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We’re on the brink of a sea change when it comes to drug policy
This week we learnt that illegal drug-related deaths have now been at or near record levels for five years in a row. Thankfully, policy is shifting.
decriminalisation
Sentencing Bill: Drug users still need more practical help
At the heart of most debates on how the state should respond to the use of controlled drugs is an assumption that the threat of punishment affects levels of use
On drugs policy, the government should do what the evidence tells them
Dr Michael Shiner, Assistant Director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology, on the need for the government to stop burying its head in the sand and reform drugs policy.