Columns

How are you all settling in? First week of lectures and all.

I don’t do lectures anymore. I just sit in my office and try to be ‘in touch’ with what you guys want. And then make a magazine that reflects that. It’s a work in progress.

This week: drugs! You guys love drugs, right? Besides gratuitously vying for your attention (we even put a hot girl on the cover), we’ve actually explored some interesting drug-related issues. For reals. The Law Commission has reviewed the outdated Misuse of Drugs Act and made a raft of recommendations to the Government. As you may have heard, it has not been that well-received. Amy Joseph does a stellar job of reviewing the review and putting it in context. We gotta do something about our drugs laws, man!
 
I asked our columnists to “write something about drugs” and several of then decided to play along. A few even made some good points. The always-interesting Debatable column discusses whether welfare recipients have to undergo compulsory drug tests. Our resident right-winger, a law student himself, has got the Law Commission’s back. And the left-winger and food columnist Simonette Mallard* raises some worthy questions about the place that alcohol has in our society. And our Boy and Girl almost got laid.
 
Oh, and before I forget, we did Bunch of Fives on 4:20 attendees. Well worth it. Real well received.
 
I suppose I should now talk about some hilarious/scary/amazing drug experience I had in the past. Would seem more down with it. With you guys. 
 
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*This is embarrassing. Simonette Mallard actually wrote the ‘Foood’ column on p. 38. Owen Jones wrote it last week. But that page went to print the night before this page so it is too late to fix (little trade secret there!). So, apologies to Simonette who has been a long-time food writer for us at Critic. For unrelated reasons (I swear), Simonette is leaving us for more gainful employment. We wish her all the best.