The Lesson From Latin America: We Need to Rethink the Drugs War
The lesson from Latin America: we need to rethink the drugs war
Cocaine use has more than trebled since 1996. Every time someone dies of an overdose, it should shame our political class. One thing we must do is break the link between addiction and crime. If we treat addiction as a health issue, we can free the …
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London conference 2014: The world wakes up at elephants' eleventh hour
Profits are now so big – up to $ 19bn (£11.6bn) annually – that organised crime gangs, rebel militias and even terrorist organisations are being drawn in, pushing the killing to ever greater heights and posing grave new problems of national and …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Defies Heroin Addict Stereotypes
In the case of Philip Seymour Hoffman, the stereotypes are further challenged because he was not thin, emaciated, broke, stealing to support his habit, or really experiencing any negative life consequences as the result of his drug use. Instead …
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Know the Score 2010 cocaine campaign launch — The launch of the Scottish Government’s 2010 Know the Score campaign highlighting the dangers of taking cocaine. The campaign, which specifically targets 16-…
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