News

May 31, 2016

Online drug vendors are anonymously delivering their products through the US Postal Service, and the constitutional right to privacy is…

UK ‘Legal Highs’ Ban to Crackdown Harshly on Prison Inmates

Avinash Tharoor

May 26, 2016

As the UK’s heavily-derided ‘legal highs’ ban takes effect, prisoners found in possession of these substances will face the prospect…

Other Drugs

Western Values Clash With Ayahuasca’s Spiritual Tradition

May 24, 2016

The glamorisation of ayahuasca in Western media and the rise in tourism in Latin America has led to the commercialisation…

Ana Liffey Drug Project Calls on Irish Gov’t to Allocate a Drugs Minister

Anonymous

May 16, 2016

Ana Liffey Drug Project has welcomed the inclusion of support for a “health-led rather than criminal justice approach to drugs…

Cannabis

US Medical Marijuana States Shutting Out Experienced Growers

May 16, 2016

As the United States sees regulated medical marijuana models emerge across the country, a glaring paradox has arisen – many…

Drug Harm Reduction

What You Need to Know About SSDP’s Drug Testing Initiative

May 11, 2016

We’ve recently launched a drug testing initiative in Newcastle university, with plenty of media coverage this week. Here’s the roundup…

Drugs & Development

Against the Evidence, Colombia Resumes Use of Glyphosate in Coca Eradication

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy

May 9, 2016

Experiencing a rise in coca cultivation, the Colombian government has resumed the use of a potentially carcinogenic herbicide in its…

Russia, Science and the World War on Drugs

Daniel Wolfe

May 6, 2016

The atrocities of the world drug war are often so brutal that they become like a parody of themselves: sinister…

Other Drugs

Tuning into the Universal Consciousness: Psychedelics’ Role in Reforming Society

Apr 27, 2016

For some time I have believed that we, citizens of Western societies, are going through an existential crisis, caused by…

Drug Policy Reform from the Bottom-Up: UN Risks Redundancy with Regressive UNGASS Outcome

Apr 19, 2016

With the outcome document for the 2016 United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the world drug problem now…

Dr. Carl Hart – The Revolutionary Voice of Drug Policy Reason