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Published articles and comment written by Transform
Selection of news articles mentioning or quoting TransformBBC - PM 'stands by stance on cannabis' (3 April 2008)The Guardian - PM keen to reclassify cannabis despite committee advice (April 3 2008) The Mirror - CANNABIS 'ILLEGAL AND UNACCEPTABLE' (2/04/08) Observer - 'Coke fashionistas' are ruining Africa - UN boss (Sunday March 9 2008) The Guardian - Drug cartels running rampant, says UN (March 5 2008) Telegraph - Drug addicts who drop out of rehab 'to lose benefits' (28/02/2008) BBC - Warning over cannabis lung harm (31 January 2008) The Big Question: How dangerous is Ecstasy, and is there a case to review its legal status? (3 January 2008) The Economist - Hard to Swallow The Guardian - Key advisers attack new drugs policy (December 2 2007) The Independent - The Big Question: Are drug treatment programmes a waste of taxpayers' money? (31.10.07) The Observer -Drugs strategy debate 'is a sham' (21.10.07) The Telegraph - Cannabis could be reclassified as Class B (23.07.07) The Independent - Brown plans to abandon softer laws on cannabis (19.07.07) The Guardian - It's not a moral panic. Drugs really do destroy communities (May 25 2007) Sunday Herald - A trip back in time... (11.03.07) The Telegraph - Rip up Britain's drugs laws, report urges (09/03/2007) The Scotsman - Reid: So what if [David Cameron] smoked cannabis? (12.02.07) The Guardian - Rewards to tempt addicts to stay clean (January 26 2007) The Guardian - MPs savage government's 'ad hoc' drug policy (July 31 2006) BBC News - Drug classification rethink urged (31 July 2006) The Sun - 1 in 5 kids taken drugs (25 Mar 2006) The Guardian - Prescribe more free heroin Birt's secret advice to ministers (09.02.06) Evening Standard - Massive Review of Law on Drugs (19.01.06) The Guardian - Where there's smoke ...(December 16 2005) LifeStyleExtra - Government drug leaflets branded "bonkers" (23rd November 2005) BBC - How Labour's drugs battle changed 5 October 2005 The Independent - Tory contenders calls for more liberal drug laws (07.09.05) RSA Journal - The forces of habit (August 05) Guardian - Law spells end for mushrooming trade (18.7.05) Daily Mirror - Revealed The bad news that No10 tried to bury (06.07.05) The Guardian - Revealed how the drugs war failed (05.07.05) The Daily Telegraph - Drugs policies a failure, says report (05.07.05) The Independent - Birt war on drugs failed to beat crime (04.07.05) The Guardian - Ministers 'used Live 8 to bury' critical report (04.07.05) The Observer - Secret report says that war on hard drugs has failed (03.07.05) Daily Mirror - World on drugs (01.07.05) The Guardian - Last orders for magic mushroom enthusiasts (25.06.05) Public Health Focus - Diversionary Tactics June 05 The Observer - UN condemns UK cannabis laws (23.03.05) The Observer - US cash to threaten Aids war (06.02.05) Daily Mirror - We are losing war on drugs (22.11.04) The Guardian - In the war on drugs, Europe must make a separate peace (03.11.04) Daily Mirror - Drugs 'to be legal in 20 years' (14.10.04) Telegrath - Cannabis: Just a peaceful way to relax or a potent threat? (31/01/04) Independent - Police chiefs to get tough on cannabis and ignore new law (22/01/04) The Independent - Only by legalising drugs can we avoid sinking into a US-style gun culture (17.09.03) The Guardian - Teen drug use linked to truancy (29.07.03) The Independent - This fantasy world of drug prohibition (27.02.03) The Telegraph - Call to overhaul drug laws is rejected (29.03.00) The Guardian - The laws don't work (01.11.97) Published articles and comment written by TransformSocialist Worker - Plans to reclassify cannabis obscure real debateFull article: tdpf blog Take a Break - How can we stop this? (31.01.08) The Independent - Time to Ditch a Failing Drug Policy (03.01.08) The Mirror - Top Cop: Ecstasy is safer than aspirin (02.01.08) Danny Kushlick argues that drugs will be made legal through licensed outlets or doctors within 10 years. Druglink - the year is 2022 and drugs are legal"While in many ways things look much like they did in 2007,
in the drug policy world a quiet revolution has taken place.
The monolith of absolute global drug prohibition has collapsed,
being replaced with a series of different regulatory regimes for
the legal control of drug production and supply. Steve Rolles describes what a post-prohibition world might look like and the
changes it could bring to the streets of Britain." Drugs and Alcohol Today - Policy forum: The drug scheduling debateIn our regular forum on policy issues Ted Leggett of the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna, and Steve Rolles,
Information Officer at Transform, exchange views on the issue
of drug scheduling. The Guardian - Progress prohibited (18.10.07)The government's drug policy over the last decade has comprehensively failed, delivering the exact opposite of its primary aims, says Danny Kushlick. The Guardian - Medical use of Afghanistan's opium won't solve the problem (06.09.07) Prescribed heroin for long-term addicts would be a better way of reducing the drug trade, says Steve Rolles. Drug and alchol today - Policy forum: The cannabis potency question (July 2007)Ted Leggett from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Steve Rolles from Transform discuss the potency of cannabis. Druglink - Swedish massage (May/June 2007)The perception that low drug use in Sweden is a direct result of the country's tough anti-drugs policy is a finding considerable traction in the UK. But, argues Steve Rolles, it is both simplistic and misleading. The Guardian - Increment of Harm (16.05.07)Opinion piece written by Danny Kushlick as spokesperson for the Drugs and Health Alliance (DHA). He criticises the current drug policy for its overbearing criminal justice led approach, and demands that it should be public health led. The DHA is introduced as a growing alliance of organisations calling for this change. Druglink - Field of dreams (March/April 2007)Article in Drugscope's Druglink magazine written by Steve Rolles arguing against plans to legalise Afghan opium production for medical use. Daily Mirror - Time to end the rule of gangsters (09.03.07)Short comment article by Danny Kushlick in response to the RSA Drug Report which was highly critical of the UK's current drug strategy. The Guardian - High time for change (08.03.07) No matter how many reports are published, international geopolitics and populism will see to it that drug policy overhaul is shelved time after time, says Danny Kushlick. Drugs and Alcohol Today - A brave new world: One man's fight against prohibition (November 2006)Five page cover story about "the incredible story of the UK's most outspoken and influential organisation on drug law and policy". Scottish Daily Mail - Scottish police in call to legalise all drugs (13.04.06)Lead story in the Scottish Daily Mail about the Strathclyde Police Federation's call to legalise all drugs. The 3 page article features a comment piece from Danny Kushlick arguing in favour of legalising hard drugs. The Guardian - Clarke clings to the grand illusion of prohibition (24.01.06)Danny Kushlick responds to an article written by Marcel Berlins after Charles Clarke decides not to amend cannabis classification. Drink and Drug News - Comment (January 2006)Comment article by Steve Rolles about the Home Office's misleading claims about the success of its drug strategy. Druglink - Labour the drugs test (March 2005)Three page article asking six experts to assess the success of Labour's drug policies after eight years in office. Danny Kushlick features in the article as one of the experts. The Guardian -Prison is not the answer (August 19 2005) Contains a letter from Steve rolles criticizing prohabition and the prison system. Article: Here BBC News - Head-to-Head: Drugs clampdown (25.11.04)New legislation on drugs promises harsher penalties for people convicted of dealing to children or near schools and broadening the definition of possession to include having an illegal drug in the bloodstream. Danny Kushlick and David Green of right-leaning Civitas, the Institute for Study of Civil Society, disagree on the merits of the proposals. The Times - Ending the gun-drugs connection (12.10.04)Comment article by Danny Kushlick about the connection between crime and drug prohibition. The Guardian - The true price of prohibition (08.06.04)Detailed article by Danny Kushlick in the analysis section of the Guardian's comment pages about the social and economic costs of drug prohibition. Daily Express - Is this the moment to legalise heroin? (06.02.04)Danny Kushlick puts forward the 'yes' argument. The Guardian - Cracking the Problem (17.01.04)Will legalisation win the war on drugs? Ann Widdecombe and Danny Kushlick try to smoke out a solution. Narco magazine - Drug prohibition and beyond (Summer 2003)Danny Kushlick, Director of Transform, argues that a much more radical shift in our approach to illicit drugs will be needed if we are to deal with drug-related offending. For him, ending the drug war and dealing with the consequences of drug misuse means ending prohibition itself. Statewatch bulletin (Vol 13 no 2) - Losing the 'War on drugs'. Crisis and Contradiction in International Policy (March/April 2003)Steve Rolles provides an analysis of the crisis in international drug enforcement, timed to coincide with the half way point in the the 1998 UN ten-year drug strategy. Observer Online - Legalising drugs will save lives (25.08.02)Parents at the sharp end of drugs tragedies have taken a courageous stand against laws that harm, argues Danny Kushlick in response to Susan Greenfield 's Observer commentary. Independent - Johann Hari: The very worst policy to combat drugs (12 July 2007) Duncan Smith believes that spliff-smoking is such a catastrophe that cannabis needs reclassifying. Full Article: Here Druglink - An eloquent silence. Evidence for prohibition (January/February 2001)The government boasts of evidence-based policy making, yet there seems to be little or no evidence available to support the current policy of prohibiting drugs, argues Danny Kushlick. Roof magazine - Would legalisation reduce homelessness? (September 2001)Danny Kushlick argues that prohibition causes and exacerbates social exclusion, especially in regard to vulnerable groups. The legalisation, regulation and control of illegal drugs would reduce homelessness by removing many of the problems experienced by homeless people who are dependent upon prohibited drugs. Dr Adrian Bonner, Head of the National Addiction Service, Salvation Army argues the counter position, that legalisation could increase homelessness. Police Review magazine - Danny Kushlick interview (August 2001)The Transform Director answers questions on drug policy, the links between crime prohibition and possibilities for legalisation and regulation of drugs. Ministry - Drugs War (April 2000)Danny Kushlick and Keith Hellawell, the governments 'Drug Czar', answer 10 questions about drug prohibition. Health Matters magazine - Why arrest isn't a cure for drugs (Summer 1999)Policy is shifting from punishing to treating drug users – but little will change while drug use remains a criminal issue, argues Steve Rolles. The Independent - Even the police can see that all drugs need to be legalised (16.11.99)Comment Danny Kushlick in response to a Panorama programme in which the former Chief Constable of Gwent Constabulary became a patron of a national campaign to legalise all drugs. New Times - Prohibition is the problem (August 1999)The war on drugs is lost, says Danny Kushlick. More and more young people are taking illegal drugs - and prohibition breeds crime. So why is the new labour Government opposed to a public debate on legalisation? New Statesman - Full tilt towards a no-win 'Vietnam' war on drugs (17.10.86)Tim Malyon is currently a trustee for Transform. In 1986 - 10 years before Transform was established - he wrote this cover article in the New Statesmen "which surveys the evidence against the American-led panic which is trying to sweep all dissent under the carpet". News articles mentioning or quoting TransformBBC - PM 'stands by stance on cannabis' (3 April 2008) Downing Street has signalled Gordon Brown remains determined to tighten the law on cannabis - against the advice of an independent panel of experts. Full article: here The Guardian - PM keen to reclassify cannabis despite committee advice (April 3 2008) An article on the re-clasification of canabis from a class C substance to a class B. Full article: here The Mirror - CANNABIS 'ILLEGAL AND UNACCEPTABLE' (2/04/08) Article on Gordon Browns threats of a cannabis crackdown. Full article: Here Observer - 'Coke fashionistas' are ruining Africa - UN boss (Sunday March 9 2008) 'coke-snorting fashionistas', such as Amy Winehouse, are glamorising drug use and helping to fuel a cocaine trade that could be as devastating to Africa as slavery. Full article: here The Guardian - Drug cartels running rampant, says UN (March 5 2008) An article about government targeting small time users rather than targeting the major drug trafickers. Full article: here Telegraph - Drug addicts who drop out of rehab 'to lose benefits' (28/02/2008) Drug addicts who refuse treatment will lose welfare benefits for up to six months under new Government proposals. Full article: Here BBC - Warning over cannabis lung harm (31 January 2008) Article about a study claiming cannabis smoking to be a cause of lung damage. Full article:here The Big Question: How dangerous is Ecstasy, and is there a case to review its legal status? (3 January 2008) Full article: Here The Economist - Hard to SwallowConsiders the effectiveness reviews of the drug strategy undertaken by the UK Government and supressed until recently released following an FOI request from Transform The guardian - Key advisers attack new drugs policy (December 2 2007) Full article: Here The Independent - The Big Question: Are drug treatment programmes a waste of taxpayers' money? (31.10.07)An article analysing the pros and cons of drug treatment. Feature a quote from Danny Kushlick warning against over-hyping the effectiveness treatment and ignoring the problems of prohibition. The Observer - Drugs strategy debate 'is a sham' (21.10.07)News article mentioning Transform's Tools for the Debate publication along with quotes from Steve Rolles critiquing the government's drug strategy consultation. The Telegraph - Cannabis could be reclassified as Class B (23.07.07)Features an anonymous quote from Transform dismissing calls to reclassify cannabis as political posturing. The Independent - Brown plans to abandon softer laws on cannabis (19.07.07)Features an anonymous quote from Transform criticising calls to reclassify cannabis as
being about political posturing and having nothing to do with science. The Guardian - It's not a moral panic. Drugs really do destroy communities (May 25 2007) Full article: here Sunday Herald - A trip back in time... (09.02.06) Excellent article describing the history prohibition and the 'moral panic' that has accompanied it. Features a quote from Danny Kushlick. The Telegraph - Rip up Britain's drugs laws, report urges (09/03/2007) An independent commission called for a fundamental overhaul of Britain's 35-year-old strategy aimed at eradicating drug abuse entirely. Full article: Here The Scotsman - Reid: So what if [David Cameron] smoked cannabis? (09.02.07)News article about the non-story alleging that David Cameron smoked cannabis when he was 15. Features a quote from Danny Kushlick. The Guardian - Rewards to tempt addicts to stay clean (January 26 2007) An article about a proposed scheme in which aims to reward drug addicts receiving treatment with shopping vouchers to encourage them to stay clean. Full Article: Here The Guardian - MPs savage government's 'ad hoc' drug policy (July 31 2006) News article about MP's mounting an attack on the governments drug policy and challanging the basis for the ABC classification system, saying that the harm caused by drugs should be separated from criminal penalties. Article: Here BBC News - Drug classification rethink urged (31 July 2006) An article on current drug classifications and a call for a more scientific and logical drug clasification system. Article: here The Sun - 1 in 5 kids taken drugs (25 Mar 2006) An article on young children taking drugs, features a quote from Danny Kushlick. Full Article: here The Guardian - Prescribe more free heroin Birt's secret advice to ministers (09.02.06)News article about Lord Birt, the Prime Minister's "blue skies" adviser, privately recommending to ministers that heroin should be available on prescription to treat addicts. Features a quote from Danny Kushlick. Evening Standard - Massive Review of Law on Drugs (19.01.06)Lead story in the Evening Standard about the Home Secretary's plan to review the drug classification systems. The article features a quote from Transform's submission to the Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs. The Guardian - Where there's smoke ...(December 16 2005) An article on the relations between cannabis and mental illness. Article: Here LifeStyleExtra - Government drug leaflets branded "bonkers" (23rd November 2005) Article: Here The Independent - Tory contenders calls for more liberal drug laws (07.09.05)News article about David Cameron's call for a more liberal drugs policy. Features a quote from Danny Kushlick. BBC - How Labour's drugs battle changed (5 October 2005) An article on Tony Blairs crime reduction policy. Full Article: Here RSA Journal - The forces of habit (August 2005)Article about the RSA commission that will be looking at why millions of pounds have been spend on trying to control the illegal drug trade has been so unsuccessful. The mentions Transform's 'After the War on Drugs: Options for Control' report and has several quotes from quotes from Danny Kushlick. Guardian - Law spells end for mushrooming trade (18.7.05)Article on the new Mushroom laws. Full article: Here Daily Mirror - Revealed The bad news that No10 tried to bury (06.07.05)Full page news article about Lord Birt's report after the full contents of the report were leaked to the paper. Features a quote from Danny Kushlick. The Guardian - Revealed how the drugs war failed (05.07.05)Lead story in the Guardian about Lord Birt's report after the full contents of the report were leaked to the paper. Features a quote from Danny Kushlick. The Daily Telegraph - Drugs policies a failure, says report (05.07.05)Another news article about Lord Birt's secret report, this time in the Daily Telegraph. Feature a quotes from Danny Kushlick. The Independent - Birt war on drugs failed to beat crime (04.07.05)Another news article about Lord Birt's secret report. Feature a quotes from Danny Kushlick. The Guardian - Ministers 'used Live 8 to bury' critical report (04.07.05)News article about how the government tried to bury Lord Birt's secret report about the government's failed drugs policies by publishing just hours before the Live 8 concert was to begin. Feature a quotes from Danny Kushlick. The Observer - Secret report says that war on hard drugs has failed (03.07.05)News article about a secret report prepared by the strategy unit at the Cabinet Office over seen by policy tsar Lord Birt which was highly critical about the success of the Government's drug strategy, and the likely success of drug prohibition in general. Feature a quote from Danny Kushlick calling for the report to be published in full. Daily Mirror - World on drugs (01.07.05)Excellent full page article about why drug prohibition has failed. The article mentions Transform several times and features a long quote from Danny Kushlick. The Guardian - Last orders for magic mushroom enthusiasts (25.06.05)News article about clause 21 of the Drugs Act 2005 which criminalised the possession and sale of magic mushrooms. Features a quote from Danny Kushlick. Public Health Focus - Diversionary Tactics (June 2005)Article questioning the effectiveness of the government's treatment polices. Features a quote from Steve Rolles. The Observer - UN condemns UK cannabis laws (23.03.05)News article about the UN's criticism of the reclassification of Cannabis to a class C drug. Features a quote from Danny Kushlick. The Observer - US cash to threaten Aids war (06.02.05)News article about the the UN being forced to end its campaign to reduced Aids infection by providing clean needles to heroin addicts after the US threatened to end its funding. Features a quote from Danny Kushlick. Daily Mirror - We are losing war on drugs (22.11.04)Four page lead story about how Downing Street advisors and 76 per cent of the country believe the governments is losing the war on drugs through wrong tactics. Features a quote from Danny Kushlick. The Guardian - In the war on drugs, Europe must make a separate peace (03.11.04)Comment article by Polly Toynbee arguing in favour of ending the war on drugs. The article mentions Transform's 'After the War on Drugs: Options for Control' report. Daily Mirror - Drugs 'to be legal in 20 years' (14.10.04)News article about the publication of Transform's 'After the War on Drugs: Options for Control' report. Telegrath - Cannabis: Just a peaceful way to relax or a potent threat? (31/01/04)Full article: Here Independent - Police chiefs to get tough on cannabis and ignore new law (22/01/04)News article about many police officers choosing to ignore new laws that downgrade the possession of cannabis. Features a quote from Danny Kushlick. Full article: Here The Independent - Only by legalising drugs can we avoid sinking into a US-style gun culture (17.09.03)Comment article by Johann Harri featuring a quote from Danny Kushlick. The Guardian - Teen drug use linked to truancy (29.07.03)News article about research that suggests that truants are more than five times as likely to take drugs than other schoolchildren. Features a quote from Danny Kushlick. The Independent - This fantasy world of drug prohibition (27.02.03)Comment article by Johann Harri featuring a quote from Danny Kushlick. The Telegraph - Call to overhaul drug laws is rejected (29.03.00) News article about Lady
Runciman's report on drugs produced for the Police Federation which called for reduced penalties for drug possession offences. Features a quote from Danny Kushlick. The Guardian - The laws don't work (01.11.97)Lengthy article about the failings of prohibition. Includes quotes from Danny Kushlick. |
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