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Transform Drug Policy Foundation (TDPF) is the UK's leading centre of expertise on drug policy and law reform.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Obama says legalising drugs a "Legitimate Topic for Debate"

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. The following press release has been issued by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) . Whilst some way from a shift in policy it is ...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Exec summary of Transform's 'Blueprint for Regulation' now available in Russian

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We are pleased to announce the publication of a Russian translation of 'After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation' (24 page ...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

IDPC calls on countries to abstain from objecting to Bolivian proposal to lift UN coca ban

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The following press release and advocacy note were issued by the International Drug Policy Consortium (of which Transform is a partner mem...
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Sinn Fein initiates reform in Ireland

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Sinn Féin, Ireland’s fastest growing political party, has taken several steps to encourage a more effective, evidence-based approach to tack...
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Thursday, December 16, 2010

'Legalise and regulate drugs' says UK's former drugs and defence Minister

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Bob Ainsworth MP, former Home Office drugs minister and Secretary of State for Defence, will call for the ...
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Watch Speakers from Transform's 'Ending the War on Drugs' Event

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We have now uploaded footage of the speakers at our 'Ending the War on Drugs' event which has held last month in London. This was a ...
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Monday, December 13, 2010

'The Nation' magazine special issue / cover feature on ending the Drug War

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Great to see yet more mainstream media coverage of the drug law reform debate, this time in a special issue  of The Nation Magazine. The co...
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Transform Launches New Impact Assessment Web Page

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We have recently added a new page to the Transform website promoting our call for an Impact Assessment (IA) of drug policy. An IA would mak...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

California's message - end the War on Drugs, cut the deficit

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Campaigners are confident that it is now when, not if, marijuana is legalised in the US, with several states likely to vote on legalisation ...
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Friday, November 12, 2010

Drug warriors coming in from the cold? Calls for legal marijuana to be strictly regulated

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With US support for the legalisation of cannabis/marijuana fast approaching the 50% threshold  (California's Prop 19 legalisation ballo...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

High Society: Wellcome Collection exhibition of drugs in history

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A new, free exhibition (curated by Transform trustee and author Mike Jay) is opening tomorrow at the Wellcome Collection in London and will...
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Friday, October 22, 2010

UN expert calls for a fundamental shift in global drug control policy

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Media Advisory At a press conference in New York on Tuesday 26 October, at the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly, one of ...
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Monday, October 18, 2010

Transform launches updated and re-designed 'Comparative Cost-Effectiveness of Drug Prohibition/Regulation' report

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On the eve of the Comprehensive Spending Review it seems like an opportune moment to relaunch Transform's 2009 report: 'A Compariso...
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