Editing Conservative Party (UK) (section)

==== Health and drug policy ====
In 1945 the Conservatives declared support for universal healthcare.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/con45.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919151718/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/con45.htm|archive-date=19 September 2011|title=British Conservative Party election manifesto, 1945|website=Politicsresources.net|date=22 October 2012}}</ref> They introduced the [[Health and Social Care Act 2012]], constituting the biggest reformation that the NHS has ever undertaken.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-24286582|title=50,000 march in NHS cuts protest in Manchester|newspaper=BBC News|date=29 September 2013|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217211230/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-24286582|archive-date=17 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Conservative Party supports [[drug prohibition]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Frymorgen |first= Tomasz |date= 6 June 2017 |title= Which political parties want to legalise weed? |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/59932bc9-7c7a-4e6a-95d4-31751419aaf8 |work= BBC |access-date= 22 November 2021 |archive-date= 22 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211122192325/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/59932bc9-7c7a-4e6a-95d4-31751419aaf8 |url-status= live }}</ref> Legalisation of [[Medical cannabis|cannabis for some medical uses]] is favoured by some Conservative politicians.<ref>Johnson, Boris (24 April 2008). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1902743/Boris-Johnson-Legalise-cannabis-for-pain-relief.html "Legalise cannabis for pain relief"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225194549/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1902743/Boris-Johnson-Legalise-cannabis-for-pain-relief.html |date=25 February 2018 }}. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London).</ref> The party has rejected both decriminalising drugs for personal use and the creation of [[Supervised injection site|safe consumption sites]].<ref>{{cite news |date= 7 September 2020 |title= 'Surprise and disappointment' at UK drug response |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54048122 |work= BBC News |access-date= 22 November 2021 |archive-date= 22 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211122195001/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54048122 |url-status= live }}</ref> In 2024 the Conservatives banned smoking for future generations, with an aim to make England smoke-free by 2030.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Curzon |first=Michael |date=2024-04-17 |title=British Conservatives Pushing Through "World's Toughest Smoking Ban" |url=https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/british-conservatives-pushing-through-worlds-toughest-smoking-ban/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=europeanconservative.com |language=en-US |archive-date=14 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614174010/https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/british-conservatives-pushing-through-worlds-toughest-smoking-ban/ |url-status=live }}</ref>