Calum Armstrong

  On the last Friday of September, Pastor Andrew Murray chaired an emergency community meeting in St Anne’s Church in Soho. The evening’s topic: drugs. While merrymakers across the neighbouring …

Last year I shadowed The Loop as they offered their pioneering front-of-house drug testing programme in Manchester at one of The Warehouse Project’s club nights. As someone who is particularly passionate about …

On May 14th 2017, during the opening ceremony of the 25th Harm Reduction International conference in Montreal, as Canadian federal Health Minister Dr. Jane Philpott delivered a keynote speech, activists …

Polish lawmakers have this week voted to legalise medical cannabis. The EU member voted overwhelmingly in favour of the move – only 2 politicians out of 443 voting against the bill. …

The Washington Post reports that hospitalisations for opioid related issues have increased sharply in recent years. The US government has this week published new data which reveals that there has been a ’64 …

MetroPolis and Volteface are proud to announce details of our one day event which will bring together key experts and stakeholders in a bid to work out how best to tackle …

Festival season has arrived, and drug testing pioneers The Loop have today received the support of an array of influential figures across music, policing, event management and public health. The …

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has published the findings of their annual report into drug data across the continent. The European Drug Report 2017 reveals that drug related deaths …

The Scottish National Party have today launched their manifesto for the 2017 general election. The SNP voted in favour of legalising medicinal cannabis at their party conference last October, however their manifesto includes no …