When teenager Sophie smoked a legal brand of synthetic cannabis she expected to get high. But it turned out to be a nasty experience that the sellers and websites promoting the brand refused to acknowledge A noxious business (PDF)
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Druglink article 2013 – Stop and think by Geoff Monaghan
The recently published report by Release/London School of Economics on the ethnic disparities in drug law policing has brought the controversy back into the limelight. But, argues Geoff Monaghan, the issue of stop and search is not black and white – but fifty shades…
Druglink news item 2013 – Streets legal by Max Daly
Potent ‘legal highs’ are being sold to young people in petrol stations, fish and chip shops and even pet shops, a Druglink investigation has found. Streets legal (PDF)
Druglink interview 2014 – Steve Rolles by Harry Shapiro
Transform have just published a new book setting out a public health approach to constructing a legal, regulated market for cannabis. Harry Shapiro spoke to Transform’s Senior Policy Analyst Steve Rolles Interview: Steve Rolles (PDF)
Druglink article 1999 – The people on drugs: British attitudes to drug laws and policy by Russell Newcombe
How do people in Britain feel about drug policy? There have been no large-scale surveys to find out, but a review of smaller ones is revealing. The people on drugs: British attitudes to drug laws and policy (PDF)
Druglink article 2014 – Emerald experiment by Tim Bingham
Bold new laws introduced in Ireland to tackle legal highs and NPS dramatically cut the number of head shops. But the country’s drug users merely switched substances or modes of supply. Tim Bingham reports. Internationally, there has been a lot of interest in…
Druglink article 2014 – Wrong arm of the law by Jessica Magson
The evidence from abroad, especially Portugal, suggests that scaling back on criminalising drug users in the UK could be a smart move, says Jessica Magson Despite major advances in drug treatment support over the past 20 years, punitive approaches to tackling illicit drug use remain…
Druglink interview 2014 – John Collins by Harry Shapiro
John Collins coordinates the international drug policy project at LSE IDEAS. He is the editor of the latest report to call for an end to the drugs war, but the analysis from this expert group of economists points to a more realistic, incremental approach than sweeping…
Druglink article 1999 – A drug-free Europe? Sweden on the offensive by Dr Arthur Gould
Remember when Sweden had the reputation for being ‘free and easy’, a model of liberalism, or even (some might say) licentiousness? Not any more. As the cold winds of economic troubles whipped through the country, so a new crusading consensus…
Druglink article 2014 – Joint ventures by David Ader
As both the medical and recreational marijuana businesses in North America grow apace, David Ader explores the pot at the end of the rainbow. With Colorado and Washington’s experiments with recreational cannabis legalisation filling acres of newspaper space, the continued rapid development of the medical marijuana…