On Sunday, the Levelling-Up Secretary Michael Gove announced that the government would ban the possession, use and sale of nitrous oxide – otherwise known as laughing gas or “nos”. A day later, Number 10 went full throttle on its assault against laughing gas. This bred confusion, given that nitrous oxide for recreational purposes was already
Sudden news of the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announcing that she is due to stand down as Leader within months – after eight years – has sent shockwaves through Holyrood and beyond. During a time of political turmoil, her iron-clad grip on the Scottish Parliament is coming to an end. » Read More
This week, the government unleashed their much-awaited plan to tackle “recreational” drug use, with much of the rhetoric to-date centring around “middle-class cocaine users” and the need to implement “tough consequences” to tackle drug use. Whilst those in the drug policy reform space were anticipating the worst, there are small green shoots that offer reasons…
New polling commissioned by the Civitas think tank concluded that almost 6 million people would try cannabis for the first time if it were legalised. Calls by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to legalise cannabis would lead to an extra 800,000 Londoners taking up cannabis for the first time, the biggest surge in new cannabis users…
