Drugs plan for schools abandoned
· Key education advisers are laid off in cash crisis
· Confusion over dangers as cannabis is reclassified.
So getting stoned is no longer a big deal - or is it?
From the end of this month cannabis will be reclassified as a class C drug, alongside tranquillisers and steroids. But does anyone really know what the dangers of smoking dope are? Jason Burke and Anushka Asthana report.
The drugs I bought and how I tested them
Anushka Asthana went to south London with £100 and a shopping list of cannabis varieties to buy. 'You can't miss the dealers,' said a friend.
Why I ditched my liberal views on dope
Sue Arnold wanted to legalise cannabis - until the drug triggered a psychotic episode in her son.
End the confusion over cannabis
Leader: Education on drug use is paramount.
'He turned and told me he was God'
For years, Andrew had been smoking joints, hanging around with boys slightly older than himself in his Worcestershire village.
Hosts of pot parties face 14 years' jail
Cannabis 'link to schizophrenia rise'
Cannabis economy brings in £11bn
Roadside drug tests put on ice
Roadside drug tests for drivers have been shelved for at least two years because of fears that they are unreliable. Police have reverted to asking motorists to walk a straight line or stand on one leg.
Anger at 'war on neds' BBC series
Robber cleared by drug defence
Drug crime surges to record level
A huge rise in drug-related crime is undermining the Government's attempts to crack down on lawlessness in Britain, new figures will reveal this week.
We have lost the war on drugs
Talk: Has the war on drugs failed?
Connie, 70, campaigns for legal recreational drugs
Hospitals in battle to halt invasion of drug dealers
Crack turns vice girls into slaves to sex
Our jails are full to bursting - and it's almost all down to drugs
This weekend some 71,000 people are behind bars, just 1,300 short of the maximum number possible - and yet crime rates have fallen. Why? Look to the increased use of heroin and crack cocaine and the 47,000 prisoners who need detox. David Rose reports.
Britain's most dangerous hard drug den
Crack takes hold on UK's dance floors
Hard drugs cost UK £20bn a year
£15m of notes tainted by drugs are destroyed
Dead drug queen 'victim of revenge'
International trafficker found dead in London flat was suspect in gangland killing of Colombian dealer.
'Dagga' brings riches to new drug barons
South African cannabis now dominates illegal trade.
Gay lifestyle is fuelled by drugs, research reveals
Young gay men are much more likely than straight men to take drugs, including ecstasy, cocaine and marijuana, according to two studies in Britain and America.
Ecstasy use doubles in five years
Ecstasy use in the UK has exploded dramatically over the past five years, with double the number of people taking the drug.
Scientists admit: we were wrong about 'E'
The great ecstasy epidemic
Millions of people swallowed an 'E' last night ... and the criminal gangs behind the trade are counting the profits this morning.
Ecstasy and crack flourish in the nation's rural idylls
Unhappy anniversary
Forty years ago, Valium was the new wonder pill. Now, with up to a million Britons addicted to tranquillisers, GPs and drug companies are under fire. But as the long battle for compensation is fought out, the suffering continues.
