Druglink factsheet 2006 – Police powers and drugs 3
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View ArticleDruglink article 2007 – Reaching out from the sixties by Christopher Hallam
A unique British institution celebrates its 40th birthday this year. With its near mythical roots reaching back to the counter-culture and the heady days of 1967, Release remains a dynamic, evolving...
View ArticleDruglink factsheet 2007 – The court and drug laws
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View ArticleDruglink new item 2007 – Swedish massage by Steve Rolles
The perception that low drug use in Sweden is a direct result of the country’s tough anti-drugs policy is finding considerable traction in the UK. But, argues Steve Rolles, it is both simplistic and...
View ArticleDruglink 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...
View ArticleDruglink article 2007 – Culture clash by Allen Morgan
As more prolific offenders are diverted away from cells and into treatment, police forces have had to modify their attitudes to drug users. But, says Allen Morgan, the traditional ‘cops and robbers’...
View ArticleDruglink factsheet 2007 – The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 – updated
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View ArticleDruglink article 2007 – The ultimate price by Rick Lines
Despite a global trend away from capital punishment, more and more countries are expanding the death penalty to include drug offences such as dealing. Rick Lines on the state sponsored drug executions...
View ArticleDruglink article 2007 – Dealing the lethal dose by Sam Hart
What should happen to the person who deals the lethal ecstasy pill or injects the fatal dose of heroin? Sam Hart reports on a grey area in criminal law which treads the fine line between pushers and...
View ArticleDruglink article 2008 – Cleaning the fug on cannabis crime by Tiggey May
As Prime Minister Gordon Brown considers returning cannabis back to Class B, claims about its links to criminal behaviour in young people have come thick and fast. But, as Tiggey May reports, new...
View ArticleDruglink article 2008 – Atlantic drift by Anna Ling
American drugs laws are perceived to be draconian and ineffective. But are we any better off in the UK? Anna Ling examines the varying impact the law on both sides of the Atlantic has on the punishment...
View ArticleDruglink news item 2008 – More cash than Class by Max Daly
For the second time in just over two years, the home secretary asked drug experts to review the dangers of cannabis. The most high profile voice in the debate so far has been that of Britain’s police...
View ArticleDruglink news item 2008 – Cannabis casualty by Harry Shapiro
The driving force behind the government’s decision to ignore the recommendation of the ACMD on cannabis was to send a message to young people about its dangers. But there is another message coming...
View ArticleDruglink article 2008 – Half-way house by Steve Abrams
Reformers claim UK cannabis laws, 80 years old this year, are among the toughest in Europe. Government critics say we’ve gone soft on dope. But, as Steve Abrams explains, the legal response to cannabis...
View ArticleDruglink article 2008 – Born into addiction by Max Daly
The manslaughter conviction of Gemma Evans after her half-sister suffered a fatal overdose exposed a hidden world of intergenerational addiction. Max Daly investigates a phenomenon that will provide...
View ArticleDruglink article 2001 – My cows or yours? Evidence for prevention by Peter...
Prevention outweighs permissive policy for social benefit to the individual and to society. My cows or yours? Evidence for prevention (PDF)Read more →
View ArticleDruglink article 2008 – Growing concern by Amean Elgadhy
Police and prosecutors have proven dogged in their determination to make an example of two men who ran a hydroponics equipment firm. Amean Elgadhy on what the case could mean for indoor gardeners and...
View ArticleDruglink article 2008 – Herbal remedy by Sam Hart
With acres of column inches devoted to the debate over whether cannabis should be Class B or C drug, little attention has been paid to how the drug is policed on our streets. Sam Hart reports on...
View ArticleDruglink article 2008 – Nightclub roulette by Jonathon Leggett
In a case echoing the jailing ten years ago of homeless project managers Ruth Wyner and John Brock for ‘allowing’ dealing on their premises, two men behind Plymouth’s biggest dance club have been...
View ArticleDruglink 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...
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