Release

Release is a UK drugs law and legal reform organization based in London and operating nationally across England and Wales through advice, legal support, outreach, and policy work. Its public-facing services include a national helpline, legal advice, drug advocacy, and community legal welfare outreach delivered in drug treatment centers, homelessness projects, and sexual health clinics across 21 locations. It says its core audience includes people with a history of drug use, people affected by drug laws, and professionals seeking advice on drug law and harm reduction.

Release’s advocacy role is centered on evidence-based drug policy, public health, human rights, and decriminalization, with published research on racial disparities in drug enforcement and comparative decriminalization models. Its current public work includes the “Gear Has Changed” public health campaign on drug supply contamination and ongoing responses to government and international consultations on drug laws and enforcement. It is adjacent to psychedelic policy rather than psychedelic-specific, but its drug law, harm reduction, and controlled-substance expertise may be relevant to researchers, clinicians, funders, policy groups, and patient communities working on regulated access and reform.