Follow the money. In politics, money can tell you more than opinion polls or prime ministerial speeches or newspaper columns. And beneath the skin of the drugs debate, …

    The legalisation of cannabis in Canada is a burning hot topic. As the first G7 country to legalise the drug nationally, Canada provides a significantly better example for …

  Brutal gang violence, witness intimidation, torture, execution: these are the tools relied upon by those who work in the illegal drugs trade. It’s impossible to say exactly how many …

  On the UN’s ‘Universal Children’s Day’, it’s a useful time to reflect on the international policies which overlap and provide a legacy for future generations. How do we give …

  Besides the academic programme, that which I’m looking forward to most about BC17 is the part which we, as organisers, can take no credit for: the spirit of the …

  On 14th April 2016, a Public Health Emergency was declared in British Columbia in response to the opioid overdose crisis. Fentanyl, an opioid reportedly 100 times stronger than morphine, …

  Call it a ‘movement’, call it a ‘community’, whatever you call them, you can’t deny that activists campaigning for cannabis legalisation in the UK aren’t putting the hours in …

    In early November, Volteface teamed up with Byline Times for an evening of discussion about drugs, what’s working, what’s not, and what the best approach to take towards …

  There’s a video going viral of police ‘raiding’ a house for drugs in Cardiff by cutting into the front door with a chainsaw. I watched this latest escalation on …

    Next month the UN will hold the world’s largest summit on drug policy in New York. Those with extensive vested interests in maintaining the war on drugs have …