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Captagon: The drug turning Lebanon and Syria into narco-states
It fuelled the Syrian war, and now it’s propping up both the Syrian and Lebanese economies.
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Alcohol a ‘far bigger problem’ than illicit drug use in UK, says addiction expert
We spoke to Professor Julia Sinclair, who is chair of the addictions faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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‘Treat people as if they have a health condition’, says drugs review author
We spoke to Dame Carol Black, who led the government-commissioned review of drugs policy, and asked her if the key is decriminalisation and treating drug-taking as a chronic health condition.
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Decriminalising drugs is not ‘suitable or appropriate’, policing minister says
We spoke to the Minister for Crime and Policing, Kit Malthouse, and started by asking him whether the extra spending on rehabilitation and treatment exceeded the budget cuts in those areas since the Conservatives came to power in 2010.
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Government unveils 10-year plan to fight ‘disgusting’ drugs trade in England and Wales
Rehab for hundreds of thousands of hardcore drugs users, and tackling the criminal gangs who peddle illegal narcotics and “make hell of people’s lives”.
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Criminalisation approach just isn’t delivering for people’, global drug policy commission chair says
We were joined by the former New Zealand Prime Minister and chair of the global commission on drug policy, Helen Clark.
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New global index ranks countries’ efforts to tackle drug use
A new consortium of drug policy, civil society and community organisations has developed a data index which ranks countries according to how well they’re dealing with the problem
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Colombian drug trafficker captured after more than a decade on the run
Colombia’s most sought after drug lord has been captured.
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Offenders on probation not receiving help they need to tackle drug misuse, says watchdog
About half the people being supervised by the Probation Service in England and Wales have drug problems. But only 2 per cent of them are being referred for drug treatment. That’s according to a report from the Chief Inspector of Probation, who says the system lacks the focus and funding necessary to tackle the problem,…
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Half of homicides ‘due to drugs’, says Prof Dame Carol Black
We spoke to Professor Dame Carol Black who led the independent review of drugs.
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Drug deaths in England and Wales highest since records began
Drug-related deaths in England and Wales have reached an all-time high – with many of the deaths caused by opiates including heroin.
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Drug deaths in Scotland hit record levels
The number of drug deaths in Scotland has soared to record levels for the seventh year in a row, with more than 1,300 people losing their lives to drugs.
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Former drug lord Pablo Escobar’s cocaine hippos’ rapid breeding destroying ecosystem
The fate of the former drug lord’s hippos, smuggled in from an American zoo in the 1980s has become a national controversy.
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Philippines: Duterte’s deadly war on drugs could be investigated by ICC
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has called for an investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte’s drugs war in the Philippines.
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How drug and alcohol addiction has soared in lockdown
For millions of people who struggle with mental health issues, the isolation and stress of lockdown has made life even more difficult.