Drugs and Addictions

UK prison has ambitions for inmates beyond its gates

6 Feb 2012

DONCASTER, England (Reuters) - Shane has been in jail more times than he can remember. Burglary at 15 earned him his first sentence and began a cycle of crime to fund a heroin addiction - a cycle he is now determined to end with the help of a pilot prison scheme. "You used to come to jail and if you didn't have probation work when you got out of there you were on your own," Shane, now 32, told ...

Super_Saki commented Specialist drugs court opens in Bristol

5 Feb 2012

A court which deals only with drug-related crime has opened in Bristol.

A turn-of-the-century approach to the war on drugs - Sat, 04 Feb 2012 PST

4 Feb 2012

Dr. Michael Reznicek has one thing in common with your stoner friend – or self – from college. But just one: He wants to legalize drugs.