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…
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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 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)
Druglink interview 2012 – Bob Ainsworth by Jeremy Sare
In December 2010, former Defence Secretary and Drugs Minister, Bob Ainsworth, astonished party colleagues by declaring his support for a fundamental reform of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. In a Parliamentary debate, he advocated a regulated market. He said he felt that the…
Druglink news item 2001 – Portugal moves on law reform
The new Portuguese drugs law, which came into effect on 1st July 2001, removes the threat of prison for possession of small amounts of any drug. Portugal moves on law reform (PDF)
Druglink article 2001 – An eloquent silence: evidence for prohibition by Danny Kushlick
The government boasts of evidence-based policy making, yet there seems to be little evidence available to support the current policy of prohibiting drugs An eloquent silence: evidence for prohibition (PDF)
Druglink interview 2013 – Baroness Molly Meacher by Harry Shapiro
Events worldwide prompted Baroness Meacher to try to move the drug law reform debate on in the UK. Interview – Baroness Molly Meacher (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Head counting: two polls of public opinion by Geoffrey Pearson and Michael Shiner
Two MORI polls of public attitudes to drugs show that the British view may not be what policymakers and researchers imagine Head counting: two polls of public opinion (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)