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At Drug Science we like to cover different topics relating to drugs. These topics cover the many different ways that psychoactive substances have an impact on our culture and society.
Press Release: Government decision on cannabis-related medicinal products draws criticism from independent scientific body, Drug Science
Today (13th August 2019), the independent scientific body Drug Science has responded with disappointment to a decision by the National...
Drug Science
Aug 13, 20192 min read
Professor David Nutt: The Roots of Cannabis Policy Change
The Roots of Cannabis Policy Change David’s talk will explore the basis of cannabis being a controlled drug with a focus on the political...
Professor David Nutt
Aug 8, 20191 min read
The Royal College of Psychiatrists review of medicinal and recreational cannabis
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has undertaken a review to develop a College position on cannabis use in the UK and how this relates...
Drug Science
Jun 19, 20191 min read
Cannabis health information labels: why it’s time to have mandatory warnings as part of any legal cannabis market
Prof. Adam Winstock – Global Drug Survey 2019 As the tide of cannabis regulatory reform wafts through North America and beyond, it...
Professor Adam Winstock
May 22, 20194 min read
Drug Science gives evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee on Medicinal Cannabis
On 1 November 2018, following considerable popular pressure surrounding a select number of young children with treatment-resistant...
Drug Science
May 22, 20196 min read
Drug Science launches Working Group on Medical Cannabis
Download the press release here The UK’s leading independent scientific body on drugs Launched the Drug Science Medical Cannabis Working...
Drug Science
May 16, 20193 min read
Why medical cannabis is still out of patients’ reach—an essay by David Nutt
Cannabis is arguably the world’s oldest medicine, with evidence of such use from 3000 year old tombs in Egypt and Siberia. It had a place...
Professor David Nutt
May 3, 20191 min read
ACMD advice on cannabis-derived medicinal products
On 11 September 2018, the ACMD published its Advice to the Home Secretary and to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. It...
Rudi Fortson QC
Sep 11, 20182 min read
Conceptualising a policy framework for the implementation of medical marijuana in the Caribbean territory of Barbados
Authors: Alana DD Griffith, Damian H Cohall Published: September 5, 2018 Unlike the recent global trend of a decline in the prohibition...
Alana Griffith and Damian Cohall
Sep 5, 20181 min read
South Africa decriminalises personal possession of cannabis
Prof David Nutt spent 10 days providing evidence to the South African courts in 2017 – he reflects on South Africa’s positive decision to...
Professor David Nutt
Sep 3, 20181 min read
A multi-criterion decision analysis applied to alcohol and cannabis regulation
Authors: Ole Rogeberg, Daniel Bergsvik, Lawrence D. Phillips, Jan van Amsterdam, Niamh Eastwood, Graeme Henderson, Micheal Lynskey, Fiona...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
Feb 11, 20182 min read
Better late than never? After 82 years the WHO reviews cannabis!
The WHO is the world’s leading health organisation guiding governments around the world. So we expect their advice to be up to date and...
Drug Science
Dec 10, 20163 min read
Expert Report on cannabis legalisation for the Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats became the first UK political party to call for cannabis legalisation. An expert report was commissioned by the Lib...
Drug Science
Apr 3, 20161 min read
Cannabis Review for the attention of the WHO
Read the full report The scheduling under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs assumes a scientific justification. However, cannabis...
Drug Science
Apr 3, 20163 min read
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