History GCSE
Drug crimes
What Drug crimes means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Drug crimes
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act classified drugs and made their possession and supply illegal.
Topics that use Drug crimes
- Option 10: c1900–present: Crime and punishment in modern Britain - 1 Nature and changing definitions of criminal activity (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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