Back to first principles on drugs

Just why is it so hard for politicians to see a better way forward in dealing with drugs in the community and to act on that vision? It is not for lack of evidence of what works to make things better and most of the community knows that.
Drug policy reform series - a repost
John Menadue

Drug policy reform series - a repost

NSW Cabinet responds to a Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug ‘Ice’
Alex Wodak

NSW Cabinet responds to a Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug ‘Ice’

Tackling the mental health crisis in the time of Covid 19; prescribing the same remedy over and over again?
Bill Bush

Tackling the mental health crisis in the time of Covid 19; prescribing the same remedy over and over again?

JOHN MENADUE. A Repost: Drug policy reform series
John Menadue

JOHN MENADUE. A Repost: Drug policy reform series

COLIN MENDELSOHN. Vaping, babies and bathwater. Why Australia’s vaping ban is poor policy.
P&I Guest Writers

COLIN MENDELSOHN. Vaping, babies and bathwater. Why Australia’s vaping ban is poor policy.

MICK PALMER. A summit on drug decriminalisation.
P&I Guest Writers

MICK PALMER. A summit on drug decriminalisation.

PETER BAUME. Labor shifts on pill testing.
P&I Guest Writers

PETER BAUME. Labor shifts on pill testing.

HELEN CLARK. Another decade lost to the global war on drugs (The Hill, 20.11.18)
P&I Guest Writers

HELEN CLARK. Another decade lost to the global war on drugs (The Hill, 20.11.18)

ALEX WODAK. Drug law reform in the 2018 US mid term elections.The 2018 US midterm elections has important lessons for Australia regarding drug law reform. In ballot initiatives and elections for office, voters often supported drug law reform with only one major defeat. Presidential election years generally have many more ballot initiatives on drug policy.
Alex Wodak

ALEX WODAK. Drug law reform in the 2018 US mid term elections.The 2018 US midterm elections has important lessons for Australia regarding drug law reform. In ballot initiatives and elections for office, voters often supported drug law reform with only one major defeat. Presidential election years generally have many more ballot initiatives on drug policy.