Home Secretary and ACMD to be judicially reviewed with regards to Alcohol and Tobacco Policy

Friday, 03 September 2010 12:32

Incarcerated US LSD chemist Casey Hardison, currently serving 20 years in the UK, seeks to judicially review the Home Secretary and the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

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Leading doctor Sir Ian Gilmore urges decriminalisation of drugs

Tuesday, 17 August 2010 11:19

Former president of the Royal College of Physicians says blanket ban has failed to cut crime or improve health

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Chairman of the Bar Nick Green QC calls for decriminalisation of drug use

Tuesday, 20 July 2010 12:05

Nick Green QC is chairman of the Bar Council, the professional organisation of barristers in the UK. Writing in the organisation’s magazine this month, Green called for the decriminalisation of drugs for personal use, arguing (rightly) that a growing body of evidence supports the proposition that decriminalisation can have a number of positive consequences for drugs users and society.

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Tension at heart of drug classification

Monday, 12 July 2010 12:20

The Home Office has fought for three years to keep details of its review of the drug classification system secret. Now the campaigners who forced its publication think they know why: the document, they say, exposes the illogicality that undermines government drugs policy.

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The government wants your opinions – and the Home Office finally coughs up its secrets.

Monday, 12 July 2010 12:00

The Home office has finally been forced to reveal the text of the review ordered into drugs classification by ex-Home Secretary Charles Clarke, more about that later; first to the government we have now. Of course there’s a lot to dislike about the present coalition government– some would say

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