public health

Since 2022, this revolutionary shift has led to dramatic changes in the law on abortion, religion, guns, affirmative action and the power of federal agencies to regulate in areas such as the environment, public health or student debt.

"The war on drugs has absolutely failed, and ultimately we need to be having a public health approach," Polanski said.

Polanski told BBC South East he wants to legalise all drugs, calling for an approach "led by public health experts, not politicians", following previous calls for legalisation by Kent Green councillor Stuart Jeffrey.

“The operator has demonstrated several public health and safety failures ... and the potential for this type of nuisance activity to occur in Harbor City and impact public safety should be taken into consideration,” McOsker wrote in the motion.

Greg Fell, president of the Association of Public Health Directors, said this move should not be seen as a "silver bullet", but said it was long overdue, arguing it should not have been delayed from 2022 in the first place.