Cameron Urged To Consider 'Legalisation Of Drugs' By MPs

Cameron Urged To Consider 'Legalisation Of Drugs' By MPs

10.12.2012
David Cameron has been urged by MPs to consider legalising and regulating drug use as part of wide-ranging public debate on the current...

The Curious Case of the Home Affairs Select Committee's Drugs Policy Report

10.12.2012
The last time a Royal Commission was called for on drug policy was that of the 9 March 2011; Lord Norton of Louth raised the issue in a...

It Is Unfortunate That Oxycodone Can No Longer Be Injected

8.12.2012
For a while, Oxycodone offered an option for opiate users - essentially, it was akin to medically prescribed heroin. Someone could get...
Keeping Drugs Illegal Does Not Protect Children

Keeping Drugs Illegal Does Not Protect Children

6.12.2012
Illegal drugs are easier for young people to get than legal ones. True today, this was also true when I was a teen. Even at the age of...
Was a Crown Court Judge Right to Say That Burglary Requires 'a Huge Amount of Courage'?

Was a Crown Court Judge Right to Say That Burglary Requires 'a Huge Amount of Courage'?

5.12.2012
To say that burglars are cowards is to play into the conventional political and media narrative that criminals turn to illegal activity...
Frankie Dettori Given Six Month Worldwide Ban

Frankie Dettori Given Six Month Worldwide Ban

5.12.2012
Frankie Dettori has been given a six-month worldwide racing ban for failing a drugs test. The Jockey, 42, failed a test at Longchamp in...

Film Screening: 'The House I Live In' at The Oval Space - An Event That Should Not Be Missed

4.12.2012
Owing to its immeasurable impact there is a special screening: On 11 December, at the prestigious Oval Space, Bethnal Green, The House...
Can Bosses Help Addicts?

Can Bosses Help Addicts?

4.12.2012
If company managers are looking for ways to increase efficiency, not to mention health and safety, they should look at the impact of drug...
We Need to Tackle an Increasing Lifestyle Burden to the NHS

We Need to Tackle an Increasing Lifestyle Burden to the NHS

28.11.2012
In these challenging times, healthcare responsibilities should be shifting slowly from the State to the individual. No doubt changing the...
Ricky Hatton's Toughest Fight has Just Begun

Ricky Hatton's Toughest Fight has Just Begun

26.11.2012
Professional boxing is a cruel business. Just as glory and success are witnessed and shared by millions, so is defeat and failure. The...

I Thought I Was the Only One - The Only One in the World

21.11.2012
It is important that professionals, parents, carers, and society at large take this report as a wake-up call. We all must be alert to the...
Would You Legalise Cannabis For Her?

Would You Legalise Cannabis For Her?

Sam Parker  21.11.2012
While in Britain, the medicinal qualities of cannabis is still treated with scepticism by a society fond of imagining pallid teenage boys...

REVIEW: Philippe Shangti 'From Saint Tropez to London'

20.11.2012
Shangti's work aims to be erotic, but in handing it ('it' meaning sex) to us all on a visual plate, it loses a lot of the evocative and...

Einstein's Brain and the Question of Consciousness in Defying Depression

20.11.2012
My friend remarked on how he'd had the top medical care and had taken almost 10,000 pills in the eight years between the doctor's diagnosis...