Why is Europe refusing to change course on drugs?
As the world shifts to a more liberal position on drugs, Europe is being left behind. But the Cannabis Social CLub movement shows that the grassroots is still eagerly pushing for change.
Home Office clings to the raft as international drug consensus crumbles
As the US finally starts to accept defeat in the war on drugs, the Home Office hides in the shadows
Drugs, Ukip and a prisoner book ban: Our most-read articles of 2014
Dodgy government plans you probably don’t know about and outrageous comments from fringe parties: these are what the readers of Politics.co.uk got most excited about in 2014.
Comment: My years undercover taught me we need to reform our drug laws
The drugs trade harms users and worsens corruption – we need reform urgently
Norman Baker: ‘Genie is out the bottle’ on drug reform
Westminster has finally reached a tipping point in the drug debate and radical change is now becoming possible, Home Office minister Norman Baker says
The Home Office admits it: Tough enforcement does not lower drug use
The most significant report on drugs the British government for forty years has been published. This could be the moment the tide turns.
Desperate scenes as drug law enforcers try to preserve the status quo
As the international status quo on drug policy falls apart, supporters are fighting a desperate rear-guard defence at the UN and in the ureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Britain secretly decriminalised cannabis – and it’s a disaster
How a bit of under-the-table liberalism sucked even more young black and Asian kids into the criminal justice system
Lib Dems ready to decriminalise all drugs
Personal possession of all drugs should be decriminalised, the Liberal Democrats announce
Black Mamba: The truth about drugs in jail
Government figures show drug use is up for the first time in five years – but the real problem lurks below the data
