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Dying to dance
“If the Government thinks that people are going to stop taking drugs, they’re kidding themselves.” […]
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The war on drugs has become an embarrassment of Orwellian proportions
Another week passes and, somewhere in Australia, another announcement by a Justice Minister is made on how we are winning the so-called ‘War on Drugs’. […]
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Getting tough on crime needs a softer approach
The current overcrowding in NSW prisons left little political room to manoeuvre, and so the announcement of a decision to add an additional 1650 beds was to be expected. […]
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The war on drugs is a war against our own children, friends and families
Our current drug laws largely penalise the young and poor, not the drug kingpins you’d expect. […]
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Una Mullally: It’s ludicrous to hand over drug quality control to criminal gangs
The highest level in Europe of so-called ‘legal high’ drug use was found among young Irish people […]
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AIDS Moncton gives out crack pipes to area drug users
AIDS Moncton has quietly been supplying drug users in southeastern New Brunswick with reusable crack pipes for more than three years. […]
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The new war on drugs: harm reduction, needle exchange used more in fight against heroin
When the War On Drugs proved unsuccessful, researchers, clinicians, and lawmakers were forced to go back to the drawing board. […]
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Synthetic drugs are killing our kids, so let’s take control
Prohibiting recreational drugs hasn’t worked, so it’s time to try regulating them. […]
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Australia’s drug driving laws are grossly unfair
Australia’s drug driving laws criminalise individuals who represent no risk to other drivers, writes Greg Barns. […]
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Why one ex-Chicago prosecutor changed her thinking on the drug war
“Part of what bothers me the most about whole the war on drugs is the sheer intellectual dishonesty of it,” Inge Fryklund says as she rattles off a brief history of prohibition. […]
