Drugs
Not Mind-Changing on Drugs
David Nutt, Drugs – Without the Hot Air: Minimising the Harms of Legal and Illegal Drugs (UIT Cambridge, 31 May 2012)
A good book, full of information, but which suffers as a polemic from Nutt’s preferred style of debate. I read it because it was shortlisted for Polemic of the Year at the Political Book Awards. [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Friday, 22 March 2013 at 9:49 am
A Digression on Drugs
I digressed in my column for The Independent on Sunday today. It is about Nick Clegg’s plan to defend as many as possible of the party’s 57 seats at the next election. The Liberal Democrats realise that they might lose seats to Labour, but they hope to defend well against the Conservatives in the south, [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Sunday, 16 December 2012 at 8:21 pm
Cannabis use in teenagers and the long-term risk to IQ
This week a report has been released illustrating a new facet of potential harm from cannabis.
By Donald Singer | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 31 August 2012 at 5:35 pm
Russell Brand shouldn’t speak for everyone on drugs policies
So because it worked for him, Russell Brand is persuaded that abstinence-based recovery, rather than reliance on methadone, is the best way to help those with the “greedy disease” of opiate dependence.
By Susie McLean | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 16 August 2012 at 12:00 am
Doping does not undermine the Olympic Spirit
The furore over drug use in professional sport has escalated to monumental proportions in recent times. The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) inquisitional enthusiasm to prevent any kind of doping has resulted in the institution of one of the most intrusive and inhumane inspection systems ever conceived.
By Douglas Morton | Notebook, Olympics, Opinion, Sport | Thursday, 9 August 2012 at 6:00 am
Can a mental shift help enhance our performance?
Nowadays the phrase “performance-enhancing” and the word “drugs” all too frequently go together, particularly during the Olympics. But that wasn’t always the case.
By Tony Lobl | Notebook, Olympics, Opinion | Thursday, 2 August 2012 at 9:24 am
Taking away benefits from heroin users won’t solve anything
It was reported today that Ian Duncan Smith is threatening to stop heroin addicts from being able to claim incapacity benefits. About a hundred of my patients are heroin users and they are all signed off work. IDS pointed out that it was unfair that hardworking tax payers were paying for the addictions of others. This may well be true but is an attempt to force heroin users in to gainful employment really a viable option?
By Dr Ben Daniels | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 23 May 2012 at 5:39 pm
“It’s not all about drugs”: A chat with Venezuelan duo Fur Coat
Earlier this year video of DJ duo Art Department playing a track with the chorus ‘You and I, we are like…cocaine and ketamine’ spread like wildfire on the net. The infectious, and blatant drug-related lyrics striking a chord with many partygoers around the world. As with many exclusive, unreleased tracks, nobody knew who it was by and so the hunt began.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Monday, 7 May 2012 at 4:00 am
Mitch Winehouse: If you want to stop taking heroin, there’s very little help available
“Nobody should know what it feels like to bury a child”, Mitch Winehouse states ruefully. “The natural process is that you bury your grandparents, your parents, but to bury a child…” he trails off, before composing himself and adding that Amy was in fact cremated. “Everybody has to deal with it in their own way. Some people deal with it positively and some people deal with it negatively.”
By Anna Nathanson | Arts, Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 3 May 2012 at 4:02 am
The prohibition of drugs has been an abject failure with a devastating human cost
In 1972, President Richard Nixon signed his “war on drugs” into law. Drugs were “public enemy number one,” said Nixon, and action was necessary because addiction to narcotics had “assumed the dimensions of a national emergency”. Four decades on, and the global clampdown on drugs continues unabated.
By James Bloodworth | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 29 February 2012 at 11:54 am
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