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Fri 03 Mar 2007Flexible approach to UK's drug laws urgedBritain's drugs laws are driven by "moral panic" and should be replaced by a more flexible approach which recognises that most drug-users harm neither themselves nor those around them, according to a two-year study published in London yesterday.Drug use should be treated as a health issue, not just as a matter for the police and courts, said a commission formed by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). It described the current Misuse of Drugs Act as "not fit for purpose" and said that it should be scrapped.