'Skint': Scunthorpe, Lies and Videotape..?

21.05.2013
Unfortunately, the filmmakers visiting Scunthorpe wasted a wonderful opportunity to shed light onto a world we don't often see on television...
Why Lindsay Lohan Will Never Escape From Rehab

Why Lindsay Lohan Will Never Escape From Rehab

15.05.2013
When Lindsay Lohan entered the Betty Ford Center, as part of a court ordered rehabilitation programme, it was her second time as a visitor,...
MI6 'Ghost Money' Helping Afghan Drug Trade?

MI6 'Ghost Money' Helping Afghan Drug Trade?

13.05.2013
And how has this money been spent? Certainly not on social projects or rebuilding initiatives. Rather, the reporting indicates, the money...
Why There's No Such Thing as Relapse

Why There's No Such Thing as Relapse

13.05.2013
Everyday I speak to someone who feels hopelessly addicted - whether they are drunk or sober - and every time the word they use is the same:...
Breaking the Kafkaesque Cycle of Addiction

Breaking the Kafkaesque Cycle of Addiction

3.05.2013
You don't need to have suffered from addictive illness (although it undoubtedly helps) to understand that abstinence-based recovery is...
Iceland, iTunes and UK Parliament: Breaking the Taboo with Sam Branson

Iceland, iTunes and UK Parliament: Breaking the Taboo with Sam Branson

1.05.2013
Drugs can often prove to be an arduous, convoluted conversation. To try and unpick the tangled knot that is global drug policy is fairly...
David Cameron Expresses Concern Over Dubai Torture Allegations

David Cameron Expresses Concern Over Dubai Torture Allegations

28.04.2013
Prime minister David Cameron has expressed his concern over allegations three British men were tortured by police in Dubai after they were...
City Boys Can Stick It Up Their Hooters

City Boys Can Stick It Up Their Hooters

25.04.2013
When you survey the wreckage of our once prosperous nation, just remember where all your money went - up some pin striped, be-braced, supercilious,...
End The War On Drugs, Say Prison Governors

End The War On Drugs, Say Prison Governors

Tom Moseley  24.04.2013
Prison governors say it is time to end the 'way on drugs' because it is putting so many people behind bars. Government policy means criminals...
Brighton Considers 'Shooting Galleries' For Drug-Users

Brighton Considers 'Shooting Galleries' For Drug-Users

Tom Moseley  18.04.2013
Brighton could become the first place to set up rooms for people to inject drugs without fear of prosecution. A report said the safe houses,...
Class A Myth-Making

Class A Myth-Making

17.04.2013
Despite using cocaine every night for the final three of my six years working in the City, I only once traded high - and, after an horrific...
Taste Of Beer Makes People Want To Drink More Alcohol And Take Drugs, Study Claims

Taste Of Beer Makes People Want To Drink More Alcohol And Take Drugs, Study Claims

15.04.2013
The taste of beer releases a chemical in the brain which makes people want to drink more and take other drugs, research published on Monday...

'Bankers' Cocaine Habits To Blame For Financial Crisis'

15.04.2013
A former government drugs tsar who was sacked from his role after suggesting horse-riding was as dangerous as ecstasy has waded into the...

Drug Policy Reform Is Breaking Through at the International Level

25.03.2013
More governments are breaking from the pack and express concern that the system is not succeeding. Forward-looking governments are standing...