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“The increase in imprisonment of drug law offenders, and of people whose offending is associated with their drug use, has contributed to the current problem of severely overcrowded prisons. And the costs of such imprisonment, to individuals, families and the taxpayer, have increased substantially in the last decade.

Treatment has strong and growing evidence that it is effective in meeting the needs of people who wish to reduce the damage caused by their drug dependence. It appears to be highly cost-effective, largely through its impact on the criminality of patients”

From The Analysis of Drug policy

Also look at The Prison Reform Trust and Transform Drugs Policy Foundation

The Trussell Trust have calculated that “20,247,042 meals were given to people in food poverty in 2013/14 by the three main food aid providers. This is a 54 percent increase on 2012/13″.

It reported ”

‘There is no evidence to support the claim that increased food aid provision is driving demand. All available evidence, both in the UK and internationally, points in the opposite direction. Put simply, there is more need and informal food aid providers are trying to help”

Instead rising food cost, cuts to the welfare system, benefit sanctions, reduced working hours and low wages are to blame. There has been a record number of people in work who are using food banks.

Read the report at:

Click to access 6323_Below_the_Breadline_web.pdf