Drugs

Monday 28th November

The Exile Nation Project - Interview with Steve Costello

Charles Shaw, 28 November 2011
From the time he was a young boy, Steve Costello knew he was destined for a life of crime. A committed gang member, he had already been to prison by the time he became a man, and was rapidly approaching the point of no return. In this riveting interview, Steve recounts his story, and the miraculous circumstances that allowed him to walk away from crime and start his life over again.
Thursday 7th April

The Exile Nation Project: An Oral History of the War on Drugs & The American Criminal Justice System

Charles Shaw, 7 April 2011
openDemocracy & the Tedworth Charitable Trust proudly launch our multi-year, multimedia oral history project with the release of this first feature-length documentary film.
Tuesday 15th June

Herb and Spices: Tatarstan's drug problems

Oleg Pavlov, 15 June 2010
In the third of a series on drugs in Russia's regions, Oleg Pavlov reports from the Republic of Tatarstan, 400 miles east of Moscow. While the situation there is certainly not as desperate as it was ten years ago, even government officials suggest as many as 2% of the population are addicted.
Friday 22nd January

Drugs: towards a global tolerance regime

Mick Moore, 22 January 2010
The once closed debate on drugs policy shows signs of opening up. But liberalisation would require the international restrictions on narcotics which do untold harm to the developing world to be relaxed
Wednesday 6th January

"Dead Time"

Charles Shaw, 6 January 2010
Criminalisation of narcotics has little impact on consumption but creates a criminal class and a professional lobby of law-enforcers. Shaw describes this process from the inside.
Monday 2nd November

David Nutt and the drugs debate

Marta Cooper, 2 November 2009
How can we grow intelligent government, allowing the open input of unelected specialists, and what wuld an effective drugs policy be?
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