Liz McCulloch

The Children’s Inquiry You can download the full report here  Executive Summary  In The Children’s Inquiry, Volteface examines how effectively the UK’s cannabis policies are safeguarding young people from harm to …

  When it comes to preventing the death of society’s most marginalised people, keynote speaker Professor Alex Stevens from the University of Kent kicked off last Monday’s conference by asking …

On 27 March 2018, the Criminal Justice Centre, Queen Mary University of London (in collaboration with Volteface) held a conference entitled ‘Evidence and Issues concerning Drug Consumption Rooms‘.   Such rooms are designed …

There have been many attempts in the UK to introduce drug consumption rooms but never before has the matter been debated in Westminster. Ronnie Cowan, MP for Inverclyde, secured the …

Abstract Cannabis treatment entries rose significantly from 2004/2005 to 2013/2014, but there has been limited investigation into why this increase has occurred. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate …

Brilliant place to discuss the feasibility of establishing drug consumption rooms. Room for one here? @VoltefaceHub pic.twitter.com/1gsOuCF4NL — judith yates (@judithyates1) November 28, 2017 At the #HouseofLords for the launch …

Back Yard You can download the full report here  Executive Summary The ACMD and other bodies have recommended that the UK introduces drug consumption rooms (DCRs) to reduce drug-related deaths and …

Fentanyls are creeping into the UK drug supply and the risks they pose to people who use drugs have become one of the major public health concerns of 2017. Fentanyls …

    A landmark study published this week – which found that cannabis users who smoke stronger strains of the drug on a daily basis are five times more likely …

The National Substance Misuse conference is back and this year the focus is treatment, prisons, prevention and trends. Speakers have been mustered from across the sector, ready to offer current …