Drug-related deaths in Scotland lie squarely at the feet of Nicola Sturgeon
Following on from Jay Jackson’s piece for LabourList, in response to England’s latest deaths by drug poisoning data,…
Labour Campaign for Drug Policy Reform
A public health-based approach to drugs must be the guiding principle for Labour
Drug death figures for 2021 released by the Office for National Statistics last week make for grim reading.…
Labour’s values of security, prosperity and respect must apply to drug policy
Delivering a speech in Birmingham this week, Keir Starmer made a “solemn promise” to the British people that…
Tough words and shifting sands: the government’s new drug strategy
‘Look how tough I am’ was the government PR script for this week’s long-awaited drug strategy release. It…
What Keir Starmer should have said about drug policy
I wrote a piece for LabourList in August arguing that a plan to overhaul the UK’s unjust drugs…
Campaign group urges Labour to adopt seven policies on drug reform
The Labour Campaign for Drug Policy Reform has renewed its efforts to force a change in party policy…
Black people “over-policed as citizens and under-policed as victims”, says Labour MP
Bell Ribeiro-Addy has said that current drug policy in the UK “exemplifies the way black people are over-policed…
How every Labour activist can help tackle homelessness and addiction
The political turmoil of recent years has left Labour members, and the Labour leadership, waiting eagerly at the…
Thangam Debbonaire & Jeff Smith: Labour can afford to be bold on drug policy reform
It’s been a historic month in the world of drug policy. Canada became the first G7 country to…
