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What we can learn from Yale’s Prison Education Initiative
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Consultation launched to make period products free in Northern Ireland
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Exclusive – In conversation with The Conversationalist
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Scotland wants to decriminalise drug possession
Under the new policies and proposed legislative changes, the country’s government wants to allow people found in possession of drugs to be treated and supported rather than criminalised and excluded.
As part of a new effort to tackle Scotland’s chronically high drug death rates, the country’s government is challenging Westminster to decriminalise all illicit substances for personal use.
During a press conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland’s drugs policy minister
