-based review of current drug policy. We are determined to only proceed on the basis of evidence and are proud to have secured an honorary Policy Advisory Council of the highest reputation who will help us to achieve this balance. Our policy advisory councillors are world leaders in their fields, representing healthcare and medicine, law and law enforcement, business and economics, ethics and human rights, politics and policy analysis.
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