Max Daly
Is a 'Death Dealer' Poisoning Cocaine Tourists in Amsterdam?
Three Brits have died in the past couple of months after snorting white heroin that they believed to be cocaine. Is this the fault of an inexperienced, idiotic dealer, or someone deliberately doling out death?
Marley Natural: The Weed That Manages to Sell Out Both Bob Marley and Jamaica
People in Jamaica are pissed off that rich, white Americans are turning Bob Marley into "the Marijuana Malboro Man".
The British Government Just Cracked Down on Everything That Gets You High
Is it the final nail in the coffin for the country's head shops?
Cutting Through the Bullshit About the 'UK Crystal Meth Boom'
Compelling as the show is, I'm not sure it's compelling in a way that will make people actually want to do crystal meth.
Why Britain Won't Be a Drug-Taker's Paradise Any Time Soon
Yesterday's government report was a red herring.
The Sad Demise of Nancy Lee, One of Britain's Ketamine Casualties
When Nancy starting using the drug regularly it left her stuck in a teenage world from which she was never able to escape. The 23-year-old is one of a growing number to die slowly and horribly due to K abuse.
Britain's Upper Classes Are Less Likely to Be Busted for Drugs
Thanks to a focus on statistics, London cops have taken to making easy arrests for marijuana possession, and a lack of real engagement with the communities they police has made officers disconnected from the poor people who get stopped and searched.
Seven Important Truths About How the World Takes Drugs in 2014
We need a new way to make sweeping assumptions about entire populations, and what better place to start than drugs? After all, there's so much you can tell about a person from their drug of choice. Wouldn't it be great if we could apply the same logic...
The Most Important UN Drug Summit in Decades Was Really Depressing
This month's meeting of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime was supposed to be an important event in the war on drugs, but instead it was yet another gathering of prohibitionists trotting out the same old platitudes
The Stoners' Paradise of Humboldt County Is Dreading Weed Legalization
The economy of the rural Northern Californian region is dominated by marijuana, and many growers are worried that when pot becomes legal, prices will plummet and they'll lose their livelihoods.