CannabisDrug PolicyГреция: медицинский каннабис как выход из экономического кризисаAnastasia Bezverkha.Jul 28, 2017В июле 2017 года Греция стала еще одной страной Евросоюза, после Чехии, Финляндии, Голландии, Португалии и Испании, где легализировано употребление…
CannabisDrug PolicyUK Government’s New Drug Strategy is a “Shameful Ignoring of the Evidence”Alex Stevens.Jul 14, 2017The government claims that its new drug strategy represents a fresh approach to the challenges posed by illicit drugs. In…
CannabisDrug PolicyCatalonia Legalises Cannabis Cultivation and DistributionAvinash Tharoor.Jun 29, 2017The Parliament of Catalonia has approved the creation of a legal framework for regulating the cultivation, distribution, and consumption of…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrug-Taking is Inevitable at Festivals, So We Must Focus On Keeping People SafeTalking Drugs.Jun 27, 2017Last year I shadowed The Loop as they offered their pioneering front-of-house drug testing programme in Manchester at one of The Warehouse…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyGlasgow Drug Consumption Room Can Save Lives and MoneyAvinash Tharoor.Jun 12, 2017The creation of a drug consumption room (DCR) in Glasgow, and the expansion of heroin-assisted treatment (HAT), can reduce the…
Drug PolicyDrug Trafficking“Symbolic” Drug Policing in England Doing More Harm than GoodAvinash Tharoor.Jun 2, 2017Police crackdowns on low-level drug offences in England are often taking place for symbolic purposes, can exacerbate violence, and may…
CannabisDrug PolicyПравительство Франции готово декриминализировать хранение каннабисаAvinash Tharoor Перевод: Anastasia Bezverkha.May 31, 2017Новый Министр внутренних дел Франции заявил, что с сентября 2017 года будет упразднено уголовное наказание за хранение каннабиса для личного…
CannabisDrug PolicyUK General Election 2017: Drug Policies of the Main PartiesAvinash Tharoor.May 31, 2017As the UK’s General Election looms, we take a look at manifesto pledges and public statements relating to drug policy…
CannabisDrug PolicyFrance to Decriminalise Cannabis Possession within Months, Interior Minister SaysAvinash Tharoor.May 25, 2017France’s newly-appointed interior minister has said that personal cannabis possession may no longer be prosecuted from as soon as September,…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyTreat Drug Use as Health Issue, Says President of Irish Pharmacy UnionAvinash Tharoor.May 8, 2017People with problematic drug use should be provided with care and treatment, rather than being criminalised, said Daragh Connolly, the…
CannabisDrug PolicyCould Switzerland Become the First European Country to Legally Regulate Cannabis?Avinash Tharoor.Apr 26, 2017Nine years after a Swiss referendum failed to gain public approval for cannabis legalisation, a campaign group has reignited the…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyThe Success of Italy’s Community-Based Approach to NaloxoneTalking Drugs.Apr 21, 2017The provision of naloxone by community-based harm reduction services, as takes place in Italy, is highly important for reducing the…