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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. […]
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Getting tough on crime needs a softer approach
There is a saying in the prison building industry that goes along the lines of: ‘If you build them, they will fill them’. […]
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When addiction has a white face
When crack hit America in the mid-1980s, for African-Americans, to borrow from Ta-Nehisi Coates, civilization fell. […]
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Why harm reduction and drug policy reform need each other
Gloria Lai from the International Drug Policy Consortium briefly discusses policy reform in the run up to the UN General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem. […]
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Philpott expects more applications for safe injection sites
Canadian federal health minister Jane Philpott says she is expecting more applications for establishing safe injection sites across the country. […]
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Just saying yes to the politics of drugs
What’s behind this newfound willingness of former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida to talk about the personal toll of addiction? […]
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The only way to stop the next El Chapo: Why America needs to legalize all its drugs
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán put it simply to Sean Penn: “The day I don’t exist,” drug trafficking is “not going to decrease in any way at all.” […]
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Why Australia needs drug consumption rooms
While the benefits of incarceration can be difficult to identify, Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre produces larger financial savings than it costs to run. […]
