It has emerged that changes to police protocol in Scotland will mean people caught with small quantities of cannabis will face on-the-spot warnings from police rather than prosecution.
Federal drug control efforts have failed to meet any goals to curb illegal drug use and related deaths set five years ago, new testimony from the Government Accountability Office concludes.
Stop and search may be decreasing in England and Wales, but those carried out for drugs are on the rise as a proportion of the overall figure. Can the police still reasonably say this power is being used to tackle violent crime?
Access to harm reduction programs such as syringe exchange is lowest in rural and suburban areas, where rates of addiction to heroin and other opioids are on the rise, according to a new study.
Healthy and Free TN presented information to human rights experts on the negative impacts of the policy and the need to create policies to support health and human rights of pregnant women.
Under the law, the sale of cannabis, as well as the planting and transporting it, will still be illegal and carry a prison sentence of five to 10 years.