Maryon Stewart could never have foreseen she would become embroiled in the future of British drug policy. And neither would she have chosen it. One Sunday lunchtime, in April 2009, she received a knock on the door. A police officer told her that her 21-year old daughter, Hester, had died…
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Druglink article 2011 – Order, order by Andrea Wren
Andrea Wren looks back at the history of alcohol regulation in England, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Order, order (PDF)
Druglink article 2011 – License to swill by Rebecca Lees
Cardiff’s binge-drinking culture has been the focus of a wave of unwelcome press attention recently. Rebecca Lees looks at the role the city’s licensing regulations are playing in the battle with cheap alcohol. License to swill (PDF) Additional keywords: Minimum unit price
Druglink article 2003 – Blunkett’s forward vision for drugs by Harry Shapiro
Home Secretary David Blunkett talks exclusively to Druglink about the revamped ‘tough love’ drug strategy – harm reduction on the ascendant and more people ‘sentenced’ to treatment Blunkett’s forward vision for drugs (PDF)
Druglink article 2002 – Legalisation: one way or no way by Neil McKeganey
Former cabinet minister Mo Mowlam has called for the legalisation of all drugs. But, says Neil McKeganey, the price of legalisation is not simply an issue for the UK government, bound as it is to various international treaties. And even if…
Druglink article 2012 – Strange bedfellows by Marcus Roberts
As Mark Twain’s mate and fellow writer Charles Warner observed, ‘politics makes for strange bedfellows’ – and none stranger than in the world of drug law reform. As Peter Hitchens and Kathy Gyngell lined up to give evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee…
Druglink news item 2012 – New drugs strain old law by Jeremy Sare
It isn’t just drug reform organisations that question whether the Misuse of Drug Act can cope with the flood of legal highs New drugs strain old law (PDF)
Druglink article 2012 – Time to end the ‘war on drugs’? by Marcus Roberts
The blanket use of ‘war on drugs’ does more to conceal than expose the worst abuses that are committed in its name internationally. Time to end the ‘war on drugs’? (PDF)
Druglink article 2002 – Policing cannabis reclassification – easy as A B C by Geoff Monaghan
In March 2000 the Independent Inquiry into the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 set up by the Police Foundation published its recommendations for legal reforms. The inquiry made 81 recommendations, 9 on cannabis. Policing cannabis reclassification – easy as A…
Druglink article 2012 – The year of living dangerously by Malcolm Dean
Politicians can usually rely on the press to back ‘tough on drugs’ stances. But not always The year of living dangerously (PDF)