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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Drug consumption rooms
Supervised injection facilities, safe consumption rooms, safe injection sites, fix rooms, safer injection facilities, drug consumption facilities, medically supervised injection centres Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) are places where illicit drugs can be taken under the supervision of trained staff, in a…
Druglink news item 2009 – Collision course by Harry Shapiro
The sensational sacking of Professor David Nutt seems to have come out of nowhere. But the science of drugs and politics have been heading for a showdown since 2001. Collision course (PDF)
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 – A Viennese waltz by Christopher Hallam
When UN member states met in Vienna in March to thrash out a united global policy on drugs, many observers were optimistic that at last public health would be hoisted up the agenda. But, as Christopher Hallam reports, the meeting…
Druglink article 2009 – A game of two houses by Claudia Rubin
The House of Commons is supposed to be the home of political debate. Except when it comes to drugs. Claudia Rubin on how the democratic vacuum of the House of Lords provides Parliament’s only insightful forum on drug policy. A…
Druglink news item 2009 – ‘Invasive’ welfare plans given easy ride by MPs by Max Daly
A controversial welfare regime that threatens the civil rights and healthcare of people with drug problems is set to become law – after virtually being ignored by MPs ‘Invasive’ welfare plans given easy ride by MPs (PDF)
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…
Druglink article 2009 – Transformers by Martin Barnes
Despite the successes of Labour’s attempts to tackle social exclusion, there remains a section of society whose complex needs remain unresolved. Martin Barnes on a new coalition that intends to eliminate barriers by looking at the big picture. Transformers (PDF)…
Druglink article 2009 – Gear pressure by Maria Ahmed
Attaching conditions to the receipt of welfare is gaining traction within the government. But plans to coerce drug users on benefits into treatment could backfire Gear pressure (PDF)