After the coroner’s report was published last week, we looked into the drug and, it turns out, it’s available in supermarkets. Here, we speak to an expert on its effects and potential risks.
If you’re a drug user, you might be aware of this substance. But it won’t turn you into a “zombie” or “eat your flesh”, as the papers are claiming.
From her “legalise it” uni days to now blocking progressive policy, our new PM’s views on drug reform seem to be a little, well, hazy.
Whatever you think you know, the chances are, you’ve got it all wrong. We spoke to the experts to find out what really happens when you put note to nose.
Using a rapid scan machine, coppers tested 145 people and found 17 with traces of cocaine. How terrifying is that? Not the results, the concept.
Talk of Scotland’s drug deaths crisis is nothing new. But as new policies are introduced, those affected believe there’s reason to be hopeful.
Recent data suggests the city’s drugs are getting lower in quality and purity. We spoke to a dealer, a raver and a researcher to get to the bottom of the baggy.
The age-old approach is doing clubbers and nightlife more harm than good.
As COP27 comes to a close, we look at the biggest offenders contributing to the crisis – and the stats are shocking.
After a piece of hair from the Bronze Age was found to contain hallucinogenic drugs last week, we dug a little deeper and, it turns out, they loved a sesh. Sort of.
Podcast: Our resident drug columnist Simon Doherty joins us for a chat about opioids, Gen Z sobriety and, er, the man who took 40,000 pills.
Wade through the small print and her proposed policy actually seems more progressive than perhaps she’d like to admit. Are the Tories quietly ending the war on drugs?
In a radical report, the Scottish government has called for the decriminalisation of all drugs for personal use. Westminster? You guessed it…
In a North London warehouse party, our resident drugs columnist asked partiers what drugs they had on them and what they were planning to take to alter their states of mind.
Suella Braverman’s latest tirade wrongfully blames asylum seekers for “drug supply and usage”. Time to look inside the Tory party, we reckon.
Violence, racism and verbal abuse are on the rise in Britain’s football grounds. Many blame cocaine. But a number of illegal drugs have been popular among fans at one time or another, with each having an impact on the atmosphere around the sport and the country. Sam Davies takes a deep dive into footy’s druggy underbelly.
New legislation means that as many as 770,000 people could have cannabis convictions expunged from their criminal records. But after decades of discriminatory drug policy, is it enough? Rory McClenaghan investigates.
