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Police Scotland: Legal Highs Make You “Jump Between Roofs”

February 4, 2015by Admin Leave a comment

Last year, a multimillion dollar lawsuit finally established that the energy drink Red Bull does not give you wings. It’s yet to be seen whether anyone will be looking for a […]

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If taking pills is Russian Roulette, we must make the odds better

January 12, 2015by Juan Mac Leave a comment

A 24-year-old man from Kirkintilloch died over the weekend and 2 people remain in hospital, with police and health officials believing pills of some kind to have been involved.  A […]

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Even the Home Office can’t hide the truth about our drug laws

November 4, 2014by Juan Mac 2 Comments

Last Thursday,  the Home Office finally released its first comparative study into the effectiveness of various approaches to drugs.   After 50 odd years of haplessly pursuing a policy which is […]

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Professor David Nutt: Independent Scotland Could Reverse UK’s “Backwards” Drugs Laws

September 16, 2014by Admin Leave a comment

One of the world’s leading drugs science experts has hit out at the UK and said that an independent Scotland could take a more evidence-based approach to drugs policy. In […]

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Just say…Yes?: Drug policy in an independent Scotland

August 25, 2014by Juan Mac 4 Comments

Once upon a time, there was a debate about drugs in the UK –  what the health risks were, how to deal with people who used them, how best to […]

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Drugs & the Scottish Government – Ask the experts, just say no anyway

April 6, 2014by Juan Mac 1 Comment

Last week saw the publication of the annual report by the National Forum on Drug Related Deaths, Scotland’s independent expert body which makes recommendation on drug policy to the Scottish […]

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