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  The festive season is over. December’s revelry has given way to detox. January is in session. In an article for the Huffington Post published last month, filmmaker and activist Cara Levan …

Monday night saw Ireland’s minister for responsibility for drug strategy, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin clash with Manix Flynn in a tense TV debate. The show was the Claire Byrne Live show …

Last week, Resident Advisor released an interesting and informative piece by Luis-Manuel Garcia, matter-of-factly titled ‘Drugs policies and electronic music culture’. I'm thrilled to announce a new article of mine at @residentadvisor on drugs …

  Last weekend, the Independent ran a piece on Michael Gove’s plans for prison reform in the UK. Gove has been inspired by the Texas model, where drug offenders are put …

  Big Progress in the Big Apple The New York Times reports that eight medical cannabis dispensaries are opening today across the state, with twelve more to follow at the end of …

  Yesterday, January 5th, the Drug Policy Alliance took a moment to celebrate Colorado’s legalisation on their blog. Over three years ago the public went to the ballots and made …

  Last December, sources revealed that a character on Coronation Street will turn to medicinal cannabis for pain relief. In a new storyline airing in February, Erica Hulroyd will recommend …

On January 2nd, Sky News posted an article by David Blevins about the expected introduction of medically supervised injection centres in the Republic of Ireland. Ireland has radical plans to reduce drug-related …

In an opinion piece for the Financial Times (3rd January 2016), the author, Misha Glenny, laid out how inextricably linked the ‘War on Terror’ and the ‘War on Drugs’ are. …

  Yesterday, a patient delegation from the United Patients Alliance met with Nick Clegg MP and his special advisor Tim Colbourne at Portcullis House in Westminster. The delegates shared their medical history, …