Thursday, December 24, 2009

Christmas comes early for gangsters as three more drugs are criminalised

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Three drugs were prohibited yesterday; a synthetic cannabinoid often sold as ‘spice’, the synthetic stimulant benzylpiperazine or BZP , an...
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Monday, December 14, 2009

US takes a long hard look at the war on drugs

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Last week a Bill in US Congress made surprisingly smooth progress through the House of Representatives on its way to the Senate. The House b...
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Wednesday, December 09, 2009

International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy launched

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On Human Rights Day 10.12.09, Transform Drug Policy Foundation welcomes the launch of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Poli...

The heroin and cocaine trade: clear on the problem - unclear on the solution

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Foreign Policy magazine have produced an excellent graphic/schematic , by Beau Kilmer and Peter Reuter, showing the inflationary price effe...
Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Czech Govt Allows 5 Cannabis Plants For Personal Use From 2010

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From the Wall Street Journal today we learn that the Czech Republic is to join the growing list of countries decriminalising adult persona...
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New Drugs Report from DEMOS

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A new report from DEMOS , titled CONNECTING THE DOTS includes a chapter on drug policy in the UK. A chapter entitled 'Addicted to heroi...
Monday, December 07, 2009

Reformers are not 'pro-drug' Mr Costa

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Last week I received a response from Antonio Maria Costa - Executive Director of UN Office on Drugs and Crime - to a letter requesting that ...
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Friday, December 04, 2009

Transform submission to the Home Office review of the ACMD

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Transform have prepared a response to the Home Office review of the ACMD available in pdf here *. The introduction is copied below. Introdu...
Thursday, December 03, 2009

Transform FOI vs Home Office suppression of research - Part V (in The Economist )

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The following article is the latest installment in Transform's long running campaign to get the Government to release its publicly fun...
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Transform debates Nixon Drug Tsar on BBC World Service

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I had a great opportunity today to discuss global drug policy on the BBC World Service (broadcast internationally) with Dr Robert Dupont , ...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Transform's 'Blueprint for Regulation' discussed on CNN international

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Last week's launch of Transform's new book 'After the War on Drugs; Blueprint for Regulation' has received a large volume...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

Transform discuss new book on BBC's Today Programme

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On Saturday Steve Rolles appeared on BBC Radio 4's flagship current affairs show, the Today programme, to discuss drugs policy reform, s...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Landmark book shows how to legalise and regulate drugs

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UK Parliamentary launch of 'Blueprint for Regulation' Grannd Committee room, House of Commons Blueprint launch press release Transfo...
Friday, November 06, 2009

Transform launch new guide to legal regulation of drugs

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Transform is pleased to announce that our latest publication, ' After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation' will be launche...
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MPs table motion calling for drugs policy based on scientific evidence

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PRESS NOTICE: from the Parliamentary Drugs and Alcohol Treatment and Harm Reduction Group Chair: Lord David Ramsbotham Secretary: Mike Wood ...
Thursday, November 05, 2009

Tripping over Nutt

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The Nutt episode has revealed the limits of the Home Office's criminal justice approach to drugs policy The Advisory Council on the Misu...
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Double Standards from the Evening Standard on cannabis classification?

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There was a welcome outbreak of common sense in Yesterday's Evening Standard, a paper more often prone to reactionary drug war posturing...
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Monday, November 02, 2009

David Nutt is sacked from the ACMD

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There's a lot of important issues raised by the ACMD chair's sacking, and the subsequent reaction. Transform have been actively eng...
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Thursday, October 29, 2009

HASC discusses calls for an Impact Assessment of the Misuse of Drugs Act

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One of the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) raised the issue of carrying out in Impact Assessment (IA) of the Misuse of D...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Transform give oral evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee cocaine inquiry

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Transform gave oral evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry into the cocaine trade this morning - which is available to view o...
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