Green leader Zack Polanski backs legalisation of all drugs

The leader of the Green Party says that he wants to legalize all drugs, calling for an approach “led by public health experts, not politicians”.

Addressing BBC South East before his party conference, Zack Polanski said he agreed with a green advisor to Kent, who called on this year the legalization of all drugs, including class A drugs such as heroin and crack.

Polanski said that “the war against drugs has absolutely failed and, in the end, we must have a public health approach”.

When he was asked for implications for the taxpayer, he replied: “Well, I think the voters must pay now for a crime that occurs, for the fact that people are in the illegal drugs, for the gangs we see through the county lines.

“All of this is a failure because, once again, for too long, the Prime Ministers have stuck their heads in their sand and said, if we make illegal drugs, everything will be fine.”

The Green Party of England and Wales gathers in Bournemouth for their first fall conference under a new management team which is also made up of assistant co-leaders Mothin Ali and Rachel Milloward, current deputy chief of the Wealden District Council.

The party has enjoyed growing success during the local council elections in some parts of Kent Sussex and Surrey in recent years, including in areas previously passed as Wealden, Reigate and Maidstone.

Modeling as an “ecos-populist” during the recent elections to management, Polanski was considered a more radical and left-wing approach.

His opponents argued that this could alienate the oldest voters of the most moderate conservative party who had turned to the party for questions such as the protection of green spaces against the construction of the house.

The chief rejected this idea when speech to BBC South East.

He said: “I think that the radical thing for people in the Southeast is the fact that their salary has not increased, but their bills have increased, the fact that they cannot obtain an NHS dentist appointment.

“The fact that this seems that there is no real future or opportunities for young people.

“So I don’t really think what I offer is radical. What I offer, I think that can appeal to almost everyone.”

Polanski remains clear that his party wants to “tax multimillionaries and billionaires” in order to create a more equitable company.

“It is a question of redistributing the excess of wealth that occurs through the Southeast and England and the country of Wales, and saying, let’s put this money back in our communities,” he said.

The chief discussed a myriad of other questions, including the defense and the general electoral prospects of the party.

When asked if the former conservative voters now with the Green Party would support its ambition for the United Kingdom to leave NATO, Polanski stressed that the United Kingdom needed “a different approach to the defense”.

He said: “What I’m talking about is to recognize that we cannot be in Donald Trump.

“What I want to do is have a conversation about what an alternative alliance with our European neighbors looks like.”

This would not “necessarily” mean spending more in defense, added Mr. Polanski.

Turning attention to the next general elections, the green chief previously said that he thought that his party can earn 30 to 40 seats.

Regarding the Southeast, he says that other seats in Brighton will be “the first on the list”, the party hoping to add to the Brighton pavilion which he has held since 2010.

Polanski said: “I think that the fact that Sian Berry has such an incredible success, in the Brighton pavilion shows that many seats suddenly come into play.

“This does not exclude other seats too.”