In 2011, Sting joined more than 30 others in an open letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron for "immediate decriminalisation of drug possession" if a policy review showed it had failed. Sting was quoted: "Giving young people criminal records for minor drug possession serves little purpose — it is time to think of more imaginative ways of addressing drug use in our society." In August 2014, Sting was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to "The Guardian" expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to reject independence in September's referendum on that issue.