Transform Drug Policy Foundation has welcomed drug reform proposals made by the health and social care committee – for some drug offences to be decriminalised and to treat addiction as
“Governments create nothing and have nothing to give but what they have first taken away — you may put money in the pockets of one set of Englishmen, but it
West Midlands Police Chief Constable Dave Thompson has said his force will not criminalise young people for possessing small amounts of cannabis because it “jeopardising their life prospects”. He said
Following United Nations (UN) agencies’ decision to adopt common drug policy that endorses decriminalisation of possession and use, the UN System Coordination Task Team has released a new report that
The entire United Nations (UN) family of agencies has for the first time adopted a common position on drug policy that endorses decriminalisation of possession and use. On Tuesday, the
Legal cannabis is biggest jobs creator in US Because cannabis remains illegal at federal level, the US government refuses to report on the jobs boom in the legal cannabis industry
Portugal may be well known for its decriminalisation model that treats drug use as a health rather than criminal issue, but it has passed up the chance to seal its
The Centre for Medical Cannabis (CMC), a new lobbying organisation which launched on Monday 10 December at the Academy of Medical Sciences, has said that it isn’t yet recommending decriminalisation
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is to review its opposition to the legalisation of cannabis in what could be a critical development as much of the research the government has
A cancer survivor has slammed the claims of a police crime commissioner that cannabis cannot be legalised because of its “anti-social smell”. Appearing on the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire Show, Jack
