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If History Is Made, How Will We Be Judged?

Neil Woods | July 22, 2015

Many drug policy reformers are hoping that 2016 will be marked in history as the year things changed significantly. It seems possible that this will be the case

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Better Parked Than Dead

Neil Woods | June 27, 2015

There was a familiar and tragic story in the news on the 14th June, about six heroin-related deaths in Nottinghamshire1. Events like this are generally reported the same

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Until My Last Breath

Neil Woods | June 17, 2015

Undercover policing is an extremely powerful weapon. It is incredibly intrusive, and can cause huge upheaval to individuals, communities, or even the economy. The law recognises that the

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Heroin: Crime and Generosity

Neil Woods | June 2, 2015

According to the government estimates, heroin and crack cocaine users commit one-third to one-half of all acquisitive crime 1. I saw a study in the late nineties by Greater

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Neil Woods Talks Psychoactive Substances Ban

Neil Woods | May 29, 2015

A fortnight before the recent announcement of intentions to ban all new psychoactive substances (or, more inaccurately but commonly “legal highs”), BBC Hereford and Worcester interviewed Neil Woods