During the last 5 years, there has been an important shift in the policy discourse around
drugs issues. This article reviews the key changes and continuities in British drugs policy …

The issue of decriminalizing illicit drugs is hotly debated, but is rarely subject to evidence-
based analysis. This paper examines the case of Portugal, a nation that decriminalized the …

Based on participant observation in a team of British policy-making civil servants carried out
in 2009, this article examines the use that is made of evidence in making policy. It shows that …

This article uses qualitative interviews with 53 problematic drug users who had dropped out
of treatment in England, UK to explore how they describe the stigmatisation of drug users …

Drugs, Crime and Public Health provides an accessible but critical discussion of recent
policy on illicit drugs. Using a comparative approach-centred on the UK, but with insights …

This article is intended to highlight some key themes within the news media's reporting of
drugs, drug users and drug-related crime. 1 Its aim is to focus on how the news media …

It appears to be a time of turbulence within the global drug policy landscape. The historically
dominant model of drug prohibition endures, yet a number of alternative models of …

Why are some psychoactive substances regarded as 'dangerous drugs', to be controlled by
the criminal law within a global prohibition regime, whilst others–from alcohol and tobacco …

In 2004, the Beckley Foundation reported on the legal changes that took place in Portugal in
2001 (Allen, Trace & Klein 2004). This report aims to provide an updated overview of the …

Cannabis liberalization is a fascinating case study in moral-legal re-negotiation. From broad
international examples of decriminalization to specific local legalization models, numerous …