Sorcha Ryan is the Festival and Harm Reduction Lead of Bristol Drug Project, an organisation belonging to Bristol ROADS (Recovery Oriented Alcohol and Drugs Service). Here, Sorcha will be sharing…
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With changes to venues, demand and support looming on the horizon, Eleri Crossland predicts a significant shift in the way UK students interact with illegal drugs Student life is…
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Following the SARS virus outbreak in 2003, various studies detailed increased cases of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. As the outbreak of the current COVID-19 pandemic, a coronavirus similar…
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The Volteface Interview with Antony Loewenstein: ‘Pills, Powder and Smoke’
by Ant LehaneFive years ago, Jerusalem-based, Australian investigative journalist, author and film-maker Antony Loewenstein turned his attention from Disaster Capitalism, his book and film, to the war on drugs. In his…
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The Volteface Podcast #15 Instant Gramz: Drugs and social media with Nick Hickmott
by Ant LehaneMore young people are seeing drug adverts on social media, but what impact is this having on young people? And why has it taken us so long to catch…
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Last week the Volteface team headed to the Docklands for the second annual Big Tent Ideas Festival at Mudchute Farm. To ensure cannabis reform was on the festival’s agenda…
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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…
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2018 has been a significant year for cannabis policy, with the Billy Caldwell campaign kicking off in June, The Children’s Inquiry published in September and Canada recently becoming the first…
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Each year, around 175,000 lucky revelers make their way to a sleepy Somerset village to see how quickly they can churn the green fields of the Glastonbury Festival into mud.…
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Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. As the UK festival season gets underway, we asked Professor Fiona Measham to fill us in on…