A UK 'War On Drugs' Goes On (At Least On and In Papers)?

The UK government have announced its intention to produce a 'White paper' (a set of law change proposals) for a '10-year plan' to deal with drug abuse (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/dec/06/middle-class-drug-users-could-lose-uk-passports-under-boris-johnsons-plans). This is not an actual plan but allows eye-catching changes can be 'floated' for media attention. Suggestions include, removing passports and/or driving licences from 'middle-class, recreational' drug users. Another proposal is to give the police powers to call 'punters', listed on the seized mobiles of drug pushers. The claimed intention here, is to panic the former into changing their ways. Grandiose claims are also made about the amounts of money that might be thrown at a) dealing with 'County Line' movement of drugs by criminal gangs and b) the provision of treatment and addiction centres. There are also suggested increases in the penalties for drug-related offences. A number of addiction experts, whilst welcoming possible expansions of treatment centres, have pointed out that simply increasing legal penalties hasn't worked in the past. Many countries are not going down this route. This announcement, however, has all the hallmarks of a government, wanting to change the dialogue, after some really bad, self-generated publicity. None of the suggestions actually have to come to fruition or be paid for. The media can, however, fulminate about drugs rather than 'sleaze'. Let's hope, for the government's sake, we don't get a spate of stories about 'upper-class' ministers and MPs, being weekend users of recreational drugs? If so, I wonder if they will have their driving licences and passports removed?