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Royal College of Nursing boss supports SSP heroin policy
The head of the Royal College of Nursing has backed the idea of clean pharmaceutical heroin being made available on prescription to addicts, an idea the SSP has campaigned in favour of for years. Peter Carter was speaking as the RCN discussed the results of pilot studies conducted last year in London, Darlington and Brighton. [...]
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Science turns back to psychedelics
Last week there was one of the world’s largest gatherings of psychedelic scientists in 40 years. Doctors, psychotherapists, pharmacologists and others came together to discuss the use of psychedelic, or mind enhancing/altering drugs, and their potential applications in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress, addiction to harmful drugs and severe depression. In [...]
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Lancet blasts government over Mephedrone
The Lancet, one of the most respected medical journals, has used an editorial to slam the government’s ban on mephedrone. Under the title ‘A collapse in the integrity of scientific advice in the UK,’ they write: “There was little time to consider carefully the scientific evidence on mephedrone. The ACMD did not have sufficient evidence [...]
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Nesbitt: Just Say No (to prohibition)
Scottish Socialist Party General Election candidate for Glasgow Central, James Nesbitt, today spoke out against the banning of ‘legal high’ mephedrone, which came into effect today, Friday 16 April. James, an unemployed 23 year old and resident of Govanhill, said: “Prohibition is a flawed approach. Experience has shown that criminalisation does not reduce harm. Leading [...]
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Another government expert resigns over Mephedrone
Another expert adviser, Eric Carlin, has resigned from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, in protest at the government’s rush to ban Mephedrone. Carlin is an expert in the field of drug prevention, public health and health promotion. His resignation from the council leaves the government’s already damaged drugs and scientific policy even [...]
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Fear, lies and pseudo-science
So, the inevitable has happened. The government yesterday announced that their agenda on drugs is being set by the corporate media, when Home Secretary Alan Johnson told the media he will rush through a ban on Mephedrone in the few days left before parliament breaks up for the election. How quickly can newspapers and the [...]
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Drugs: the government vs. SCIENCE
Yet another member of the Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs, the independent body of scientists that advises the government on it’s drugs policy, has walked out. Members of the committee have been enraged by the government’s political interfering into their work. Dr. Polly Taylor is a veterinary surgeon, and has resigned in protest [...]
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SNP: Believing the mephedrone hype
As the hysteria over Mephedrone in the mainstream media builds towards fever pitch, the SNP have tried to prove to the world that their agenda is set by the tabloids EVEN MORE than the Labour party. SNP MSP Fergus Ewing has trumpeted how he has written to the UK government demanding a ban on mephedrone, [...]
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Latest "Miaow Miaow" pish
Specious reasoning alert! The ongoing campaign by the media to give drug dealers a new product to sell got another boost today, as yet another death was supposedly linked to the currently legal drug Mephedrone. A young woman from North Yorkshire was found dead at her home, prompting local police to speak out against the [...]
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Man legally changes name to Fuck the Drug War
This guy decided it would be a good idea to change his name “Fuck, the Drug War.” What’s also funny is that his name was ALREADY “Fuck Censorship.” Now everyone knows there are serious limits to dissent in America, but how much censorship is there in a society that allows you to have “Fuck Censorship” [...]
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