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Testing workers for drug and alcohol use can reduce injuries but is less effective than a comprehensive approach to improving staff health.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs says sale and possession of laughing gas for recreational use should not be banned.
Nonreligious voters overwhelmingly backed Biden in the November presidential race. They also may have been key in several down-ballot state measures, says a scholar of US secularism.
NICE has concluded that more research is needed before it can recommend the use of cannabis based products for medicinal use.
Getting hold of illegal drugs is easier than ever, with home deliveries and even loyalty cards.
Alarming rise in deaths from two prescription drugs sees them reclassified as class C.
Understanding the pleasure drugs give people would help to prevent the harms.
The government’s own review of its legislation to tackle ‘legal highs’ reveals the unintended consequences of the law – consequences we predicted.
The legalisation of the private use of cannabis in South Africa is a victory for human rights. But, much more work needs to be done to make it practical.
Many more women probably use drugs than official figures suggest. And they certainly face more harms.
If South Africa’s argument in court is that marijuana causes harm, it deserves to lose. The real question it should ask is whether criminal prohibition is the effective way forward.
The Home Office issued its last drug strategy seven years ago. A lot has changed in that time, except the Home Office’s ability to ignore the advice of experts.
The proportion of population who use legal and illegal drugs has remained stable or trended down. Fewer young people are using, but the proportion of older people using drugs and alcohol has grown.
Victorian Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said conducting on-site drug tests at public events “safely and quickly is not really a practical option”. But the technology is available.
Most of our drugs policies have failed to curb use or reduce their impact on individuals or society. It’s time for a more enlightened and informed approach.
There is strong evidence that cannabis is useful for treating a range of conditions. Legalising small-scale cultivation is a start to helping those in need.
Complaints about the ban of kratom, often used by recovering opiate addicts, have been vociferous, but not always backed by facts.
Changing drugs laws can have some very unexpected consequences.
All Australian government-funded construction sites now require contractors to have a comprehensive fitness for work policy that includes mandatory drug and alcohol testing.
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor in Substance Use, Liverpool John Moores University
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Senior researcher, University of Cape Town
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Senior lecturer, Australian National University
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Visiting research fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor & Specialist in Drug Policy, UNSW
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Senior Policy Analyst - drug policy and law reform
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PhD Candidate, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Professor in Criminal Justice and Faculty Director of Public Engagement, University of Kent
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies, Pitzer College
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Associate Member of the Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Middlesex University, Middlesex University
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Research Officer, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Visiting Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University