CannabisDrug PolicyHerbal Medical Cannabis Now Available in Malta, as Debate Over Recreational Legalisation ContinuesKaren Mamo.Jul 30, 2018Patients in Malta can now access herbal medical cannabis from one pharmacy, but proposals to legalise non-medical “recreational” cannabis are…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyOpioidsUK Drug Policy is Fuelling an HIV Outbreak in ScotlandAvinash Tharoor.Jul 9, 2018The UK Government’s continued opposition to the introduction of drug consumption rooms is fuelling an HIV outbreak in Scotland. Scotland…
CannabisDrug PolicyLuxembourg Is Latest EU Country to Legalise Medical CannabisAvinash Tharoor.Jun 29, 2018Luxembourg lawmakers have unanimously supported a bill to legalise medical cannabis. The law, passed on June 28, allows cannabis to…
CannabisDrug PolicyUK Government Details New Medical Cannabis PlansAvinash Tharoor.Jun 19, 2018The UK government will begin accepting applications to prescribe cannabis-based medicines within a week, and the home secretary has outlined…
CannabisDrug PolicyPM Theresa May Refuses to Endorse Medical Cannabis Reform, Amid Calls for Change from Her Own Ministers and Labour PartyAvinash Tharoor.Jun 18, 2018The UK’s medical cannabis ban has been criticised by government ministers and opposition parties following a high-profile case, but Theresa…
Drug Harm ReductionOther DrugsSupport Drug Safety Charity, The Loop, And Win £50k Ecstasy ArtworkAvinash Tharoor.Jun 14, 2018This incredible artwork, made from replica ecstasy pills, could be yours for just £2 – and by entering the competition…
CannabisDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingFive Political Parties Endorse Denmark Cannabis LegalisationAvinash Tharoor.Jun 11, 2018Five parties in the Danish Parliament have endorsed the legal regulation of cannabis, including a party in the ruling coalition.…
Drug PolicyPersonal StoriesThe UK’s Cruel Drug Laws Ruin Lives, Including My Son’sTalking Drugs.Jun 1, 2018Is there anybody else out there who has had a child criminalised or imprisoned for a drug offence and feels…
Drug Harm ReductionOther DrugsAnother “Bad Batch”?Talking Drugs.Jun 1, 2018Last weekend saw both the start of the UK summer festival season and the abrupt end to one of its…
CannabisDrug TraffickingFrance’s Drug Trade Valued at €2.7bn, as Macron Admits Failure of Drug War to Stop ViolenceAvinash Tharoor.May 30, 2018The illegal drug trade in France is worth at least €2.7 billion ($3.1 billion USD), making up around 0.1 per…
Other DrugsWorld’s First MDMA Trials for Treating Alcohol Dependency Begin in UKTalking Drugs.Apr 26, 2018The world’s first clinical trials exploring the use of MDMA assisted therapy for treating alcohol dependency have begun in the…
Other Drugs75 Years After First LSD Trip, Psychedelic Science is Making a ComebackTalking Drugs.Apr 20, 2018At 4:20 pm on April 19, 1943, Albert Hofmann (37), a Swiss chemist working at Sandoz Pharmaceuticals in Basel (now…