Drugs

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White Paper: ‘Swift, Certain, Tough – new consequences for drug possession’ (2022) read here

‘From Harm to Hope – a 10 year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives’, Home Office (2022) read here

Dame Carol Black’s Review of Drugs (England) culminated in two reports: Part 1 (Executive Summary, 2020) provided an analysis of the drug market, use and harm; Part 2 (2021) provided 32 recommendations for the government to consider.

‘A Caring, compassionate and human rights informed drug policy for Scotland’, Scottish Government (2023) read here

Working to Decriminalise People Who Take Drugs (Executive Summary), Scottish Drugs Forum (2023) read here

‘Association of cannabis use in adolescence and risk of depression, anxiety and suicidality in young adulthood’, American Medical Association (2019) read here

A Society in Transition, an industry ready to bloom, Deloitte (2018) read here