Mental Health https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk CMVM Psychiatry at work Tue, 31 May 2016 07:51:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Should we decriminalise or legalise illicit drugs? https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2015/09/should-we-decriminalise-or-legalise-illicit-drugs/ https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2015/09/should-we-decriminalise-or-legalise-illicit-drugs/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:36:52 +0000 http://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/?p=86 We should legalise cannabis, and decriminalise harder drugs

Psychoactive drugs have been grown and used throughout human history. Opium and ‘laudanum’ (opium and alcohol), cocaine and ‘cocaine wine’ were popular in the UK and the USA in the 1800s but increasing use and adverse social effects raised concerns. The US … Continue reading →

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