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The Drug Users Taking Advantage of the UK's New Lenient Policing Policies
Two British police forces have started referring people caught with a personal amount of drugs to educational workshops rather than sending them to court.
Some Police in the UK Have Stopped Arresting Drug Users
For several months, police units in the UK have been operating "diversion" schemes which have resulted in scores of drug users avoiding court, jail, and a criminal record.
More Evidence That Britain's Police Should Be Making Our Weed Laws
Another police chief has spoken out against the UK's archaic drug policy, and another force is already benefitting from ignoring stoners.
More Kids Are Selling Weed in the UK Than Ever Before
And the news has set The Daily Mail off on a bizarre, nonsensical attack on decriminalisation.
An Interview with Nick Clegg About the Government's Drug Problem
We spoke to the former Lib Dem leader about drug reform and the refusal of the Conservative Party to do absolutely anything about it.
Will This Week's UN General Assembly Accept the War on Drugs Has Failed?
On Tuesday 193 member states of the UN will convene in New York to discuss drugs. Sadly, their draft document indicates they're still hung up on backwards policies.
An Australian Doctor Has Vowed to Start Testing Pills at Festivals
Dr Alex Wodak has said, "I am prepared to break the law to save young people's lives."
Answering Every Question You Could Possibly Have About Australia in 2016
2016 is going to be a big year of change in Australia. We've peered into the future to explain what's in store for you and everyone else.
We Asked an Expert What Would Happen If the UK Decriminalized All Drugs
The UN was apparently about to release a report advising exactly that this week before suddenly changing its mind.
Is the United Nations About to Call for the Decriminalization of All Drugs?
Richard Branson just posted an embargoed document from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime that urges governments to ease off on the prosecution and imprisonment of drug users.
Reasons Why Adelaide Is the Best City On Earth
No one talks about the cheap rent, plentiful weed, or the Men in Black cutouts on Cross Road.
Will Growing Support for Medicinal Weed Help End New Zealand’s War on Grass?
Forty-seven percent of New Zealanders believe cannabis should be legalized for medical use—a 10 percent bump from the same survey conducted more than a decade ago.