This year Addaction celebrates its 50th anniversary and to commemorate the event, they are holding a series of lectures, of which this, given by Professor David Nutt on why we should decriminalise personal possession of all drugs, is the first.…
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Druglink news item 2009 – Double Dutch by Eberhard Schatz
When a report into the effectiveness of UK drug policy held up the Netherlands as a shining example of the success of a zero tolerance approch, experts cross the North Sea were bemused. The author explains the reality of Dutch…
Druglink article 2009 – Collateral damage by Catherine Cook
The future of global drug policy will be shaped when governments meet in Vienna this month. Will anything be done to reduce the spiralling health harms around drug use? Catherine Cook analyses the human costs of the UN’s historic failure…
DrugScope annual lecture 2002 – The policy for the fight against drugs and drug addiction in Portugal: recent developments by Dr Vitalino Canas
In Portugal drugs and addiction are commonly identified in opinion polls as a great concern. Of course people have hazy opinions on the subject and often confuse aspects that are not strictly caused by addiction, such as petty crime. The…
Druglink article 2008 – Who is driving Tory drug policy? by Martin Barnes
Unless Tory leader David Cameron changes his views, he could be leading a government with a drug policy he does not believe in. Martin Barnes hunts for clues on what may happen in the drugs arena under Tory rule. Who…
Druglink article 2008 – The year is 2022 and drugs are legal… by Steve Rolles
While in many ways things look much like they did in 2007, in the drug policy world a quiet revolution has taken place. The monolith of absolute global drug prohibition has collapsed, being replaced with a series of different regulatory…
Druglink article 2007 – People power by Harry Shapiro
The government and the media seem convinced that the average Brit has a knee-jerk, conservative attitude to tackling problem drug use. But, says Harry Shapiro, whenever the public is asked, a different picture emerges. People power (PDF)
Druglink article 2005 – Liberal lines by Harry Shapiro
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy explains to Harry Shapiro that drug testing schoolkids is wrong, legalisation is not on the agenda and how Anne Widdecombe sparked a more mature drugs debate Liberal lines (PDF) Additional keywords: politics
Druglink article 2011 – Bar room brawl by Phil Mellows
Alcohol is a drug. It’s obvious, but it needs to be said. It’s a controversial statement. The drinks industry, of course, silently resists the definition because it fears for its privileged legal status.But it’s also a dangerous notion for the government, the state. If alcohol…
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…