Max Daly specialises in drugs and social affairs journalism. He was editor of Druglink, feeding the national media and the sector with UK drug-use trends, investigations and analysis of the UK drug market for eight years. His articles have informed the government and the Serious Organised Crime Agency. Previously he was deputy news editor at the Big Issue. He has written for the Guardian, The Times, VICE, Marie Claire and the Independent.
Steve Sampson has worked across local, regional and national press covering a variety of sectors from politics, regulation and finance to social exclusion, drugs and crime. He has written for the Guardian, Time Out, Big Issue and has written for Druglink for the past fifteen years. He currently works as a freelance features writer and copy editor.