In my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, I investigate drug policy in the UK and it’s a very mixed picture (my recent Guardian article gives a grim assessment). UK Labour just lost an election and now has the opportunity, if it wants, to craft a sensible drug policy.…
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Popular UK podcast Stop and Search on Pills, Powder and Smoke
During my recent London book tour for Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, I was interviewed by one of the most popular drug-themed podcasts, Stop and Search, in front of a live audience at Queen Mary University.
UK Telegraph newspaper reviews Pills, Powder and Smoke
The UK Telegraph is a conservative newspaper but thankfully positively reviewed my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, last weekend, giving it 4 stars out of 5. The review is by Colin Freeman: Do modern drug dealers have a conscience? Browse the dark web for cocaine these days, and…
Britain’s Novara Media TV interview on Pills, Powder and Smoke
Last week in London, during my book tour for Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, I was interviewed by one of the country’s leading alternative media groups, Novara Media. With a massive online reach, the conversation covered a lot of ground from Honduras to legalisation to why the drug war is…
How the UK could end its war on drugs
My piece appeared in the Guardian yesterday: Britain is in the midst of a drug emergency. The country is witnessing unprecedented rates of Class A drug use; Border Force officers are seizing more cocaine than at any time in recorded history. The problem is particularly bad in Scotland, which has the highest rateof drug deaths…
Talkradio UK interview on ethical cocaine and Pills, Powder and Smoke
Following my recent media comments about ethical cocaine in the wake of my book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, being released in the UK, I was interviewed today on Talkradio in the UK by host Mike Graham (who it’s fair to say didn’t seem that enthused by my views to…
“Woke coke” and why cocaine and all drugs should be legalised
With my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, just out in the UK, I’ve been getting some media coverage around the issue of “woke coke” or ethically-sourced cocaine. For the record, in my book I don’t mention “woke coke” but focus on how and why all drugs should be…
London Times positively reviews Pills, Powder and Smoke
My book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, is out in the UK this week. I’ll be in the UK in early February on a book tour (3 February at Queen Mary University of London and 4 February at the famous Frontline Club). The London Times has just published a positive…
The Saturday Paper praises Pills, Powder and Smoke
One of Australia’s major weekend newspapers, The Saturday Paper, reviews my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, in a piece by Louise Swinn: While our government, under the guise of “compassionate conservatism”, announces plans to drug-test welfare recipients, journalist Antony Loewenstein brings us Pills, Powder, and Smoke, the result…
Ethical ways to end the brutal war on drugs
My interview in the Guardian about my book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, by Jenny Valentish: In August 2018 there was a flurry of headlines about the hypocrisy of middle-class cocaine users, dubbed “the woke who do coke”. Hot takes were prompted by the comments of UK Metropolitan police commissioner…