The narcotopian dilemma
Why liberal societies are helpless in the face of the global illegal drugs trade.
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A magic mushroom trip in Amsterdam triggers a revelation
“This isn’t traumatic,” I think smugly, as laughter gives way to visions. Perhaps I have no demons to confront?
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The UK must prepare for a fentanyl crisis
Synthetic opioids cause 70,000 drug overdose deaths a year in the US – we need to prevent a similar epidemic…
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More than one in ten Brits need painkillers every day
Research shared exclusively with Spotlight shows the extent of the UK’s dependency on pain medication.
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David Nutt: “It’s the biggest breakthrough in mental health for 50 years”
The psychiatrist David Nutt on psychedelic drugs as a treatment for depression.
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ITV’s Malpractice is preposterous – but so gripping, you won’t mind
This series from the makers of Line of Duty is set in a Yorkshire hospital – and follows drugs, corruption…
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Levelling up won’t happen until the UK solves its drugs problem
There is a clear link between deprivation and drug misuse.
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Has cartel violence come to the UK?
The Euston shooting suggests the drug trafficking netherworld is no longer confined to the Americas.
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Could overdose prevention centres tackle the UK’s drug death crisis?
OPCs have been proven to save lives – but they are yet to be introduced in this country.
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William Orbit: “If you confound Madonna, a red mist comes down”
The producer worked his magic with Britney Spears, All Saints and Blur. In his sixties a drug binge and breakdown…
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Antimicrobial resistance will be “as serious as Covid-19”
Experts warn that scientists and doctors are poorly prepared for the effects of drug-resistant bacteria.
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Why the UK should legalise cannabis
Prohibition does more harm than the drug itself.
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Joe Biden’s marijuana pardons prove he can change with the times
The US president’s latest executive move is both popular and just.
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The war on drugs has failed – when will the Tories and Labour accept this?
Britain’s backwards drug laws are causing avoidable deaths, and the public is demanding change.
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Why drugs should be not only decriminalised, but fully legalised
The “War on Drugs” has failed. It’s time that governments, not gangsters, run the drug market.
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How psychedelics change lives
The writer Michael Pollan on becoming a psychonaut in his fifties – and why tripping is political.
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Raise a spliff to Sadiq Khan, a politician brave enough to get real on drug reform
Only fear and prejudice stop the government from taking the evidence-based approach to drugs advocated by the Mayor of London.
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From the NS archive: Drugs: the synthetic crisis
1 July 1967: More people are going to use drugs anyway, whatever we do.
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The government is bringing in new laws to target people who take Class A drugs
Taking away someone’s passport is a pretty sinister act however you slice it.
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