drugs policy Articles

For a party that loathes motoring so much it is an irony how often they seem to suffer political car crashes. Today’s general election campaign launch is no different. Natalie Bennett’s instantly infamous ‘mind blank’ on LBC was preceded by a deeply uncomfortable set...

Everyone knows the war on drugs has failed. So why doesn't the public want change? Yet another call has been made for an end to the so-called ‘war on drugs’, this time from former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan. Like so many politicians who recognise the...

Last week my BBC Radio 5Live documentary on cannabis was broadcast. If you want to listen, you can find it here. I enjoyed the opportunity to review the decision I made in 2008 to reclassify cannabis from a Class C to the more serious Class B drug. David Blunkett, who...