‘Consumption Room Proposal: Could Edinburgh Follow Glasgow in Saving Lives?’
Potentially life-saving services could expand. See consultation process at the end of article:
www.talkingdrugs.org/drug-consump...
- by LEAP UK Executive Director Beccy Rawnsley & Chair Jason Reed
‘Bigger Harms: How the UK’s Nitrous Oxide Ban Backfired’
“a system that prioritises punishment and criminalisation at the expense of substantive policies that address the underlying causes of substance use”
www.talkingdrugs.org/bigger-canis...
The return of the phrasing ‘zombie dr*g’. We see this used periodically. We have to avoid terminology such as this. And tragically we will always see increased strengths and fluctuations in purity, prohibition inherently equates to no quality control.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3927385...
A look at how medical access still lacks for many and how tiered systems essentially exist.
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
“When political leaders mock d**g use or attack opponents over it, the message travels far beyond Westminster. It deepens the stigma that surrounds drug dependency, stigma that prevents people from seeking help when they need it most.”
anyoneschild.org/2026/04/poli... by @anyoneschild.bsky.social
Sky news report on the evolving tactics of getting dr*gs into prisons.
We’ve said this before: Prisons are a useful gauge. If we struggle to disrupt supplies in secure institutions how care we expect to do so in wider society?
news.sky.com/video/how-dr...
The Lancet, one of the most respected journals in the world, addressing the consequences of punitive policies and the need for harm reduction.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
‘Approval granted for Ireland’s first supervised drug injection facility to become permanent’
“The centre officially opened in December 2024 after it secured a temporary 18-month planning permission.”
www.thejournal.ie/irelands-fir...
“According to a new report, purity levels have increased almost 50% in the last 13 years”
Why are coc*ine deaths rising? There are many factors, but the conclusion is that we need to do things differently if we’re committed to saving lives.
mixmag.net/read/cocaine...
‘The Science Is Clear: Forced Addiction Treatment Fails’
“Mounting evidence… …shows that punitive, coercive approaches to homeless addiction not only fail to reduce drug use but also increase overdose deaths…”
invisiblepeople.tv/the-science-...
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Eighteen months after Glasgow opened the UK’s first drug consumption room, campaigners say its results make a strong case for opening a second DCR in Edinburgh.
“SOMETIMES, you don’t get what you pay for,” says one self-professed drug user – knowing full well his next hit could be a zombifying, and potentially fatal, contaminated ba…
On March 10, at the 69th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, UNAIDS, the
UN Development Programme, and the International Network of People who Use Drugs launched
a joint guidance note: Decrim...
The long read: Two mothers fought British bureaucracy to obtain lifesaving cannabis medicines for their children. But most patients are having to go private – at huge cost
Sky News has filmed drones being used to deliver supplies to inmates. Now we've been inside one of the country's most dysfunctional prisons to find out how they're trying to stop it.
