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NIGHT LIVES
Night Lives: Reducing Drug-Related Harm in the Night Time Economy Download the full report here . Executive Summary. The UK’s night time economy is failing to protect its most valuable asset: the people who go out and enjoy it. ARE DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOMS VIABLE IN THE UK? Back Yard, Volteface’s new report on drug consumption rooms, launches Tuesday the 28th of November. The time is right to look at new ways of reducing mortality among people who use illicit drugs. Across the UK, we are seeing record levels of drug-related deaths. These deaths often occur among people who use heroin, as wellContinued
SSDP TAKEOVER: COVID'S IMPACT ON STUDENT DRUG USE With changes to venues, demand and support looming on the horizon, Eleri Crossland predicts a significant shift in the way UK students interact with illegal drugs Student life is set to look very different for those returning to university this autumn. Daunted by ongoing lockdown measures on campus and within the UK as a whole, studentsContinued
VOLTEFACEPLEASANT LANDSFEATURESNEWSPUBLICATIONSDONATEABOUT This week the London Mayor’s race erupted around a question that is bound to delight drug reformers – cannabis reform in the capital. Whilst the naysayers are crying electoral point-scoring on both sides across the echo chambers of Twitter, groups like Volteface have been busy behind the scenes engineering an environment that is ripe VOLTEFACE LONG READ: AN INSIGHT INTO DRUG TESTING In the run-up to Lowlands last year, a Dutch festival with a lineup packed full of the likes of Tame Impala, New Order and Live Electronic Godfather Paul Kalkbrenner, Lara Smit visits the Jellinek drug-testing facility in Utrecht with a key question: Does Government Funded Drug-Testing in the Netherlands Prevent Deaths? “If my Continued 1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Changing in the law. To encourage young people to engage with their families and reduce the amount of time they spent outside of the home (which were perceived as times of risk with regards to drug and alcohol use), Iceland introduced a curfew for all young people aged 13to 16.
NIGHT LIVES
Night Lives: Reducing Drug-Related Harm in the Night Time Economy Download the full report here . Executive Summary. The UK’s night time economy is failing to protect its most valuable asset: the people who go out and enjoy it. ARE DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOMS VIABLE IN THE UK? Back Yard, Volteface’s new report on drug consumption rooms, launches Tuesday the 28th of November. The time is right to look at new ways of reducing mortality among people who use illicit drugs. Across the UK, we are seeing record levels of drug-related deaths. These deaths often occur among people who use heroin, as wellContinued
SSDP TAKEOVER: COVID'S IMPACT ON STUDENT DRUG USE With changes to venues, demand and support looming on the horizon, Eleri Crossland predicts a significant shift in the way UK students interact with illegal drugs Student life is set to look very different for those returning to university this autumn. Daunted by ongoing lockdown measures on campus and within the UK as a whole, studentsContinued
VOLTEFACE
This week the London Mayor’s race erupted around a question that is bound to delight drug reformers – cannabis reform in the capital. Whilst the naysayers are crying electoral point-scoring on both sides across the echo chambers of Twitter, groups like Volteface have been busy behind the scenes engineering an environment that is ripeNIGHT LIVES
Night Lives: Reducing Drug-Related Harm in the Night Time Economy Download the full report here . Executive Summary. The UK’s night time economy is failing to protect its most valuable asset: the people who go out and enjoy it. CANCARD SCHEME LAUNCHES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW There are estimated to be 1.4 million patients in the UK who are eligible for a medical cannabis prescription. However, 73% of these patients are unable to afford one. As it stands there is a risk that patients who are experiencing difficulties in accessing medical cannabis could be criminalised. Today the Cancard scheme has Continued FROM HARM TO PSYCHOACTIVITY: THE UPSIDE OF THE 2016 Writers have pointed out on Volteface before that, as we discuss ‘drug policy’ it’s worth noting that the very concept of ‘drugs’ is flawed, and we shouldn’t even debate in these terms. But what does that mean for policymaking in practice, and how does it relate to current UK debates? Before answering those questions, I should make clear a few of my assumptions. ON OUR OWN: MEDICAL CANNABIS FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN THE UK Waking up in hospital is always disorientating. You feel the hard, scratchy bedclothes and hear the peculiar sounds of machines and other patients. You look around in search of a familiar face, but often lock eyes with a uniformed stranger instead. Your body feels different – whether from the pain or the medication – and Continued REFORM AND REHABILITATION? THE UK NEEDS A BETTER SOLUTION “The criminal justice system provides a prime opportunity to tackle substance misuse and ensure the individual has access to the support they need to stop.” Government Drugs Strategy 2017 “If people don’t need to be incarcerated, don’t incarcerate them. Prisons do well if they don’t make people worse. Don’t put people in prisonto rehabilitate
POLICING OF CANNABIS IN THE UK IS UNDERMINING POLICE Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services published their annual report on police legitimacy in the United Kingdom today. Despite being positive on the whole, the report warns that the targeting of stop and search leads to discrimination and undermines the legitimacy of police forces in the UK. Policeforces are
WHY THESE PEOPLE STOPPED DRINKING AND STARTING CONSUMING Last week was ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’ in the UK, and while mental health awareness is for many an all-year-round concern, the initiative has succeeded in sparking interest and debate on a subject of vital importance. As part of the festivities, The Guardian shared an interesting article wherein Matthew Todd suggests that ‘there’s still an elephant in the therapist’s waiting IS DRUG DECRIMINALISATION ON THE CARDS FOR THAILAND Thailand’s Minister of Justice, General Paiboon Koomchaya, recently ignited a heated debate when he proposed re-scheduling methamphetamine as a ‘medicine’ rather than a ‘narcotic’ drug. But given that one of the Minister’s objectives is to avoid punishing people who use drugs, in particular ensuring they do not end up in prison,’ the proposal to reschedule is essentially BREAKING: PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS ARE PEOPLE, NOT ZOMBIES Recently there has been a seemingly endless stream of articles in the mainstream media, from the Daily Mail to the BBC, describing people under the influence of Spice as “zombies”. Whilst you can see that they are trying to get across the idea that Spice (aka synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists) has strong psychoactive effects, thisContinued
VOLTEFACEPLEASANT LANDSFEATURESNEWSPUBLICATIONSDONATEABOUT The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
DM FOR DETAILS: SELLING DRUGS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Prevalence. One in four young people (24%) reported that they see illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media – a significant figure considering how recent a phenomenon this is. Of those who reported seeing illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media: 56% saw drugs being advertised on Snapchat, 55% on Instagram and 47% onFacebook.
1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with CANCARD SCHEME LAUNCHES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW There are estimated to be 1.4 million patients in the UK who are eligible for a medical cannabis prescription. However, 73% of these patients are unable to afford one. As it stands there is a risk that patients who are experiencing difficulties in accessing medical cannabis could be criminalised. Today the Cancard scheme has Continued OPINION: IS THE PSYCHEDELIC MOVEMENT ELITIST? There is no doubt that psychedelics hold incredible healing potential to treat mental illnesses. Their ability is so great, claims circulate that they can ‘cure’ conditions, a term almost unheard of in psychiatry. The psychedelic movement has highlighted the vast benefits of these currently controlled substances, helping to liberalise anddestigmatise them.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE UK SCHOOLS TELLING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT What exactly are UK schools telling young people about drugs? Are we still advising them to ‘just say no’? If things have moved on, just how far has the message moved? Government, teachers, parents and drug policy reform advocates all want the same thing: to mitigate thereal risks of
OPINION: CURRENT PSYCHEDELIC RESEARCH LACKS DIVERSITY Psychedelics are making a comeback. We’ve recently witnessed a wave of re-emerging interest and research into psychedelic drugs. This has undoubtedly been a beneficial force for breaking down stigma, whilst highlighting the incredible potential psychedelics have for healing deep-rooted trauma. However, a narrative that isn’t addressed nearly enough is that our psychedelic research DRUGS, DISSOCIATIVES AND DISPLACEMENT: THE FESTIVAL DRUG Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people seek to unwind over hedonistic summer weekends. As the UK festival season gets underway, we asked Professor Fiona Measham to fill us in on this year’s festival drug trends, and what advice she would give to festival Continued 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF REDUCING CLUB DRUG-RELATED HARM IN The emergence of club culture. A cultural earthquake happened in the UK in the late 1980s. House music, imported from the gay and black clubbing scenes of US cities like Chicago and Detroit, combined with the Balearic beats of Ibiza to reshape and revitalise UK nightlife, resulting in the emergence of the acid house and rave scene, fuelled by ecstasy and other stimulant drugs. RECREATIONAL CANNABIS LEGALISATION IN EUROPE VOLTEFACEPLEASANT LANDSFEATURESNEWSPUBLICATIONSDONATEABOUT The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
DM FOR DETAILS: SELLING DRUGS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Prevalence. One in four young people (24%) reported that they see illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media – a significant figure considering how recent a phenomenon this is. Of those who reported seeing illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media: 56% saw drugs being advertised on Snapchat, 55% on Instagram and 47% onFacebook.
1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with CANCARD SCHEME LAUNCHES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW There are estimated to be 1.4 million patients in the UK who are eligible for a medical cannabis prescription. However, 73% of these patients are unable to afford one. As it stands there is a risk that patients who are experiencing difficulties in accessing medical cannabis could be criminalised. Today the Cancard scheme has Continued OPINION: IS THE PSYCHEDELIC MOVEMENT ELITIST? There is no doubt that psychedelics hold incredible healing potential to treat mental illnesses. Their ability is so great, claims circulate that they can ‘cure’ conditions, a term almost unheard of in psychiatry. The psychedelic movement has highlighted the vast benefits of these currently controlled substances, helping to liberalise anddestigmatise them.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE UK SCHOOLS TELLING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT What exactly are UK schools telling young people about drugs? Are we still advising them to ‘just say no’? If things have moved on, just how far has the message moved? Government, teachers, parents and drug policy reform advocates all want the same thing: to mitigate thereal risks of
OPINION: CURRENT PSYCHEDELIC RESEARCH LACKS DIVERSITY Psychedelics are making a comeback. We’ve recently witnessed a wave of re-emerging interest and research into psychedelic drugs. This has undoubtedly been a beneficial force for breaking down stigma, whilst highlighting the incredible potential psychedelics have for healing deep-rooted trauma. However, a narrative that isn’t addressed nearly enough is that our psychedelic research DRUGS, DISSOCIATIVES AND DISPLACEMENT: THE FESTIVAL DRUG Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people seek to unwind over hedonistic summer weekends. As the UK festival season gets underway, we asked Professor Fiona Measham to fill us in on this year’s festival drug trends, and what advice she would give to festival Continued 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF REDUCING CLUB DRUG-RELATED HARM IN The emergence of club culture. A cultural earthquake happened in the UK in the late 1980s. House music, imported from the gay and black clubbing scenes of US cities like Chicago and Detroit, combined with the Balearic beats of Ibiza to reshape and revitalise UK nightlife, resulting in the emergence of the acid house and rave scene, fuelled by ecstasy and other stimulant drugs. RECREATIONAL CANNABIS LEGALISATION IN EUROPEVOLTEFACE
The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
VOLTEFACE LONG READ: AN INSIGHT INTO DRUG TESTING The number of drug-related deaths per million inhabitants (according to the European Drug Report 2018) in the Netherlands is 19, whereas this figure is a lot higher in the UK at 70. Looking at these numbers, it’s possible to say that the testing of illicit drugs works, although we can’t be sure according to Smit-Rigter. 1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with SSDP TAKEOVER: COVID'S IMPACT ON STUDENT DRUG USE SSDP Takeover: Covid’s Impact on Student Drug Use. Patient Access. With changes to venues, demand and support looming on the horizon, Eleri Crossland predicts a significant shift in the way UK students interact with illegal drugs. Student life is set to look verydifferent for
I AM BILLY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES: CHARLOTTE CALDWELL CALLS FOR This week Charlotte Caldwell, mother of Billy – the boy who changed the law, announced the launch of the I am Billy campaign. This groundbreaking campaign is asking for the Government’s support in taking crucial steps towards improving patients’ access to cannabis medicines prescribed by the NHS. Following the success of previouscampaigning efforts
NIGHT LIVES
Night Lives: Reducing Drug-Related Harm in the Night Time Economy, a joint report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform, Durham University, The Loop and Volteface, advocates for the adoption of a set of bold yet practical initiatives across our towns and cities to address this failure. Aimed at stakeholders includingthe
DRUG SAFETY TESTING: A BRIEF HOME OFFICE TIMELINE Last week, the UK’s first drug safety testing clinic to be licensed by the Home Office opened its doors in Weston-Super-Mare. Whilst this is a very welcomed and progressive move by the Government, they have not always been so favourable to drug safety testing. Here is WHEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA WORKS (AND WHEN IT DOESN'T) David Casarett, M.D., is a physician, researcher, and tenured associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. His book 'Stoned: A Doctor's Case For Medical Marijuana' is being launched in the UK in November. In this book, Dr Casarett challenges conventional knowledge surrounding medicinal cannabis, examines the existing research, and discovers the benefits of POLICING OF CANNABIS IN THE UK IS UNDERMINING POLICE Despite being positive on the whole, the report warns that the targeting of stop and search leads to discrimination and undermines the legitimacy of police forces in the UK. Police forces are legally allowed to use the smell of cannabis as a reasonable ground to stop and search someone. This is despite the measure having beendisapproved by the
WHY THESE PEOPLE STOPPED DRINKING AND STARTING CONSUMING Last week was ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’ in the UK, and while mental health awareness is for many an all-year-round concern, the initiative has succeeded in sparking interest and debate on a subject of vital importance. As part of the festivities, The Guardian shared an interesting article wherein Matthew Todd suggests that ‘there’s still an elephant in the therapist’s waiting VOLTEFACEPLEASANT LANDSFEATURESNEWSPUBLICATIONSDONATEABOUT The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
DM FOR DETAILS: SELLING DRUGS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Prevalence. One in four young people (24%) reported that they see illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media – a significant figure considering how recent a phenomenon this is. Of those who reported seeing illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media: 56% saw drugs being advertised on Snapchat, 55% on Instagram and 47% onFacebook.
1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with CANCARD SCHEME LAUNCHES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW There are estimated to be 1.4 million patients in the UK who are eligible for a medical cannabis prescription. However, 73% of these patients are unable to afford one. As it stands there is a risk that patients who are experiencing difficulties in accessing medical cannabis could be criminalised. Today the Cancard scheme has Continued OPINION: IS THE PSYCHEDELIC MOVEMENT ELITIST? There is no doubt that psychedelics hold incredible healing potential to treat mental illnesses. Their ability is so great, claims circulate that they can ‘cure’ conditions, a term almost unheard of in psychiatry. The psychedelic movement has highlighted the vast benefits of these currently controlled substances, helping to liberalise anddestigmatise them.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE UK SCHOOLS TELLING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT What exactly are UK schools telling young people about drugs? Are we still advising them to ‘just say no’? If things have moved on, just how far has the message moved? Government, teachers, parents and drug policy reform advocates all want the same thing: to mitigate thereal risks of
OPINION: CURRENT PSYCHEDELIC RESEARCH LACKS DIVERSITY Psychedelics are making a comeback. We’ve recently witnessed a wave of re-emerging interest and research into psychedelic drugs. This has undoubtedly been a beneficial force for breaking down stigma, whilst highlighting the incredible potential psychedelics have for healing deep-rooted trauma. However, a narrative that isn’t addressed nearly enough is that our psychedelic research DRUGS, DISSOCIATIVES AND DISPLACEMENT: THE FESTIVAL DRUG Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people seek to unwind over hedonistic summer weekends. As the UK festival season gets underway, we asked Professor Fiona Measham to fill us in on this year’s festival drug trends, and what advice she would give to festival Continued 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF REDUCING CLUB DRUG-RELATED HARM IN The emergence of club culture. A cultural earthquake happened in the UK in the late 1980s. House music, imported from the gay and black clubbing scenes of US cities like Chicago and Detroit, combined with the Balearic beats of Ibiza to reshape and revitalise UK nightlife, resulting in the emergence of the acid house and rave scene, fuelled by ecstasy and other stimulant drugs. RECREATIONAL CANNABIS LEGALISATION IN EUROPE VOLTEFACEPLEASANT LANDSFEATURESNEWSPUBLICATIONSDONATEABOUT The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
DM FOR DETAILS: SELLING DRUGS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Prevalence. One in four young people (24%) reported that they see illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media – a significant figure considering how recent a phenomenon this is. Of those who reported seeing illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media: 56% saw drugs being advertised on Snapchat, 55% on Instagram and 47% onFacebook.
1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with CANCARD SCHEME LAUNCHES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW There are estimated to be 1.4 million patients in the UK who are eligible for a medical cannabis prescription. However, 73% of these patients are unable to afford one. As it stands there is a risk that patients who are experiencing difficulties in accessing medical cannabis could be criminalised. Today the Cancard scheme has Continued OPINION: IS THE PSYCHEDELIC MOVEMENT ELITIST? There is no doubt that psychedelics hold incredible healing potential to treat mental illnesses. Their ability is so great, claims circulate that they can ‘cure’ conditions, a term almost unheard of in psychiatry. The psychedelic movement has highlighted the vast benefits of these currently controlled substances, helping to liberalise anddestigmatise them.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE UK SCHOOLS TELLING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT What exactly are UK schools telling young people about drugs? Are we still advising them to ‘just say no’? If things have moved on, just how far has the message moved? Government, teachers, parents and drug policy reform advocates all want the same thing: to mitigate thereal risks of
OPINION: CURRENT PSYCHEDELIC RESEARCH LACKS DIVERSITY Psychedelics are making a comeback. We’ve recently witnessed a wave of re-emerging interest and research into psychedelic drugs. This has undoubtedly been a beneficial force for breaking down stigma, whilst highlighting the incredible potential psychedelics have for healing deep-rooted trauma. However, a narrative that isn’t addressed nearly enough is that our psychedelic research DRUGS, DISSOCIATIVES AND DISPLACEMENT: THE FESTIVAL DRUG Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people seek to unwind over hedonistic summer weekends. As the UK festival season gets underway, we asked Professor Fiona Measham to fill us in on this year’s festival drug trends, and what advice she would give to festival Continued 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF REDUCING CLUB DRUG-RELATED HARM IN The emergence of club culture. A cultural earthquake happened in the UK in the late 1980s. House music, imported from the gay and black clubbing scenes of US cities like Chicago and Detroit, combined with the Balearic beats of Ibiza to reshape and revitalise UK nightlife, resulting in the emergence of the acid house and rave scene, fuelled by ecstasy and other stimulant drugs. RECREATIONAL CANNABIS LEGALISATION IN EUROPEVOLTEFACE
The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
VOLTEFACE LONG READ: AN INSIGHT INTO DRUG TESTING The number of drug-related deaths per million inhabitants (according to the European Drug Report 2018) in the Netherlands is 19, whereas this figure is a lot higher in the UK at 70. Looking at these numbers, it’s possible to say that the testing of illicit drugs works, although we can’t be sure according to Smit-Rigter. 1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with SSDP TAKEOVER: COVID'S IMPACT ON STUDENT DRUG USE SSDP Takeover: Covid’s Impact on Student Drug Use. Patient Access. With changes to venues, demand and support looming on the horizon, Eleri Crossland predicts a significant shift in the way UK students interact with illegal drugs. Student life is set to look verydifferent for
I AM BILLY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES: CHARLOTTE CALDWELL CALLS FOR This week Charlotte Caldwell, mother of Billy – the boy who changed the law, announced the launch of the I am Billy campaign. This groundbreaking campaign is asking for the Government’s support in taking crucial steps towards improving patients’ access to cannabis medicines prescribed by the NHS. Following the success of previouscampaigning efforts
NIGHT LIVES
Night Lives: Reducing Drug-Related Harm in the Night Time Economy, a joint report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform, Durham University, The Loop and Volteface, advocates for the adoption of a set of bold yet practical initiatives across our towns and cities to address this failure. Aimed at stakeholders includingthe
DRUG SAFETY TESTING: A BRIEF HOME OFFICE TIMELINE Last week, the UK’s first drug safety testing clinic to be licensed by the Home Office opened its doors in Weston-Super-Mare. Whilst this is a very welcomed and progressive move by the Government, they have not always been so favourable to drug safety testing. Here is WHEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA WORKS (AND WHEN IT DOESN'T) David Casarett, M.D., is a physician, researcher, and tenured associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. His book 'Stoned: A Doctor's Case For Medical Marijuana' is being launched in the UK in November. In this book, Dr Casarett challenges conventional knowledge surrounding medicinal cannabis, examines the existing research, and discovers the benefits of POLICING OF CANNABIS IN THE UK IS UNDERMINING POLICE Despite being positive on the whole, the report warns that the targeting of stop and search leads to discrimination and undermines the legitimacy of police forces in the UK. Police forces are legally allowed to use the smell of cannabis as a reasonable ground to stop and search someone. This is despite the measure having beendisapproved by the
WHY THESE PEOPLE STOPPED DRINKING AND STARTING CONSUMING Last week was ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’ in the UK, and while mental health awareness is for many an all-year-round concern, the initiative has succeeded in sparking interest and debate on a subject of vital importance. As part of the festivities, The Guardian shared an interesting article wherein Matthew Todd suggests that ‘there’s still an elephant in the therapist’s waiting VOLTEFACEPLEASANT LANDSFEATURESNEWSPUBLICATIONSDONATEABOUT The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
DM FOR DETAILS: SELLING DRUGS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Prevalence. One in four young people (24%) reported that they see illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media – a significant figure considering how recent a phenomenon this is. Of those who reported seeing illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media: 56% saw drugs being advertised on Snapchat, 55% on Instagram and 47% onFacebook.
1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with CANCARD SCHEME LAUNCHES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW There are estimated to be 1.4 million patients in the UK who are eligible for a medical cannabis prescription. However, 73% of these patients are unable to afford one. As it stands there is a risk that patients who are experiencing difficulties in accessing medical cannabis could be criminalised. Today the Cancard scheme has Continued OPINION: IS THE PSYCHEDELIC MOVEMENT ELITIST? There is no doubt that psychedelics hold incredible healing potential to treat mental illnesses. Their ability is so great, claims circulate that they can ‘cure’ conditions, a term almost unheard of in psychiatry. The psychedelic movement has highlighted the vast benefits of these currently controlled substances, helping to liberalise anddestigmatise them.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE UK SCHOOLS TELLING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT What exactly are UK schools telling young people about drugs? Are we still advising them to ‘just say no’? If things have moved on, just how far has the message moved? Government, teachers, parents and drug policy reform advocates all want the same thing: to mitigate thereal risks of
OPINION: CURRENT PSYCHEDELIC RESEARCH LACKS DIVERSITY Psychedelics are making a comeback. We’ve recently witnessed a wave of re-emerging interest and research into psychedelic drugs. This has undoubtedly been a beneficial force for breaking down stigma, whilst highlighting the incredible potential psychedelics have for healing deep-rooted trauma. However, a narrative that isn’t addressed nearly enough is that our psychedelic research DRUGS, DISSOCIATIVES AND DISPLACEMENT: THE FESTIVAL DRUG Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people seek to unwind over hedonistic summer weekends. As the UK festival season gets underway, we asked Professor Fiona Measham to fill us in on this year’s festival drug trends, and what advice she would give to festival Continued 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF REDUCING CLUB DRUG-RELATED HARM IN The emergence of club culture. A cultural earthquake happened in the UK in the late 1980s. House music, imported from the gay and black clubbing scenes of US cities like Chicago and Detroit, combined with the Balearic beats of Ibiza to reshape and revitalise UK nightlife, resulting in the emergence of the acid house and rave scene, fuelled by ecstasy and other stimulant drugs. RECREATIONAL CANNABIS LEGALISATION IN EUROPE VOLTEFACEPLEASANT LANDSFEATURESNEWSPUBLICATIONSDONATEABOUT The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
DM FOR DETAILS: SELLING DRUGS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Prevalence. One in four young people (24%) reported that they see illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media – a significant figure considering how recent a phenomenon this is. Of those who reported seeing illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media: 56% saw drugs being advertised on Snapchat, 55% on Instagram and 47% onFacebook.
1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with CANCARD SCHEME LAUNCHES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW There are estimated to be 1.4 million patients in the UK who are eligible for a medical cannabis prescription. However, 73% of these patients are unable to afford one. As it stands there is a risk that patients who are experiencing difficulties in accessing medical cannabis could be criminalised. Today the Cancard scheme has Continued OPINION: IS THE PSYCHEDELIC MOVEMENT ELITIST? There is no doubt that psychedelics hold incredible healing potential to treat mental illnesses. Their ability is so great, claims circulate that they can ‘cure’ conditions, a term almost unheard of in psychiatry. The psychedelic movement has highlighted the vast benefits of these currently controlled substances, helping to liberalise anddestigmatise them.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE UK SCHOOLS TELLING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT What exactly are UK schools telling young people about drugs? Are we still advising them to ‘just say no’? If things have moved on, just how far has the message moved? Government, teachers, parents and drug policy reform advocates all want the same thing: to mitigate thereal risks of
OPINION: CURRENT PSYCHEDELIC RESEARCH LACKS DIVERSITY Psychedelics are making a comeback. We’ve recently witnessed a wave of re-emerging interest and research into psychedelic drugs. This has undoubtedly been a beneficial force for breaking down stigma, whilst highlighting the incredible potential psychedelics have for healing deep-rooted trauma. However, a narrative that isn’t addressed nearly enough is that our psychedelic research DRUGS, DISSOCIATIVES AND DISPLACEMENT: THE FESTIVAL DRUG Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people seek to unwind over hedonistic summer weekends. As the UK festival season gets underway, we asked Professor Fiona Measham to fill us in on this year’s festival drug trends, and what advice she would give to festival Continued 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF REDUCING CLUB DRUG-RELATED HARM IN The emergence of club culture. A cultural earthquake happened in the UK in the late 1980s. House music, imported from the gay and black clubbing scenes of US cities like Chicago and Detroit, combined with the Balearic beats of Ibiza to reshape and revitalise UK nightlife, resulting in the emergence of the acid house and rave scene, fuelled by ecstasy and other stimulant drugs. RECREATIONAL CANNABIS LEGALISATION IN EUROPEVOLTEFACE
The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
VOLTEFACE LONG READ: AN INSIGHT INTO DRUG TESTING The number of drug-related deaths per million inhabitants (according to the European Drug Report 2018) in the Netherlands is 19, whereas this figure is a lot higher in the UK at 70. Looking at these numbers, it’s possible to say that the testing of illicit drugs works, although we can’t be sure according to Smit-Rigter. 1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with SSDP TAKEOVER: COVID'S IMPACT ON STUDENT DRUG USE SSDP Takeover: Covid’s Impact on Student Drug Use. Patient Access. With changes to venues, demand and support looming on the horizon, Eleri Crossland predicts a significant shift in the way UK students interact with illegal drugs. Student life is set to look verydifferent for
I AM BILLY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES: CHARLOTTE CALDWELL CALLS FOR This week Charlotte Caldwell, mother of Billy – the boy who changed the law, announced the launch of the I am Billy campaign. This groundbreaking campaign is asking for the Government’s support in taking crucial steps towards improving patients’ access to cannabis medicines prescribed by the NHS. Following the success of previouscampaigning efforts
NIGHT LIVES
Night Lives: Reducing Drug-Related Harm in the Night Time Economy, a joint report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform, Durham University, The Loop and Volteface, advocates for the adoption of a set of bold yet practical initiatives across our towns and cities to address this failure. Aimed at stakeholders includingthe
DRUG SAFETY TESTING: A BRIEF HOME OFFICE TIMELINE Last week, the UK’s first drug safety testing clinic to be licensed by the Home Office opened its doors in Weston-Super-Mare. Whilst this is a very welcomed and progressive move by the Government, they have not always been so favourable to drug safety testing. Here is WHEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA WORKS (AND WHEN IT DOESN'T) David Casarett, M.D., is a physician, researcher, and tenured associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. His book 'Stoned: A Doctor's Case For Medical Marijuana' is being launched in the UK in November. In this book, Dr Casarett challenges conventional knowledge surrounding medicinal cannabis, examines the existing research, and discovers the benefits of POLICING OF CANNABIS IN THE UK IS UNDERMINING POLICE Despite being positive on the whole, the report warns that the targeting of stop and search leads to discrimination and undermines the legitimacy of police forces in the UK. Police forces are legally allowed to use the smell of cannabis as a reasonable ground to stop and search someone. This is despite the measure having beendisapproved by the
WHY THESE PEOPLE STOPPED DRINKING AND STARTING CONSUMING Last week was ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’ in the UK, and while mental health awareness is for many an all-year-round concern, the initiative has succeeded in sparking interest and debate on a subject of vital importance. As part of the festivities, The Guardian shared an interesting article wherein Matthew Todd suggests that ‘there’s still an elephant in the therapist’s waiting VOLTEFACEPLEASANT LANDSFEATURESNEWSPUBLICATIONSDONATEABOUT The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
VOLTEFACE LONG READ: AN INSIGHT INTO DRUG TESTING The number of drug-related deaths per million inhabitants (according to the European Drug Report 2018) in the Netherlands is 19, whereas this figure is a lot higher in the UK at 70. Looking at these numbers, it’s possible to say that the testing of illicit drugs works, although we can’t be sure according to Smit-Rigter. SSDP TAKEOVER: COVID'S IMPACT ON STUDENT DRUG USE SSDP Takeover: Covid’s Impact on Student Drug Use. Patient Access. With changes to venues, demand and support looming on the horizon, Eleri Crossland predicts a significant shift in the way UK students interact with illegal drugs. Student life is set to look verydifferent for
DRUGS, DISSOCIATIVES AND DISPLACEMENT: THE FESTIVAL DRUG Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people seek to unwind over hedonistic summer weekends. As the UK festival season gets underway, we asked Professor Fiona Measham to fill us in on this year’s festival drug trends, and what advice she would give to festival Continued 1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF REDUCING CLUB DRUG-RELATED HARM IN The emergence of club culture. A cultural earthquake happened in the UK in the late 1980s. House music, imported from the gay and black clubbing scenes of US cities like Chicago and Detroit, combined with the Balearic beats of Ibiza to reshape and revitalise UK nightlife, resulting in the emergence of the acid house and rave scene, fuelled by ecstasy and other stimulant drugs. ARE DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOMS VIABLE IN THE UK? Back Yard, Volteface’s new report on drug consumption rooms, launches Tuesday the 28th of November. The time is right to look at new ways of reducing mortality among people who use illicit drugs. Across the UK, we are seeing record levels of drug-related deaths. These deaths often occur among people who use heroin, as wellContinued
DM FOR DETAILS: SELLING DRUGS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Prevalence. One in four young people (24%) reported that they see illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media – a significant figure considering how recent a phenomenon this is. Of those who reported seeing illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media: 56% saw drugs being advertised on Snapchat, 55% on Instagram and 47% onFacebook.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE UK SCHOOLS TELLING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT What exactly are UK schools telling young people about drugs? Are we still advising them to ‘just say no’? If things have moved on, just how far has the message moved? Government, teachers, parents and drug policy reform advocates all want the same thing: to mitigate thereal risks of
FROM HARM TO PSYCHOACTIVITY: THE UPSIDE OF THE 2016 Generally, we think of UK policy prior to the 2016 Psychoactive Substances Act (PSA) as being based on an idea of harm: the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs advised ministers how to regulate substances based on a scientific, objective assessment of the likely harm of those substances. Of course, the reality has always been morecomplex
VOLTEFACEPLEASANT LANDSFEATURESNEWSPUBLICATIONSDONATEABOUT The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
VOLTEFACE LONG READ: AN INSIGHT INTO DRUG TESTING The number of drug-related deaths per million inhabitants (according to the European Drug Report 2018) in the Netherlands is 19, whereas this figure is a lot higher in the UK at 70. Looking at these numbers, it’s possible to say that the testing of illicit drugs works, although we can’t be sure according to Smit-Rigter. SSDP TAKEOVER: COVID'S IMPACT ON STUDENT DRUG USE SSDP Takeover: Covid’s Impact on Student Drug Use. Patient Access. With changes to venues, demand and support looming on the horizon, Eleri Crossland predicts a significant shift in the way UK students interact with illegal drugs. Student life is set to look verydifferent for
DRUGS, DISSOCIATIVES AND DISPLACEMENT: THE FESTIVAL DRUG Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people seek to unwind over hedonistic summer weekends. As the UK festival season gets underway, we asked Professor Fiona Measham to fill us in on this year’s festival drug trends, and what advice she would give to festival Continued 1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF REDUCING CLUB DRUG-RELATED HARM IN The emergence of club culture. A cultural earthquake happened in the UK in the late 1980s. House music, imported from the gay and black clubbing scenes of US cities like Chicago and Detroit, combined with the Balearic beats of Ibiza to reshape and revitalise UK nightlife, resulting in the emergence of the acid house and rave scene, fuelled by ecstasy and other stimulant drugs. ARE DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOMS VIABLE IN THE UK? Back Yard, Volteface’s new report on drug consumption rooms, launches Tuesday the 28th of November. The time is right to look at new ways of reducing mortality among people who use illicit drugs. Across the UK, we are seeing record levels of drug-related deaths. These deaths often occur among people who use heroin, as wellContinued
DM FOR DETAILS: SELLING DRUGS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Prevalence. One in four young people (24%) reported that they see illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media – a significant figure considering how recent a phenomenon this is. Of those who reported seeing illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media: 56% saw drugs being advertised on Snapchat, 55% on Instagram and 47% onFacebook.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE UK SCHOOLS TELLING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT What exactly are UK schools telling young people about drugs? Are we still advising them to ‘just say no’? If things have moved on, just how far has the message moved? Government, teachers, parents and drug policy reform advocates all want the same thing: to mitigate thereal risks of
FROM HARM TO PSYCHOACTIVITY: THE UPSIDE OF THE 2016 Generally, we think of UK policy prior to the 2016 Psychoactive Substances Act (PSA) as being based on an idea of harm: the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs advised ministers how to regulate substances based on a scientific, objective assessment of the likely harm of those substances. Of course, the reality has always been morecomplex
VOLTEFACE
The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
THE GREAT WAR AND THE COCAINE PANIC IN BRITAIN Although the French accused the Germans of smuggling cocaine in order to deliberately weaken the French race, it was in Britain that the truly nationwide drug panic broke out. The hysteria was largely generated by the media, politicians, and military establishment. The Times, for example, hailed cocaine as a grave danger even “moredeadly
NIGHT LIVES
Night Lives: Reducing Drug-Related Harm in the Night Time Economy, a joint report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform, Durham University, The Loop and Volteface, advocates for the adoption of a set of bold yet practical initiatives across our towns and cities to address this failure. Aimed at stakeholders includingthe
BREAKING: PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS ARE PEOPLE, NOT ZOMBIES Recently there has been a seemingly endless stream of articles in the mainstream media, from the Daily Mail to the BBC, describing people under the influence of Spice as “zombies”.Whilst you can see that they are trying to get across the idea that Spice (aka synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists) has strong psychoactive effects, this use of language is just another way in which people WHY THESE PEOPLE STOPPED DRINKING AND STARTING CONSUMING Last week was ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’ in the UK, and while mental health awareness is for many an all-year-round concern, the initiative has succeeded in sparking interest and debate on a subject of vital importance. As part of the festivities, The Guardian shared an interesting article wherein Matthew Todd suggests that ‘there’s still an elephant in the therapist’s waiting SCHOOL PREVENTION, IDENTIFICATION AND RESPONSES TO DRUG Voltee | Making the Grade 9 1 Department for Education. Association of Chief Police Officers. 2012. DfE and ACPO drug advice for schools. Advice for local authorities, headteachers, school WHAT DOES NEOLIBERALISM HAVE IN STORE FOR DRUGS? What Does Neoliberalism Have In Store For Drugs? The word ‘neoliberalism’ is often used to criticise political positions, and usually means little more than a general tendency to endorse free market policies or the recommendations of the World Bank and the IMF. Some social policy academics have tried to pin it down a bit more, buteven one
IRISH GOVERNMENT REPORT MAKES MEDICINAL CANNABIS The Oireachtas Health Committee has recommended that the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) ensure improved access to medicinal cannabis products. In a report, published this month, the Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health has evaluated medicinal cannabinoids, and, with medicinal cannabis legalisation imminent in the Republic of Ireland, made a range of expert NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF PRISONERS ON SHORT SENTENCES HAVE A charity campaigning to end short prison sentences is calling for the Government to take a “radical new approach” to persistent, low-level offenders after new figures revealed that nearly two-thirds of those serving sentences of less than six months have a drug or alcohol problem, with almost 70% of those going on to reoffend withina year of release.
MUSHROOM GRAZING: THE LEGAL WAY OF TAKING CLASS A DRUGS The law. Kirstie: Any fungus – like a mushroom, truffle or something like that – which contains a substance called psilocin is controlled. Mushrooms containing psilocybin are controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act because psilocin is the active ingredient in psilocybin. That means that possession of them iscontrolled.
VOLTEFACEPLEASANT LANDSFEATURESNEWSPUBLICATIONSDONATEABOUT The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
VOLTEFACE LONG READ: AN INSIGHT INTO DRUG TESTING The number of drug-related deaths per million inhabitants (according to the European Drug Report 2018) in the Netherlands is 19, whereas this figure is a lot higher in the UK at 70. Looking at these numbers, it’s possible to say that the testing of illicit drugs works, although we can’t be sure according to Smit-Rigter. SSDP TAKEOVER: COVID'S IMPACT ON STUDENT DRUG USE SSDP Takeover: Covid’s Impact on Student Drug Use. Patient Access. With changes to venues, demand and support looming on the horizon, Eleri Crossland predicts a significant shift in the way UK students interact with illegal drugs. Student life is set to look verydifferent for
DRUGS, DISSOCIATIVES AND DISPLACEMENT: THE FESTIVAL DRUG Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people seek to unwind over hedonistic summer weekends. As the UK festival season gets underway, we asked Professor Fiona Measham to fill us in on this year’s festival drug trends, and what advice she would give to festival Continued 1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF REDUCING CLUB DRUG-RELATED HARM IN The emergence of club culture. A cultural earthquake happened in the UK in the late 1980s. House music, imported from the gay and black clubbing scenes of US cities like Chicago and Detroit, combined with the Balearic beats of Ibiza to reshape and revitalise UK nightlife, resulting in the emergence of the acid house and rave scene, fuelled by ecstasy and other stimulant drugs. ARE DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOMS VIABLE IN THE UK? Back Yard, Volteface’s new report on drug consumption rooms, launches Tuesday the 28th of November. The time is right to look at new ways of reducing mortality among people who use illicit drugs. Across the UK, we are seeing record levels of drug-related deaths. These deaths often occur among people who use heroin, as wellContinued
DM FOR DETAILS: SELLING DRUGS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Prevalence. One in four young people (24%) reported that they see illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media – a significant figure considering how recent a phenomenon this is. Of those who reported seeing illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media: 56% saw drugs being advertised on Snapchat, 55% on Instagram and 47% onFacebook.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE UK SCHOOLS TELLING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT What exactly are UK schools telling young people about drugs? Are we still advising them to ‘just say no’? If things have moved on, just how far has the message moved? Government, teachers, parents and drug policy reform advocates all want the same thing: to mitigate thereal risks of
FROM HARM TO PSYCHOACTIVITY: THE UPSIDE OF THE 2016 Generally, we think of UK policy prior to the 2016 Psychoactive Substances Act (PSA) as being based on an idea of harm: the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs advised ministers how to regulate substances based on a scientific, objective assessment of the likely harm of those substances. Of course, the reality has always been morecomplex
VOLTEFACEPLEASANT LANDSFEATURESNEWSPUBLICATIONSDONATEABOUT The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
VOLTEFACE LONG READ: AN INSIGHT INTO DRUG TESTING The number of drug-related deaths per million inhabitants (according to the European Drug Report 2018) in the Netherlands is 19, whereas this figure is a lot higher in the UK at 70. Looking at these numbers, it’s possible to say that the testing of illicit drugs works, although we can’t be sure according to Smit-Rigter. SSDP TAKEOVER: COVID'S IMPACT ON STUDENT DRUG USE SSDP Takeover: Covid’s Impact on Student Drug Use. Patient Access. With changes to venues, demand and support looming on the horizon, Eleri Crossland predicts a significant shift in the way UK students interact with illegal drugs. Student life is set to look verydifferent for
DRUGS, DISSOCIATIVES AND DISPLACEMENT: THE FESTIVAL DRUG Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people seek to unwind over hedonistic summer weekends. As the UK festival season gets underway, we asked Professor Fiona Measham to fill us in on this year’s festival drug trends, and what advice she would give to festival Continued 1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF REDUCING CLUB DRUG-RELATED HARM IN The emergence of club culture. A cultural earthquake happened in the UK in the late 1980s. House music, imported from the gay and black clubbing scenes of US cities like Chicago and Detroit, combined with the Balearic beats of Ibiza to reshape and revitalise UK nightlife, resulting in the emergence of the acid house and rave scene, fuelled by ecstasy and other stimulant drugs. ARE DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOMS VIABLE IN THE UK? Back Yard, Volteface’s new report on drug consumption rooms, launches Tuesday the 28th of November. The time is right to look at new ways of reducing mortality among people who use illicit drugs. Across the UK, we are seeing record levels of drug-related deaths. These deaths often occur among people who use heroin, as wellContinued
DM FOR DETAILS: SELLING DRUGS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Prevalence. One in four young people (24%) reported that they see illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media – a significant figure considering how recent a phenomenon this is. Of those who reported seeing illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media: 56% saw drugs being advertised on Snapchat, 55% on Instagram and 47% onFacebook.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE UK SCHOOLS TELLING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT What exactly are UK schools telling young people about drugs? Are we still advising them to ‘just say no’? If things have moved on, just how far has the message moved? Government, teachers, parents and drug policy reform advocates all want the same thing: to mitigate thereal risks of
FROM HARM TO PSYCHOACTIVITY: THE UPSIDE OF THE 2016 Generally, we think of UK policy prior to the 2016 Psychoactive Substances Act (PSA) as being based on an idea of harm: the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs advised ministers how to regulate substances based on a scientific, objective assessment of the likely harm of those substances. Of course, the reality has always been morecomplex
VOLTEFACE
The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
THE GREAT WAR AND THE COCAINE PANIC IN BRITAIN Although the French accused the Germans of smuggling cocaine in order to deliberately weaken the French race, it was in Britain that the truly nationwide drug panic broke out. The hysteria was largely generated by the media, politicians, and military establishment. The Times, for example, hailed cocaine as a grave danger even “moredeadly
NIGHT LIVES
Night Lives: Reducing Drug-Related Harm in the Night Time Economy, a joint report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform, Durham University, The Loop and Volteface, advocates for the adoption of a set of bold yet practical initiatives across our towns and cities to address this failure. Aimed at stakeholders includingthe
BREAKING: PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS ARE PEOPLE, NOT ZOMBIES Recently there has been a seemingly endless stream of articles in the mainstream media, from the Daily Mail to the BBC, describing people under the influence of Spice as “zombies”.Whilst you can see that they are trying to get across the idea that Spice (aka synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists) has strong psychoactive effects, this use of language is just another way in which people WHY THESE PEOPLE STOPPED DRINKING AND STARTING CONSUMING Last week was ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’ in the UK, and while mental health awareness is for many an all-year-round concern, the initiative has succeeded in sparking interest and debate on a subject of vital importance. As part of the festivities, The Guardian shared an interesting article wherein Matthew Todd suggests that ‘there’s still an elephant in the therapist’s waiting SCHOOL PREVENTION, IDENTIFICATION AND RESPONSES TO DRUG Voltee | Making the Grade 9 1 Department for Education. Association of Chief Police Officers. 2012. DfE and ACPO drug advice for schools. Advice for local authorities, headteachers, school WHAT DOES NEOLIBERALISM HAVE IN STORE FOR DRUGS? What Does Neoliberalism Have In Store For Drugs? The word ‘neoliberalism’ is often used to criticise political positions, and usually means little more than a general tendency to endorse free market policies or the recommendations of the World Bank and the IMF. Some social policy academics have tried to pin it down a bit more, buteven one
IRISH GOVERNMENT REPORT MAKES MEDICINAL CANNABIS The Oireachtas Health Committee has recommended that the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) ensure improved access to medicinal cannabis products. In a report, published this month, the Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health has evaluated medicinal cannabinoids, and, with medicinal cannabis legalisation imminent in the Republic of Ireland, made a range of expert NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF PRISONERS ON SHORT SENTENCES HAVE A charity campaigning to end short prison sentences is calling for the Government to take a “radical new approach” to persistent, low-level offenders after new figures revealed that nearly two-thirds of those serving sentences of less than six months have a drug or alcohol problem, with almost 70% of those going on to reoffend withina year of release.
MUSHROOM GRAZING: THE LEGAL WAY OF TAKING CLASS A DRUGS The law. Kirstie: Any fungus – like a mushroom, truffle or something like that – which contains a substance called psilocin is controlled. Mushrooms containing psilocybin are controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act because psilocin is the active ingredient in psilocybin. That means that possession of them iscontrolled.
VOLTEFACEPLEASANT LANDSFEATURESNEWSPUBLICATIONSDONATEABOUT The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
VOLTEFACE LONG READ: AN INSIGHT INTO DRUG TESTING The number of drug-related deaths per million inhabitants (according to the European Drug Report 2018) in the Netherlands is 19, whereas this figure is a lot higher in the UK at 70. Looking at these numbers, it’s possible to say that the testing of illicit drugs works, although we can’t be sure according to Smit-Rigter. SSDP TAKEOVER: COVID'S IMPACT ON STUDENT DRUG USE SSDP Takeover: Covid’s Impact on Student Drug Use. Patient Access. With changes to venues, demand and support looming on the horizon, Eleri Crossland predicts a significant shift in the way UK students interact with illegal drugs. Student life is set to look verydifferent for
1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with THE GREAT WAR AND THE COCAINE PANIC IN BRITAIN Although the French accused the Germans of smuggling cocaine in order to deliberately weaken the French race, it was in Britain that the truly nationwide drug panic broke out. The hysteria was largely generated by the media, politicians, and military establishment. The Times, for example, hailed cocaine as a grave danger even “moredeadly
DRUGS, DISSOCIATIVES AND DISPLACEMENT: THE FESTIVAL DRUG Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people seek to unwind over hedonistic summer weekends. As the UK festival season gets underway, we asked Professor Fiona Measham to fill us in on this year’s festival drug trends, and what advice she would give to festival Continued DM FOR DETAILS: SELLING DRUGS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIAOLD PEOPLE SOCIAL MEDIASTUPID PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIAYOUNG PEOPLE SOCIAL MEDIA Prevalence. One in four young people (24%) reported that they see illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media – a significant figure considering how recent a phenomenon this is. Of those who reported seeing illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media: 56% saw drugs being advertised on Snapchat, 55% on Instagram and 47% onFacebook.
RECREATIONAL CANNABIS LEGALISATION IN EUROPE WHY THESE PEOPLE STOPPED DRINKING AND STARTING CONSUMING Last week was ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’ in the UK, and while mental health awareness is for many an all-year-round concern, the initiative has succeeded in sparking interest and debate on a subject of vital importance. As part of the festivities, The Guardian shared an interesting article wherein Matthew Todd suggests that ‘there’s still an elephant in the therapist’s waiting WHAT EXACTLY ARE UK SCHOOLS TELLING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT What exactly are UK schools telling young people about drugs? Are we still advising them to ‘just say no’? If things have moved on, just how far has the message moved? Government, teachers, parents and drug policy reform advocates all want the same thing: to mitigate thereal risks of
VOLTEFACEPLEASANT LANDSFEATURESNEWSPUBLICATIONSDONATEABOUT The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses ondiscovering
VOLTEFACE LONG READ: AN INSIGHT INTO DRUG TESTING The number of drug-related deaths per million inhabitants (according to the European Drug Report 2018) in the Netherlands is 19, whereas this figure is a lot higher in the UK at 70. Looking at these numbers, it’s possible to say that the testing of illicit drugs works, although we can’t be sure according to Smit-Rigter. SSDP TAKEOVER: COVID'S IMPACT ON STUDENT DRUG USE SSDP Takeover: Covid’s Impact on Student Drug Use. Patient Access. With changes to venues, demand and support looming on the horizon, Eleri Crossland predicts a significant shift in the way UK students interact with illegal drugs. Student life is set to look verydifferent for
1. THE 'YOUTH IN ICELAND' MODEL Icelandic Youth. The original Icelandic model was based on Milkman’s work regarding addiction and substance use. He argued that young people who were using drugs problematically were addicted to a change in brain chemistry rather than to the drugs themselves. He believed that they were seeking a change in consciousness to help deal with THE GREAT WAR AND THE COCAINE PANIC IN BRITAIN Although the French accused the Germans of smuggling cocaine in order to deliberately weaken the French race, it was in Britain that the truly nationwide drug panic broke out. The hysteria was largely generated by the media, politicians, and military establishment. The Times, for example, hailed cocaine as a grave danger even “moredeadly
DRUGS, DISSOCIATIVES AND DISPLACEMENT: THE FESTIVAL DRUG Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people seek to unwind over hedonistic summer weekends. As the UK festival season gets underway, we asked Professor Fiona Measham to fill us in on this year’s festival drug trends, and what advice she would give to festival Continued DM FOR DETAILS: SELLING DRUGS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIAOLD PEOPLE SOCIAL MEDIASTUPID PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIAYOUNG PEOPLE SOCIAL MEDIA Prevalence. One in four young people (24%) reported that they see illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media – a significant figure considering how recent a phenomenon this is. Of those who reported seeing illicit drugs advertised for sale on social media: 56% saw drugs being advertised on Snapchat, 55% on Instagram and 47% onFacebook.
RECREATIONAL CANNABIS LEGALISATION IN EUROPE WHY THESE PEOPLE STOPPED DRINKING AND STARTING CONSUMING Last week was ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’ in the UK, and while mental health awareness is for many an all-year-round concern, the initiative has succeeded in sparking interest and debate on a subject of vital importance. As part of the festivities, The Guardian shared an interesting article wherein Matthew Todd suggests that ‘there’s still an elephant in the therapist’s waiting WHAT EXACTLY ARE UK SCHOOLS TELLING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT What exactly are UK schools telling young people about drugs? Are we still advising them to ‘just say no’? If things have moved on, just how far has the message moved? Government, teachers, parents and drug policy reform advocates all want the same thing: to mitigate thereal risks of
THE GREAT WAR AND THE COCAINE PANIC IN BRITAIN Although the French accused the Germans of smuggling cocaine in order to deliberately weaken the French race, it was in Britain that the truly nationwide drug panic broke out. The hysteria was largely generated by the media, politicians, and military establishment. The Times, for example, hailed cocaine as a grave danger even “moredeadly
MR X AND THE SEARCH FOR MEDICINAL CANNABIS I sit in a brightly lit doctors surgery in central Amsterdam. It’s clean, modern and pristine. A team of receptionists see to patients sitting waiting to my left. Sitting to my right is a UK pain patient who, for the sake of anonymity, we’re going to call Mr X. Mr X uses cannabis for Continued WHEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA WORKS (AND WHEN IT DOESN'T) David Casarett, M.D., is a physician, researcher, and tenured associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. His book 'Stoned: A Doctor's Case For Medical Marijuana' is being launched in the UK in November. In this book, Dr Casarett challenges conventional knowledge surrounding medicinal cannabis, examines the existing research, and discovers the benefits of OPINION: IS THE PSYCHEDELIC MOVEMENT ELITIST? There is no doubt that psychedelics hold incredible healing potential to treat mental illnesses. Their ability is so great, claims circulate that they can ‘cure’ conditions, a term almost unheard of in psychiatry. The psychedelic movement has highlighted the vast benefits of these currently controlled substances, helping to liberalise anddestigmatise them.
ARE DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOMS VIABLE IN THE UK? Back Yard, Volteface’s new report on drug consumption rooms, launches Tuesday the 28th of November. The time is right to look at new ways of reducing mortality among people who use illicit drugs. Across the UK, we are seeing record levels of drug-related deaths. These deaths often occur among people who use heroin, as wellContinued
2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF REDUCING CLUB DRUG-RELATED HARM IN The emergence of club culture. A cultural earthquake happened in the UK in the late 1980s. House music, imported from the gay and black clubbing scenes of US cities like Chicago and Detroit, combined with the Balearic beats of Ibiza to reshape and revitalise UK nightlife, resulting in the emergence of the acid house and rave scene, fuelled by ecstasy and other stimulant drugs. THE CHESHIRE CAB DRIVER: REASONS OF CONSCIENCE The Cheshire Cab Driver: Reasons of Conscience. Alan Blythe, a Cheshire cab driver charged with cultivating cannabis with intent to supply, explained to the court that he had only supplied cannabis to his wife, Judith, a terminally ill multiple sclerosis patient. Where other drugs had failed, cannabis had succeeded in easing her wrackingpain.
HOW GANGS ARE EXPLOITING CHILDREN TO DO THEIR DIRTY WORK How Gangs are Exploiting Children to do their Dirty Work. Children as young as 12 have been reported to be doing drug runs in London. Targeting the most vulnerable young people in society – usually looked-after children or those already known to social services – organised crime gangs are using grooming tactics to coerce, manipulateand
WHY POLICING DRUG CRIME IN LONDON SIMPLY ISN'T WORKING Over the course of the last twelve months, there has been increased focus on the role of policing drugs in the UK. TV presenter and writer Alex Stewart spent six years working on the front line combating drug related crime in London as a Metropolitan Police Officer. Here he provides a genuinely eye-opening insight into the Continued ITV REPORTS ON DRUG DEALERS GROOMING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ITV Reports on Drug Dealers Grooming Young People in the UK. Last night ITV news interviewed a mother whose 14 year old son has become involved with a ‘violent’ group of drug dealers who she alleges have groomed him into becoming a drug mule. The interview – part of a short film presented by Allegra Stratton – outlines thefrustrating
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MAPPING THE CANNABIS DEBATE: LONDON MAYOR’S RACE GOES TO POT* Patient Access
This week the London Mayor’s race erupted around a question that is bound to delight drug reformers – cannabis reform in the capital. Whilst the naysayers are crying electoral point-scoring on both sides across the echo chambers of Twitter, groups like Volteface have been busy behind the scenes engineering an environment that is ripe …Continued
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LONGREAD: MEDICAL CANNABIS & ADHD – THE PATIENT’S EXPERIENCE* Patient Access
A recent literature review by PhytoSciences Ghana has provided a summary of the preclinical evidence for the medicinal use of cannabinoids as an alternative treatment for mental health disorders. In light of these conclusions we have interviewed a patient who uses medicinal cannabis to manage ADHD and OCD, to explore how the findingsof … Continued
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THE VOLTEFACE PODCAST: PEOPLE, DANCEFLOORS AND WHY DRUG REFORM NEEDS ASHAKE-UP
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In the latest edition of the Volteface podcast Paul charts with Dr. Giulia Zampini about the recently launched People and Dancefloors research project and have a heated discussion on why drug reform needs a shake up to better engage public, policy makers and politicians. To find out more about People and Dancefloors, please click … Continued -------------------------MULTIMEDIA
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ALL GOOD POINTS: STEALTH LEGALISATION* Multimedia
In another busy week for cannabis reformers, George and Paul discuss a shift how cannabis reform is creeping up in the UK, but not in the ways that has been expected. Watch to find out more! All Good Points is a weekly round up show, co-hosted by Hanway Associates andVolteface.
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ALL GOOD POINTS – CANNASTOP 15/2/2021* Multimedia
In another busy week for cannabis Paul & George discuss all the major talking points including: Kanabo & MGC Pharma make history Cannabis stocks fluctuate wildly US Launch Cannabis Council Much, muchmore
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ALL GOOD POINTS – XMAS SPECIAL* Multimedia
The All Good Points hosts Paul & George wrap up 2020 with our final episode of the year. On the agenda is: encouraging news for patients in Ireland, an enormous cannabis company merger in Canada, potential Bermudan reform & much, much more! Check it out – like, subscribe and comment! If you think … Continued -------------------------MEDICAL & CBD
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THIRD LANDMARK RULING FOR BELGIAN CANNABIS SOCIAL CLUB* Medical & CBD
On Wednesday the 24th of February, eleven ex-members of former Antwerp Cannabis Social Club “Trekt Uw Plant” were found guilty of cannabis cultivation and sale, but without receiving a punishment. In June 2019, the tribunal of first instance still ruled guilty with suspended prison sentences up to 20 months and the confiscation of thousands … ContinuedPost
NEW LEAF OPPORTUNITIES: LEADING CBD COMPANY CIITECH JOIN CAMPAIGN* Medical & CBD
The New Leaf Opportunities campaign has today made two major announcements including news that CBD company Ciitech has joined the campaign as a partner. The company joins the campaign alongside current partners Volteface, Ince, Kanabo, Spinnaker Opportunities & Hanway Associates. CiiTECH is a cannabis company that focuses on discovering, developing and commercialising cannabis products …Continued
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EDITORIAL – NEW LEAF OPPORTUNITY: BEYOND BREXIT, COUNTERING COVID* Medical & CBD
Volteface is pleased to announce the launch of ‘New Leaf Opportunity’, a campaign focusing on the economic benefits, innovations and investment opportunities that medical cannabis and CBD can bring to the UK in 2021. This campaign is spearheaded by Volteface, featuring innovative medical cannabis company Kanabo, investment group Spinnaker Opportunities, legal firm Ince and …Continued
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PLEASANT LANDS: POLICY OVERSIGHT FORCING BRITISH FARMERS TO “BURN” HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS WORTH OF CBD* Hemp Reform
Pleasant Lands is available now, via this link. A new report coordinated by third sector drug policy reform organisation Volteface has today been released, promising a solution to ‘draconian, pointless’ hemp legislation. The report has been written with leading licensing barrister of Francis Taylor Gary Grant, leading cannabis solicitor, Rob Jappie of Ince, and … ContinuedPost
EXPLORING THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF HEMP* Hemp Reform
Industrial hemp is an incredibly sustainable and versatile crop that is able to produce a range of products. These include: textile, paper, ropes, insulation material, fibre boards, bioplastics, compost, animal bedding, fuel, paint, feed, food, dietary supplements, cosmetics and medicinal preparations. The crop also possesses a range of environmental benefits. So, what are they? … ContinuedPost
VOLTEFACE LAUNCHES PLEASANT LANDS, A CAMPAIGN TO UNLOCK UK HEMPOPPORTUNITY
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Volteface is delighted to announce the launch of Pleasant Lands, a campaign to unlock the hemp opportunity for UK farmers and small businesses. Hemp is a versatile, environmentally beneficial and high value crop that should be making a significant contribution to the UK economy. However, it remains classified as a niche crop – with …Continued
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A CASE FOR FESTIVAL DRUG TESTING AHEAD OF MAY’S PPC ELECTIONS* General Advocacy
Michael Wakelyn-Green is a Drug Policy Campaigner, Drug & Alcohol Recovery Specialist, and South East Ambassador for the LCDPR. With Lockdown ending mid-June (fingers-crossed), it means many UK festivals will occur this summer. Almost instantly following the news, tickets for the largest festivals in the UK sold-out (I know this because I tried to … ContinuedPost
CANNABIS REFORM IN MALTA WITH ANDREW BONELLO* General Advocacy
This year the Maltese government announced that reforms would take place to permit the personal cultivation of up to 4 cannabis plants. This Thursday (22nd of April) ECAN are holding an event with reLeaf to discuss human rights, cannabis consumption and cultivation, and this exciting prospect of national policy reform in Malta. “The publication of … ContinuedPost
OPINION: IS THE PSYCHEDELIC MOVEMENT ELITIST?* General Advocacy
There is no doubt that psychedelics hold incredible healing potential to treat mental illnesses. Their ability is so great, claims circulate that they can ‘cure’ conditions, a term almost unheard of in psychiatry. The psychedelic movement has highlighted the vast benefits of these currently controlled substances, helping to liberalise and destigmatise them. It has … Continued -------------------------CANNABIS 2.0
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NEW YORK GOES LEGAL: WHAT’S NEXT?* Cannabis 2.0
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New York has officially legalised adult-use cannabis, becoming the 16th state in the USA to do so. It is predicted to be the largest market on the East Coast generating $2.5 billion in annual sales by its fourth year and approximately $300 million collected in tax revenue. New Yorkers can now possess up to … ContinuedPost
CANNABIS 2.0 – VAPORIZING: THE FUTURE OF CANNABIS?* Cannabis 2.0
In light of shifting use patterns for cannabis with less emphasis on smoking, the author takes a look at alternative routes of administration and discuss the future with the CEO of Zeus, a leading vaporizer company based in Germany. The way people use cannabis is changing and this is undoubtedly a good thing. Firstly, … ContinuedPost
MAN’S BEST FRIEND? A GUIDE TO CBD AND DOGS* Cannabis 2.0
The CBD industry has booming for sometime now with Savills estimating that market could rise to £1bn by 2025. The shelves of major high-street shops are packed with a plethora of products containing CBD including humous, nail polish and face cream. One use for CBD which is popular in North America, but is yet to truly take … Continued2021 VolteFace
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