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Problem generation. Says who?

There are two ways of accounting for the rise reported in the Economist on illegal substance use among the over 55s, both should give rise to concern. First, the demographic shift as another cohort growing up with a wider assortment of available substances are getting over the line. That they

Tobacco: a tale of two London conferences.

The 21st century has not a started on a happy note for tobacco fiends. On the one hand, the political ascendance of the control advocates, a coalition of charities, research bodies, public health institutes and international agencies, has declared tobacco an enemy of health and wellbeing. On the other, the

The ‘Drugs Omnibus Resolution’ at the UN – a charter for persecution

In a parallel universe a few hundred political appointees gather at a prestigious venue to decide on how to arrest and incarcerate law abiding citizens by declaring the consumption of certain plants as illegal. yet this is precisely what occurred on Thursday 21st November 2024, at the Third Committee, Seventy-ninth