Drugs
The government’s drug policy favours dogma over harm reduction
Mark Thompson reveals new evidence that the government is focusing on dogma over harm reduction, as they explicitly reject a campaign which would reduce harm.
The current approach to drugs has gone to pot
Mike Morgan-Giles argues that British drugs policy is a serious failure of evidence-based policymaking, and that we can learn many lessons from overseas.
Legalising drugs would help reduce the deficit
Legalising drugs reduce public spending, boost tax receipts, and lower addiction
Lucas: Drug addiction should be a health issue not a criminal one
Green Party leader Caroline Lucas sets out her calls for a new approach to dealing with drugs, and says drug addiction should be a health issue not a criminal one.
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.
Ainsworth should be commended for reopening the drugs debate
Bob Ainsworth is contributing to the drugs debate in a positive way today and should be commended for doing so, says Mark Thompson of the Mark Reckons blog.