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Nice people take drugs

Submitted by claudia rubin on Mon, 01/06/2009 - 15:43

Release, the campaigning organisation that specialises in drugs and drugs law, is running an advert campaign on London buses during June.  With the slogan ‘Nice People Take Drugs’, Release is looking to open up the drugs debate and engage the public in a more sophisticated and honest drugs dialogue.

Glastonbury's new image

 

 

Much has been written about the evolution of the Glastonbury festival. Where the entrance ticket once cost a £1 and you were given a free pint of milk from the farm when you entered, to today’s sprawling tent-city home to some 250,000 temporary residents. Indeed, the festival is almost unrecognisable from what it was 40 years ago and as the site, music, price and culture of the event has changed, so has the drugs culture of the site.

    Who Owns Your Body?

    The UK’s General Election, which has for the first time included televised debates on issues ranging from Britain’s place in the EU to support for care workers, has seen comparatively little attention given to drug policy. The prohibition of drugs is undeniably one of the most important economic and social influences in British society.

      Egypt: Shedding some light on drugs investigations process

       

      Recently, the media has been talking about the great efforts of the ministry of interior in its war against drugs and how prices of ‘Hashish’ for example tripled accordingly. Earlier last year there was a campaign calling upon drug users and addicts (users) to apply for treatment. All these efforts are welcomed but how about the law and the functioning of the legal system?

        How the new party manifestos will tackle the problem of drug use in the UK

        This week has seen the three main political parties launch their election manifestos for the coming election on may 6th. The current political trend of concentrating on style over meaningful substance has undoubtedly been the key theme of this election campaign and is no more prevalent than in the drugs policies outlined by the three main parties.
         

          Does Drug Testing Influence Drug Choice?

          Several years ago, a five-year study into drug use among American military recruits prior to their enlistment showed that 75% of recruits regularly consumed alcohol prior to enlistment and that 26% drank “heavily”. Half of the recruits were tobacco smokers, and 1/3 of them had used “illicit” drugs.

          Another set of research conducted by the Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences reported that lower ranking military personal are far more likely to drink and consume drugs. 

            Spanish police raid drug hypermarket

            Last week Spanish police conducted a raid on what they described as a “hypermarket” for illicit drugs in a suburb of Madrid. The police sources stated that when they conducted the raid there were 120 people in the process of buying or consuming illicit substances. The compound which was run by a group known as “The Fatties” had designated areas for all the illegal activities that were taking place there with a specific area for consuming the drugs that had just been purchased.

              Racial bias, prisoners and the American Census for 2010

              The upcoming census in United States has created a big controversy as rural and urban areas battle to hold prison inmates as their own.

              The problem lies in the way that the Census considers residence for people who are incarcerated. Even though the Census uses the residence rule which consistently results in counting people at their homes, prisoners are not given that right and are instead considered as residents of the community that contains the prison.

                Can America be Cured of a Prison Addiction?

                 

                Give me your BLACK, your SPANISH, your poor,

                Your INCARCERATED masses yearning to breathe free,

                I lift my lamp beside the PRISON door

                - The Statue of Liberty 

                "Gimme some more!" you can hear her screaming from across the atlantic, "just a few more... I need more convicts! please, I am begging you..." 

                  Student to Obama: Legalize Drugs, Prostitution to Stimulate the Economy

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                  A student suggests to Obama the legalization of drugs and non-violent crimes like new way to stimulate the economy.

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