Drugs

Ideas and Action

How helping people take drugs safely will save lives

Bristol City Council’s new Drug Strategy consultation will consider the use of safe consumption rooms. Transform Drug Policy's head of campaigns examines what this could mean for the city.

Martin Powell
Martin Powell

Black History Month

Black and ethnic minority people more likely to face cannabis prosecution in Bristol, data shows

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Features

Deputy Mayor wants pilot for safe consumption room in new drug strategy

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Ideas and Action

Breaking the chain of alcoholism

Josh couldn’t get out of a vicious circle of addiction and destruction until he found an organisation that tackles the long-term effects of having alcoholic parents.

Melissa Chemam

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

Study drugs: how some are dealing with pressure at university

Matty Edwards
Joe Skirkowski and Matty Edwards

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Episode 4: Tattoo parlours, nightclubs and firebombs - how businesses were blackmailed

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram and Michael Gillard

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

Revealed: Council shelves study into safe consumption rooms after restructure

The Labour Party has backed the policy at national level, but progress appears to have stalled in Bristol.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

This is why you should vote to make drugs safer

Reduce drug deaths, get needles off our streets and save money for emergency services. Vote now for a safe consumption room.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

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Episode 3: A disappearance, two murders and a hole in the ground

Two murders and a disappearance: How the Cornerman slipped through the net.

Alon Aviram
Michael Gillard and Alon Aviram

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

I was addicted to benzos. This is my story.

The blissful escape of prescription drugs benzodiazepines helped me cope with depression and anxiety, but my life ended up falling apart around me.

Daniel Finn

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

A safe fix for Bristol’s drug users and the city

Saving lives and clearing needles off the streets: Bristol has the power to become the first UK city to set up a safe consumption room.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Series: The Cornerman

Episode 2: Bangers and mash, football and boxing

The gangster jailed for drugs and blackmail who courted footballers, boxers and MMA fighters.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram and Michael Gillard

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

An accident left him in constant pain. But medical cannabis is still out of reach.

While the legal barrier has been overcome, experts say it will take years before we have medical buy-in and affordable products.

Maria da Silva

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Episode 1: Unmasking The Cornerman

This Bristol Cable investigation exposes one of Britain’s most elusive organised crime bosses after two decades in the shadows.

Alon Aviram
Michael Gillard and Alon Aviram

Series: The Cornerman

A secret side of Bristol is revealed by the Cornerman crime series

There's no two ways about it, the Cornerman series is 'sensational', but not at the expense of accuracy, rather because of it.

The Bristol Cable
The Bristol Cable

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

Bristol’s ketamine dealers: trapped in luxury

Falling into it, dealing with your own habit- quitting dealing can be just as hard as giving up a drug addiction.

Jay Crane

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

Revealed: Homemade Spice infiltrates Bristol prison

Drones, rampant violence and under-staffing as HMP Bristol struggles to deal with Spice problem.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Co-op Community

How we got people talking about drugs in Bristol

A look back on our November members meeting about drugs in Bristol, which left people feeling “connected”, “inspired" and “heard”.

Cait Crosse
Cait Crosse

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

'I'm sober now but without support, self-medication is always an option'

After overcoming a drink problem and addiction to painkillers, this man is fighting to access services that will keep him in recovery.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

Landmark medicinal cannabis reforms don’t go far enough, say campaigners

Specialist doctors – but not GPs – will be able to give out cannabis on prescription from November.

Maria da Silva

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

Crack, heroin, Spice: A snapshot of Bristol’s street drug scene

A journey through our city’s streets reveals an eye-opening world of vulnerable people.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

Bristol’s recovery community: overcoming addiction together

In early September, Bristol hosted Recovery Festival - a celebration of people who have overcome addiction. Craig Johnson explains the importance of community when services are being stripped back.

Craig Johnson

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

Falling into crack addiction: "Wrong place, wrong time"

The story of a young woman whose downward spiral into crack addiction and a controlling relationship all took place under one roof.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

Drugs rehab Chandos House to close down

Fundraising efforts backed by numerous celebrities have failed to keep the rehab centre open.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards
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