Hardeep Matharu

  “The criminal justice system provides a prime opportunity to tackle substance misuse and ensure the individual has access to the support they need to stop.” Government Drugs Strategy 2017 …

  Making Spice a Class A drug is likely to make its already devastating effects on vulnerable communities worse not better, politicians have been warned. In recent months, some MPs …

In September, Volteface published its seminal report The Children’s Inquiry examining how effectively the UK’s cannabis policies are safeguarding young people. The report was a wide-ranging examination of how easily …

  In October, Canada became the first G7 nation to legalise cannabis, with the wheels set in motion for a fully regulated, legalised cannabis market to begin operating in all …

This week, MPs debated whether Spice should be reclassified as a Class A drug, in the wake of its devastating effects on those using it on the streets of towns …

The extent to which drugs have taken hold in our jails was detailed by the Chief Inspector of Prisons in his annual report last month. “The ready availability of drugs …

  Whether it’s knocking on a door down the road, making a quick call, or agreeing a deal on the way to school, there’s no ID necessary and no questions …

  “Maybe we already live in a more liberal society because we’re letting people break the law, aren’t we really? That’s what’s happening here. We are kind of turning a …

Inmates are killing themselves after racking up huge drugs debts inside prison, the trade union for prison officers has warned. Joe Simpson, assistant general secretary of the Prison Officers Association …

  “The Government’s campaigns against new psychoactive substances (NPS) and mobile phones being smuggled into prisons have utterly failed. All prisons are completely awash with drugs and mobiles. If they …