Early signs show legal high ban is pushing sales from the high street to street dealers
Jan 10, 2017 14:53 pm UTC| Law
In the first six months after a new law banned the sale and production of psychoactive substances in Britain, over 31 shops have been shut and four people convicted. But there are early indications that the law could...
Do we all have a right to cross borders?
Jan 08, 2017 02:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In early December, British foreign secretary Boris Johnson was forced to deny reports that hed told a group of ambassadors he was personally in favour of the free movement of people across the European Union. Given his...
Dodgy claims for complementary medicines? Here's how the drug watchdog could have more bite
Jan 08, 2017 02:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Complementary medicine suppliers are getting away with breaching advertising requirements because Australias medicines regulatory authority has no bite, new data confirms. This means consumers can have little confidence...
Is the US really ready to end its drug war?
Jan 06, 2017 09:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In recent years an international movement to reform global narcotics policies has been growing, with activists and presidents alike declaring that the United States war on drugs has failed. Now it seems the US has finally...
Organised crime in the fisheries sector starts to get the attention it deserves
Jan 05, 2017 16:48 pm UTC| Law
Governments across the world struggle to cope with organised crime in the fisheries sector. This is partly because legislative frameworks to tackle the problem are inadequate, and appropriate law enforcement tools are...
New law in Slovakia adds to hostile environment for Muslims in central Europe
Jan 05, 2017 11:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
It has become harder for any religious organisation in Slovakia to become a state-registered religion. A law, passed by the Slovakian parliament in late November, was proposed by the right wing and anti-Islam...
Where press regulation is concerned, we're already being fed 'post-truth' journalism
Jan 04, 2017 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Times newspaper greeted the start of 2017 by warning: The freedom of the press is under direct and immediate threat. Its Murdoch stablemate, The Sun, went further by identifying the sinister zealots behind regulators...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects