Alternattiva Demokratika said today that all drugs should be decriminalised in as far as users are concerned, while cannabis should be legalised.

Party spokesman Ralph Cassar told a press conference that rather than persecuting drug users, the country should help them. 

"We want a policy with a humane face," he said.  

He insisted that drug users needed medical and social help through a structure which included community workers and other social workers.   

He observed that the UN Global Commission on Drug Policy had proposed the decriminalisation of all drugs for personal use. Such a model had been successfully adopted in Portugal. 

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