Last month marked the 1-year anniversary since the re-launch of AlphaBay Market, a darknet marketplace which shut down in 2017 in a highly publicised international sting which led to the …
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FeaturedLong Reads
UK Drug-Driving arrests have SKYROCKETED to an all time high – here’s why…
by Lisa DarvillOn average, there’s been a staggering 113% rise in drug driving arrests since 2016, with no let up even during the coronavirus lockdown. But what exactly is going on here …
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Referred to as the ‘green wave’, the cannabis sector is undeniably on the rise across Europe, with policy changes in both the medicinal and recreational spheres. BSDA predicts that global …
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Prisoners are turning to the over-the-counter medication, Buscopan, to get high in jails across England and Wales. The pills release a potent hallucinogenic, scopolamine, when crushed and smoked on foil, …
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David Celino and Olivia Pratt-Korbell are victims of the UK’s ‘War on Drugs’
by Jay JacksonThe deaths of 16-year-old David Celino and 9-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in the same week in August have scarred the conscience of the nation. Their deaths, in separate circumstances and different …
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Cannabis is rapidly becoming a foriegn policy issue for the UK government, as crown dependencies and British Overseas Territories attempt to move away from the UK’s failed experiment at cannabis …
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and how we can stop it… On 26th July 2021, police officers found the body of a 40-year old man, named Richard Beare, inside a flat in Penzance, Cornwall. …
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With their nascent medicinal cannabis cultivation industries, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man are well-positioned to advance reform of Britain’s approach to cannabis. As independent, self-governing jurisdictions, the Crown …
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New research commissioned by the cross-party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform and conducted by accredited pollsters Redfield and Wilton, has found that the public clearly support harm reduction measures …
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Chowing down on a succulent fried chicken or a tasty burger was something Ethan Brown of Maryland in the US loved, but sorely missed when he turned vegan. Yet, …