New research questions the efficacy of the UK’s drug policy. So why is it being ignored?
In April 2007, the UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC), an independent and objective body was launched to research the use of drugs in Britain, the direct and indirect impact of their consumption on society and then to advise the government [...]

Is imprisonment really the most effective way to stop offenders from reoffending?
In 2007, over 81,000 people populated the United Kingdom’s prisons. These people had been sentenced according to the guidelines set out in section 142 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. The legislation proposed that the main purposes of sentencing are to rehabilitate offenders, punish [...]

What effect does western drug policy have on Latin American culture?
Several years ago, I was, for the first time, face to face with the origins of one of the greatest evils of contemporary society. I was in Latin America and staring at an evil responsible for the deaths of millions of people, the incarceration of [...]