This week we open with an editorial written by Amanda Fielding, who explains why so many countries who wish to engage in drug policy reform have such a difficult time implementing it: the UN Conventions. It's led to policies in the US that are often criticized for targeting minorities and the poor
Scott Tracy Imler is one of the central figures in the history of medical cannabis legislation. He was a co-author of the California Compassionate Use Act of 1996, more commonly known as "Prop 215," which made cannabis legal for medicinal use in the State of California. In 1996 Scott opened the fi
David Cameron should respect the evidence and stop the unamendable Health and Social Care Bill, says former health minister Lord David Owen
The UK Border Agency invites the company that killed Jimmy Mubenga to manage housing for vulnerable asylum seekers
A glimpse of England's future as the Health and Social Care Bill, paving the way for NHS privatisation, returns to the House of Lords today
Howard League analysis shows just how harmful supersizing and overcrowding can be
Criminals are to be stopped from making claims for injuries, but criminals may be victims too.
Russia’s growing nationalist movement has alarmed many liberal commentators, who wonder how the country that defeated Adolf Hitler could have given birth to so many young men overtly sympathetic to his ideas. Journalist Olesya Gerasimenko, who has covered several neo-Nazi trials, wondered where th
While activists push for reform of drug laws, various legislative entities continue to tighten restrictions on the use of psychoactive substances, from marijuana to "bath salts". One state in the US moves closer to drug-testing not only its welfare recipients, but its lawmakers as well. Mexico's c
Jean Marlowe is known as the Godmother of Medical Cannabis in the State of North Carolina.In this wildly entertaining interview, the feisty Marlowe gives her irreverent take on the hypocrisy of cannabis prohibition, and gives moving testimony about the damage done to medical patients caught up in
The partner of an abuse survivor convicted of killing a suspected paedophile calls for longer sentences for sexual offences against children
Faith groups and charities must join the medical profession in strong, relentless and effective opposition to the government's wrecking of the NHS.
