‘The wheels came off’: pandemic causes ‘surge’ of over 50s in addiction treatment
Content warning: discussions of addiction and suicide The pandemic took the lives of many battling drug and alcohol addiction to ...
Tag: drugs
Iran’s executions turned prisons into mass “killing fields” through its brutal “war on drugs” and patriarchal suppression of minorities
Iran's murderous "war on drugs" and its violent repression of ethnic minorities has turned its prisons into sites of "mass ...
Germany just legalised weed (25g a DAY if you can handle it) – but will the UK ever follow suit?
Germany has just voted to legally regulate non-medical cannabis for adult use. This adds yet another country to an ever-growing ...
Six reasons behind the popularity of THC Vape Pens
THC Vape pens have become increasingly famous recently as a simple and easy way to consume cannabis. These pens typically ...
Bereaved families to descend on UK parliament to call for the legalisation of drugs
Families bereaved by the deaths of people from drugs are taking the case for legalisation to the UK parliament. It ...
Personal use of all recreational drugs should be decriminalised, experts argue
They also say non-violent prisoners convicted for drug use or possession should be freed.
In one jaw-dropping sentence, Priti Patel reveals just how dishonest this government is
Home secretary Priti Patel did the rounds on TV to defend her government's new immigration policy on 19 February. In ...
As UN pledges to investigate brutal drug crackdown in Philippines, thousands call for president Rodrigo Duterte to go
The leader has been criticised for brutal anti-drug campaign.
Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ sentenced to life in US prison
The 62-year-old was taken to the US to stand trial after he twice broke out of Mexican prisons.
UK drug laws should change to allow safe consumption rooms, says Scottish health minister
Joe FitzPatrick visited Paris earlier this week to see how the facilities operate.
Drugs deaths linked to people facing considerable adversity, study finds
NHS Tayside has published a new report on drugs deaths in the region.
Owen Jones goes to war on establishment drug hypocrisy with a passionate defence of Labour’s Kate Osamor
Controversy has exploded following news of drug charges against the son of shadow international development secretary Kate Osamor. Despite his conviction, ...
Mexico’s new president set to pivot away from drug war, but Trump may stand in the way
Mexico's newly elected president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (aka 'AMLO'), has some bold new ideas for bringing Mexico's spiralling violence ...
UK government fiddles while ‘zombie drug’ Spice causes havoc and death in immigration detention centres
An epidemic of 'zombie drug' Spice is ravaging immigration detention centres. But the government has turned its back on the ...
Peak hypocrisy from the police, as the Home Office goes Breaking Bad
According to the Mirror, crystal meth found at the Home Office was "the third such incident in six months". The ...
The government responds to a petition calling for a vote on the legalisation of cannabis
A petition urging the government to ‘Hold a referendum for the legalisation of cannabis’ currently has over 13,000 signatures. This ...
A Conservative minister has been caught using ‘fake news’ to ‘wilfully deceive’ parliament [TWEETS]
Experts have slammed a Conservative minister for "peddling fake news" to defend an "indefensible" government policy. And the politician also ...
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