Transform Drug Policy Foundation: Media Blog

MPs table motion calling for drugs policy based on scientific evidence on Nov 6, 2009 in acmd EDM Nutt PRESS NOTICE: from the Parliamentary Drugs and Alcohol Treatment and Harm Reduction GroupChair: Lord David RamsbothamSecretary: Mike Wood MPVice Chairs: David Burrowes MP, Paul Flynn MP, Paul Holmes MPFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:MPs table motion calling fo...

Transform launch new guide to legal regulation of drugs in the House of Commons, Nov 12th on Nov 6, 2009 in drugs legalization legal regulation legalisation Blueprint Transform is pleased to announce that our latest publication, 'After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation' will be launched at an event in the House of Commons on November the 12th, with simultaneous launches taking place in the US (at the Dr...

Tripping over Nutt on Nov 5, 2009 in David Nutt The Nutt episode has revealed the limits of the Home Office's criminal justice approach to drugs policyThe Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) was set up under the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA) in 1971 on a premise that was thought radical at...

Double Standards from the Evening Standard on cannabis classification? on Nov 3, 2009 in cannabis skunk acmd David Nutt Evening Standard There was a welcome outbreak of common sense in Yesterday's Evening Standard, a paper more often prone to reactionary drug war posturing, in its leader editorial on the David Nutt furore: Spin and drugsThe row over the firing of drug expert David Nu...

David Nutt is sacked from the ACMD on Nov 2, 2009 in acmd Nutt There's a lot of important issues raised by the ACMD chair's sacking, and the subsequent reaction. Transform have been actively engaging in the debate in a range of broadcast media, including 5 live radio, and BBC and Channel 4 news. We will have mo...

HASC discusses calls for an Impact Assessment of the Misuse of Drugs Act on Oct 29, 2009 in HASC cocaine impact assessment One of the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) raised the issue of carrying out in Impact Assessment (IA) of the Misuse of Drugs Act during a witness session as part of the current inquiry into the cocaine trade. Undertaking such an I...

Transform give oral evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee cocaine inquiry on Oct 20, 2009 in HASC cocaine Rolles McKegany Amy Winehouse Transform gave oral evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry into the cocaine trade this morning - which is available to view online, in full here.*The session, which was 45 minutes long involved Transforms research director Steve Rolles...