Large audience for meeting on drug policy
Reforming the Island's drug policy was the focus of a meeting by the Positive Action Group in Douglas last night.
Around 90 members of the public heard a talk by Jane Slater, from the UK pressure group TRANSFORM.
Ms Slater says it's not a case of simply relaxing the law on drugs:
Port St Mary man Ray Lakeman lost his sons Jacques and Torin to a drug overdose in 2014.
He says it's time for a practical approach to drug use.
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