Richardson et al. show highly inconsistent application of arrest protection provisions in cases of overdose, including due to poor understanding of the legal framework by people who use drugs and police.
Kammersgaard highlights how existing rationalities and practices associated with prohibition often remain intact in decriminalisation proposals, despite a push towards health and human rights.
The UK government plans to ban the sale of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, despite independent advice suggesting that prohibition is not the most effective way to tackle its misuse.
Lasco argues that the forcible drug testing of students places a burden on the school system's resources and puts students at risk of stigma and fatal violence.
Amnesty International shines a light on human rights violations committed in the name of drug policy, including in relation to police violence, arbitrary detention and obstacles to harm reduction.
Despite an ongoing public health crisis, drug war ideology continues to guide UK policy-making, with severe consequences for already marginalised communities.
Felker-Kantor links how through the DARE program the police expanded their reach and ability to define the parameters of the 'war on drugs' and ignored the structural roots of the drug crisis by reinforcing the turn toward blaming the problem on drug users themselves.
