Calls for overhaul of drug laws as England and Wales deaths surge
“These grim drug death statistics are a clear signal that an urgent change of course is needed in UK drug policy.”
“These grim drug death statistics are a clear signal that an urgent change of course is needed in UK drug policy.”
This week we learnt that illegal drug-related deaths have now been at or near record levels for five years in a row. Thankfully, policy is shifting.
Tory grandee William Hague has written in favour of cannabis decriminalisation. But where do other parties stand on the matter?
The National Health Service is desperately in need of funding, but legislators are ignoring a crucial revenue stream – the cannabis tax. Martin Drewry writes.
This month the medical marijuana industry announced its first ever conference in the UK. Paul Millar argues Labour should now get behind patients on the issue.
Newport West MP tells Left Foot Forward that the ‘cavernous stupidity of our politicians’ is to blame for rise in drug deaths, as he launches bid to un-ban the bud.
At the heart of most debates on how the state should respond to the use of controlled drugs is an assumption that the threat of punishment affects levels of use