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…