The determination of one person can still make a big difference

RECENTLY in this column, I wrote about the stupidity and futility of spending millions on a drug strategy that has failed so miserably elsewhere, not just over years, but over decades.

Afterwards I received an e-mail from Vincent J Lavery, who said that he had been campaigning for such change for the past 37 years.

I talked to Mr Lavery on the telephone and was impressed by his public spiritedness and his optimism. He is determined to do what he can to wake people up to the appalling futility of the current drug strategy.