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Tom Gordon MP has put forward an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill to reduce the deadline for the Government to introduce assisted dying from four years to three. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision have welcomed the amendment. The first draft of the Bill set the maximum time the Government could take… Read more »
The Isle of Man has this morning become the first part of the UK and Crown dependencies to pass an Assisted Dying Bill. Humanists UK and its assisted dying coalition partner My Death, My Decision Isle of Man has welcomed the historic vote. The Bill will make assisted dying available to adult Isle of Man… Read more »
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Two thirds of employers would refuse to give a job to a former heroin or crack cocaine addict, even if they were otherwise suitable for the job. The figures could not come at a worse time for the government, with last week’s welfare reform package containing several measures to get addicts back into employment. “This… Read more »
The government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) could announce it believes ecstacy should be downgraded today.. Last year the drug was ranked as less harmful than alcohol and tobacco according to a report in The Lancet published by the ACMD’s new chairman, Professor David Nutt. The ACMD is expected to say the… Read more »
