The UK recognises cannabis as medicine, but only the wealthy can access it legally.
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Despite the way they’re portrayed online, ADHD drugs are not ‘benign’ study aids.
As more and more people receive medicinal cannabis prescriptions, we’re left with a system that is misaligned with its original purpose.
Incarcerating people who use drugs is associated with increased overdose deaths after release and high rate of recidivism.
I’ve met many homeless British people who have been exploited. It seems to be addiction, more than homelessness, that puts them in harm’s way.
Unlike opium, nitazenes and other synthetic opioids can be produced anywhere in the world using precursor chemicals that are often uncontrolled.
As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?
Tariffs may sound tough, but America’s fentanyl crisis stems from a decades-long addiction problem that trade policy can’t fix.
The Thistle drug room in Glasgow could help fill some important gaps in knowledge about the benefits of these facilities.
Nearly half of US states allow the recreational use of cannabis.
Psychedelics are an opportunity to do better than our past drug control strategies. Adults should be trusted to make the right decisions, but policymakers should ensure they do so fully informed.
A police policy of not making arrests for simple possession is a way to essentially decriminalize personal drug use. However, confiscating drugs — even without arrests — can be harmful in many ways.
The problem with prodrugs is we don’t know how big the problem is because they are so hard to identify.
Harm reduction is grounded in evidence. But policies, stigma and ignorance about substance use still create barriers in battling Canada’s drug poisoning crisis.
Research has long shown that criminalising otherwise law-abiding citizens for their drug use is no deterrent. It only damages their life chances, in a discriminatory fashion.
British Columbia’s bold experiment provides an opportunity to implement more balance in Canadian drug policy, and a more principled withdrawal from the war on drugs.
Ukraine’s 317,000 injecting drug users face a difficult future.
The Misuse of Drugs act started decades of criminalisation-centred drug policy that hasn’t worked.
The home secretary, Priti Patel, has ordered a review of nitrous oxide. But is this the right drug to get ‘tough’ on?
Accidental ingestion of drugs can have detrimental effects on dogs’ health. Education and awareness can help protect pets from consuming opioids and cannabis products.
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