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How the UK election could affect the global war on drugs

• http://www.globalpost.com, Ioan Grillo

Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron is sometimes reminded he got caught smoking potwhen he was a student at Eton — the country's most elite private school — and was "gated" (grounded) for about a week. He now supports marijuana prohibition. 

Labour leader Ed Miliband says he was too "square" to take drugs, but has read a lot about them, also leading to a prohibitionist stance. Yet when it comes to debating the issue, he shows he maybe hasn't read enough.

During one recent televised debate, a young voter confronts and apparently schools Miliband over cannabis issues.

But this election is showing that British politics is no longer about two leaders. Many voters have abandoned the traditional parties for more radical alternatives, and the next government will likely be a coalition. 


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