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Breaking the Taboo and other News

Submitted by Sarah McCulloch on 7 December, 2012 - 06:06

Dear drug law reformers,

today sees the online premiere of the ground-breaking Breaking the Taboo, a documentary about the drug war. Featuring prominent statesmen including Presidents Clinton and Carter, the film follows the Global Commission on Drug Policy on a mission to break the political taboo and expose the biggest failure of global policy in the last 50 years.

Re:Vision in the News: Our Thoughts on Mexxy

Submitted by Sarah McCulloch on 3 May, 2012 - 09:38

Mancunion Matters, 2nd May, 2012.

"Manchester drug experts and activists are warning people against the result of the government’s temporary ban of the legal high methoxetamine, or MXE.

The government invoked new banning powers and for the first time used a temporary class drug order (TCDO) to forbid the supply of the legal high.

Methoxetamine, with street name mexxy, MXE, ROFLCOPTER, was banned at the end of March for up to 12 months after a recommendation from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), which assessed the drug in less than 20 working days.

Re:Vision in the News: Manchester activist condemns Operation Broadley

Submitted by Sarah McCulloch on 11 April, 2012 - 20:47

"Cannabis crackdown across the North West ‘waste of money and police resources’, says Manchester activist

A Manchester activist is condemning the police crackdown on cannabis that saw the destruction of more than 17,000 cannabis plants in the North West.

Cannabis worth £9million and 4kg of cannabis leaf have been seized, and hundreds of cannabis farms were destroyed in a month-long police operation across the North West.

International Women's Day and Drug Policy!

Submitted by Sarah McCulloch on 8 March, 2012 - 12:48

International Women's Day is an annual day to raise awareness of women's issues around the world. Women are discriminated against in many areas of public life across the world. This can vary from being paid less, to being denied work, the right to vote, access to one’s children or appropriate healthcare, or in some parts of the world, even from being unaccompanied in public places or driving.

Re:Vision in the News: Cannabis farms in Manchester

Submitted by Sarah McCulloch on 6 March, 2012 - 20:55

"Under Operation Broadley, police want the public to support them by reporting their suspicions on illegal plantations, as more stringent border controls have resulted in criminals choosing to home-grow marijuana. Police discovered 1,180 cannabis cultivations with 10 plants or more last year, arresting 1,458 as a result.

However, a national campaigner for a reworking of drug policy group has blamed the GMP’s clampdown of warehouse production for the widespread problems of smaller farms across Greater Manchester.

Read our response to the European Commission's new anti drugs strategy!

Submitted by Sarah McCulloch on 6 February, 2012 - 09:24

In January 2012, Re:Vision Drug Policy Network submitted a document to the public consultation on the European Commission's new anti-drugs strategy, "Towards a Stronger European Response on Drugs".

January Newsletter (31/01/12)

Submitted by Sarah McCulloch on 29 January, 2012 - 16:43

Hello everyone,

welcome to 2012, which is sure to be a big step forward for the drug law reform movement!

In early December, we marked World AIDS Day by...

DEADLINE EXTENDED - Make a submission to the Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry Into Drugs!

Submitted by Sarah McCulloch on 15 January, 2012 - 18:57

The Home Affairs Parliamentary Select Committee is launching an inquiry the government’s current drugs strategy, particularly whether it is a 'fiscally responsible policy with strategies grounded in science, health, security and human rights'. Re:Vision want to make it easy for people to submit evidence to the inquiry, so we've set up a form to help you to contribute:

Write to your MP to ask them to support an impact assessment

Submitted by Andi Sidwell on 14 November, 2011 - 14:19

Transform are reporting that there there is an Early Day Motion in the UK Parliament calling for an impact assessment of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Early Day Motions are ways for MPs to show support for certain issues - they're a useful thermometer for which MPs are willing to put their behind something! Parliament publish the list of MPs who have signed the motion.