At the weekend, Justin Gatlin sprinted to victory in the 100m at the World Athletics Championships, beating fellow American Christian Coleman and the famous Usain Bolt into 2nd and 3rd place …
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Following the publication of a new study done by King’s College researchers revealing the cannabis consumed in the UK is highly potent, many experts expressed their views on the issue. …
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A new study carried out by King’s College researchers shows that high-potency cannabis varieties made up 94% of police seizures in 2016, and highlights the potential threat posed to mental …
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Last week Volteface met the writer, academic and raconteur Ian Marchant. Marchant’s new book A Hero for High Times is an elegy for wild times, a revolution that never quite …
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Features
The Psychoactive Substances Act Offers An Opportunity To Change How We Talk About Drugs
by Web TestAfter much speculation and debate, the Psychoactive Substances Act is now in place and the first prosecutions are being enacted. We can expect the majority of head shops to disappear from …
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On January 27th, Ethan Nadelmann – Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance and the man Rolling Stone called “the real drug czar” – announced that he was stepping …
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Last week the government released the Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2018. The report outlines the latest statistics (gathered in 2016/17) about drug use in adults and children, drug-related hospital admissions, …
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For decades, the debate about drug policy reform has been a ‘third rail issue’ in the UK. Last year, neither of the two main political parties mentioned drug reform at all …
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Since its inception in November 2006, the government’s e-petitions website has gathered over 8 million signatures for a wide variety of causes, from over 5 million unique email addresses. It is …
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West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson published today a report introducing concrete proposals to reduce crime and prevent harm relating to drugs. “These are bold, but practical proposals …