Transform Drug Policy Foundation.
Transform works to reduce drug-related harms through evidence-based reforms to policy and practice.
We believe that current drug laws damage everyone in society, especially the most vulnerable.
We want to see a world in which drugs are regulated effectively, risks are reduced, and policy promotes health and social justice.
Publications.
Our extensive library of books and briefings sets out the global research on drug policy, including our flagship publication, ‘After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation’.
Transform’s 5 Models of regulation.
Doctor.
Medical prescriptions – for registered users of drugs such as injectable heroin
Specialist Pharmacists.
Sales to registered adult users – for drugs such as amphetamine, powder cocaine and MDMA
Licensed Retailers.
Sales to adult users for drugs such as cannabis
Licensed Premises.
Sale and consumption for adult users – similar to Dutch ‘coffee shops’ – for drugs such as cannabis
Unlicensed Premises.
Sale of lower-risk products such as caffeinated drinks and coca tea
Videos.
Recent Tweets
Paul, a true champion of the poor, vulnerable and marginalised, was a principled and committed campaigner for the legal regulation of drugs. He was also a friend of Transform for almost twenty years. We miss him, and will remember him.
Paul Flynn's funeral was deeply moving. We remembered his life and celebrated his legacy as a fantastic MP, a steadfast campaigner for peace and human rights, an independent thinker and a credit to @UKLabour in the proud tradition of Welsh radicalism.
Watch our new film, 'Why I want to legally regulate drugs' - Shot in the favelas of Sao Paulo, it provides honest testimonies from people directly affected by the failed ‘war on drugs’ in one of Brazil’s poorest cities: https://t.co/QBXaeFBVTy
'Don't pin the opioid crisis just on Purdue. The guilt runs wide'
@ChrisMcGreal on how corporate lobbying/greed drove the US epidemic and is unpicking regulations meant to curb it
Ideally drug regulation should eliminate profit incentives to promote use
https://t.co/ByaI0BCEJT
'China's Strongarm Approach to Drugs Does Not Work'
Over 10 million now dependent despite 1000s executed and millions incarcerated for forced treatment over decades
"China’s punitive approach to the problem will not help it go away"
(Register to read)
https://t.co/MeY8oiSxpE