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Letters: A landlord exodus? Sounds fabulous
Letters

Letters: A landlord exodus? Sounds fabulous

A landlord exodus could be a boon for some. And a reader points out the essential contribution elderly people make to society in unpaid caring roles
Inside the UK's first drugs consumption room – and how it can save lives amid soaring drug deaths
a handful of syringed in packets on top of a blue face covering
Drugs

Inside the UK's first drugs consumption room – and how it can save lives amid soaring drug deaths

'Illegal vapes are already flooding the market': What impact will disposable vapes ban really have?
disposable vape ban
Disposable vapes

'Illegal vapes are already flooding the market': What impact will disposable vapes ban really have?

A clear strategy to reduce drug use could save UK government billions. Here's how
Oliver Lodge

A clear strategy to reduce drug use could save UK government billions. Here's how

What UK can learn from Portugal's drug decriminalisation success
Drugs

What UK can learn from Portugal's drug decriminalisation success

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The government's new drugs strategy cannot win the 'war on drugs'
Carla Denyer

The government's new drugs strategy cannot win the 'war on drugs'

Overdose prevention service is 'a health response to a health issue'
News

Overdose prevention service is 'a health response to a health issue'

Irvine Welsh: 'We’re as much in denial about drug abuse as ever'
Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting
Books

Irvine Welsh: 'We’re as much in denial about drug abuse as ever'

Medicinal cannabis has totally transformed a former Big Issue seller's life
News

Medicinal cannabis has totally transformed a former Big Issue seller's life

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