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
Note the important difference between legal and illegal drug markets:
In the legal market payment of excise duty is a legal obligation.
In the illegal market it isn't.
This section gets into specifics:
The excise duty rate for cannabis edibles, extracts, and topicals will be $0.01 per mg of total THC.
This will apply to existing cannabis oil products (ingestible oils) as of May 1, 2019.
Teenagers getting their wisdom teeth out is *not* the root cause of the overdose crisis. Covered exhaustively here: https://t.co/Rr0YBrUIJ9 https://t.co/gr1KOzZ1rN
