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Published on: 8 October 2019

Written by: Tess Woolfenden All articles by Tess Woolfenden

Prohibition – and politicians’ hypocrisy - are lethal. It’s time for a healthier approach.

Published in: Transformation

Published on: 8 March 2016

Written by: Tommy Ellis All articles by Tommy Ellis

Drug users should get the help they need before they die.

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Published on: 1 November 2013

Written by: Marie All articles by Marie

"While the drug laws did not stop my sons from getting into drugs, they certainly went a long way to stop them from...

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Published on: 13 August 2013

Written by: William Montgomery All articles by William Montgomery

Drug prohibition is not only costly, but violence inducing and ineffective. Is it not time to look to scrap the...

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Published on: 9 July 2012

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

The sudden passage of the law is the latest example of the absurdity surrounding marijuana policies and politics—an...

Published in: Home

Published on: 9 July 2012

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

The main aim of the report was to look at the existing research on twenty countries to establish whether the...

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Published on: 13 February 2012

Written by: Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch All articles by Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch

Palikot’s symbolic gesture played into the hands of a media that is eager to demonize the decriminalization...

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