If taking pills is Russian Roulette, we must make the odds better
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
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 […]
Professor David Nutt: Independent Scotland Could Reverse UK’s “Backwards” Drugs Laws
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 […]
Just say…Yes?: Drug policy in an independent Scotland
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 […]
Drugs & the Scottish Government – Ask the experts, just say no anyway
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 […]
Zero Tolerance isn’t working at the Arches or anywhere
A 39-year-old man is in a serious but stable condition at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, having reportedly taken 4 pills, believed to be ecstasy, while in the queue at the Arches […]
Testing times for Scotland’s pill takers
Another 2 weekends have came and went since pill-related deaths were in the news. At the time, one of the Flowers wrote this piece, arguing for the urgent introduction of […]
