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Drug Policy Constellations - The Role of Power and Morality in the Making of Drug Policy in the UK; Drawing on the author’s participation in high-level policy discussions, this book presents three key...

There is increasing international interest in the use of police drug diversion schemes that offer people suspected of minor drug-related offences an educative or therapeutic intervention as an alterna...

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An investigation reveals children are being given illegal cannabis to treat epilepsy.

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Background: Unlike evidence-based approaches, public drug policies are shaped more by political factors, with public opinion playing a key role. We hypothesized that using moral arguments in favor ...

Illegal use in UK seems to reflect growth of unregulated market in US, where its high-profile users include Elon Musk

This article introduces an analytic of discursive and material failure, developing a spatial grammar for analysing both the discursive framing of policies as failed and the actually existing processes...

The so-called war on drugs has failed. In the last century, countries have increasingly attempted absolute prohibition of drug use, often via penal measures. Despite global action, these policies have not deterred drug use: we have reached record levels of “abuse, illicit cultivation and production and manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances”, as acknowledged at the 2024 UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Drug trafficking networks have become increasingly sophisticated and violent, and deaths related to drug use have increased.

A researcher says 10 years after it was made illegal in the UK, khat is still being widely sold.

Read our latest report on why patients experiencing 'Existential Distress' ought to be permitted access to psilocybin-assisted psychotherap

The Assisted Dying Bill raises important questions about how we support individuals with a terminal diagnosis.

An investigation into how criminal gangs groom young people to traffic drugs.

More rigorous regulations are needed to assess the effects of pesticides on bees and other insects, argues a leading Sussex bee expert

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PDF | Background: Psychedelic drugs show promise in facilitating a variety of long-term psychological changes, but they may also lead to unexpected... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

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This is an autoethnographic exploration of some of my experiences in prisons in both Mexico City and England. My writing is a way for me to try to understand my journey in the light of my research as ...

Recent research found that psychedelic-assisted therapy reduced depressive symptoms, with relaxation during sessions being the strongest predictor of improvement.