Reluctant risk-takers: how law enforcement practices at festivals can obstruct safer drug use.
The International journal on drug policy November 1, 2025 Dara Ruane
Prohibition-based drug policies such as recent UK draft legislation on recreational drug possession assume expanding police powers will deter use and thereby reduce harm. In fact research suggests punitive policing harms PWUD (people who use drugs) in recreational contexts by incentivising behaviours with lower legal but higher health risk. Although some vectors of this harm have been well...