Drug reform is the holy grail – but don’t expect answers at the G7 | Simon Jenkins

If Boris Johnson were to raise the issue with Joe Biden, the US president might reply that at least he is trying. Britain is not

Joe Biden is a fine one to lecture Boris Johnson on trade with his neighbours. Johnson could well retort: what about the US and Mexico? What about the $88bn Biden spends trying and failing to police his shambolic drugs trade with Latin America, and its related market in anarchy, refugees, gangsterism and death, not to mention the resulting US crime wave?

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