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Popular social media platform Twitter is now censoring searches for topics deemed ‘sensitive’. This means that searches containing words like ‘sexual health’ and even ‘balls’ will yield zero results under …

The Canadian government will announce next month plans to legalise cannabis by July 2018. PM Justin Trudeau had previously promised to introduce legislation by Spring 2017. CBC News reports that  Trudeau’s …

The drug and alcohol charity Addaction published a report on Wednesday on New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), called “The View from Young People”. The charity, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this month now employs …

In the second episode of the Volteface podcast, Hardeep Matharu speaks to Volteface Director Steve Moore about the current cannabis landscape in the UK and whether it might be set …

At their spring conference in Perth last week, the Scottish Liberal Democrats endorsed plans to tackle the rising numbers of drug-related deaths in Scotland, with the use of drug consumption …

In the latest episode of the Volteface Podcasts series, Hardeep Matharu speaks to Brooks Newmark about a new report published this week suggesting how rough sleeping can be eradicated across …

Oxford University is set to launch a £10 million research programme into medical cannabis. They will be investigating the role of cannabis medicines in treating pain, cancer and inflammatory diseases. …

A recent BBC File on 4 radio episode, The Prison Contraband Crisis, investigates how staff corruption contributes to the amount of contraband being brought into prisons.  In order to reduce the …

Farmers in Jamaica are struggling to engage with the nation’s new medical marijuana (or ‘ganja’) scheme, according to a new study. The findings of the study, conducted by a student …

Rough sleepers could be given a home before undergoing treatment for their drug, alcohol and mental health needs as part of a new initiative being considered by the Government. In …