Despite warnings from government’s own advisers to protect people from ‘severe harm’, new controls on potent drugs were delayed for monthsMinisters were warned nearly two years ago about the “significant...
Read MoreCities across Scotland considering similar addiction schemes as plans approved for Hunter Street facility Cities across Scotland are considering setting up their own safe injecting facilities as authorities in Glasgow gave the...
Read MoreExclusive: Guardian has seen copy of 27-page report that Home Office attempted to keep confidentialThe UK government’s official drug advisers privately advocated for a formal repeal of the criminalisation of personal-use...
Read MoreLabour leader accuses government of failing to heed warnings which has led to series of crises this weekHere is the list of MPs down to ask a question at PMQs.Yesterday it emerged that ministers are mulling over a plan to tweak...
Read MoreAid tied to drug prevention programmes given to 92 lower-income countries, including Afghanistan after the Taliban takeoverAlmost $1bn (£800m) of aid has been spent on a global “war on drugs” over the past...
Read MorePrime minister says he told Li Qiang, the Chinese prime minister, at G20 that Chinese interference with the work of parliament will ‘never be tolerated’Simon Clarke, who was the levelling up secretary during the Liz...
Read MorePeople caught producing or selling nitrous oxide could face 14 years in prison under new rulesNitrous oxide, popularly known as laughing gas, is to become an illegal class C substance by the end of the year, the government has...
Read MoreDrop ‘abstinence-only approach’ and focus on public health, report by home affairs select committee saysMinisters should expand anonymous drug testing at festivals and allow supervised drug-taking facilities to...
Read MoreOfficial data shows there were 1,051 deaths due to drug misuse in 2022 – a drop of 279 on the previous yearUK politics live – latest updatesScotland’s drug deaths remain almost three times higher than for the...
Read MoreScottish government says deal amounts to £61.3m investment in junior doctors’ pay, the best offer for this group in UKQ: My fear is that sewage in water could lead to a typhoid problem?Ferrari asks if Labour favours...
Read MoreLatest updates: Scottish government says deal amounts to £61.3m investment in junior doctors’ pay, the best offer for this group in UKQ: My fear is that sewage in water could lead to a typhoid problem?Ferrari asks if...
Read MoreElena Whitham, the Scottish minister for drugs policy, called for legislation devolution in reform planThe Scottish government is challenging Westminster to decriminalise all drugs for personal use, in a fresh attempt to tackle...
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