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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.

Prof David Nutt and Prof Jo Neill

Jun 216 min read

Response

Doubt it not, MDMA is a medicine

The AdCom was asked to make a binary yes-no vote on both the efficacy and benefit-risk of MDMA, with scores of 9-2 and 10-1 against for each

Was ketamine the cause of Matthew Perry’s death?

Professor David Nutt

Dec 19, 20232 min read

David Nutt

Was ketamine the cause of Matthew Perry’s death?

The death of Matthew Perry from a combination of ketamine and drowning is a sad loss of an exceptional talent.

Today’s ban on 'laughing gas' is wrong - Prof David Nutt

Drug Science

Nov 8, 20232 min read

Law

Today’s ban on 'laughing gas' is wrong - Prof David Nutt

The government’s ban on nitrous oxide comes into force today (Wednesday 8th November, 2023) and possession of the drug is now a criminal act

Bayesian analysis of real-world data as evidence for drug approval: Remembering Sir Michael Rawlins

Balázs Szigeti, Professor David Nutt and more

Jul 17, 20231 min read

Peer Reviewed Articles

Bayesian analysis of real-world data as evidence for drug approval: Remembering Sir Michael Rawlins

The two pillars of modern medical research are where in most randomized controlled trials (RCTs), the active treatment is compared with plac

Prof Nutt awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award by the BAP

Professor Valerie Curran and Professor Ilana Crome

Jun 27, 20232 min read

David Nutt

Prof Nutt awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award by the BAP

In 1989, David Nutt accepted the BAP Council’s invitation to become the Managing Editor of their flagship publication, the Journal of Psycho

Drug Science

May 3, 20233 min read

MCWG

“Are they simply scared of cannabis?”

Four and half years since medical cannabis was made legal in the UK, a group of leading scientists is asking why patients with chronic pain,

No Laughing Matter: The Nonsense Plan to Criminalise Nitrous Oxide

Professor David Nutt

Mar 28, 20239 min read

Law

No Laughing Matter: The Nonsense Plan to Criminalise Nitrous Oxide

By Professor David Nutt Placing Nitrous Oxide in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Yesterday Michael Gove announced the government’s plan to...

Three weeks down under: My Mind Medicine Australia Psychedelic Lecture Tour

Professor David Nutt

Dec 8, 20225 min read

MPWG

Three weeks down under: My Mind Medicine Australia Psychedelic Lecture Tour

Written by Professor David Nutt I have just come back from a 3-week lecture tour of South-Eastern Australia supporting the cause of the...

Response to Bertha Madras editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine

Drug Science

Dec 1, 20224 min read

MPWG

Response to Bertha Madras editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine

Response by: Prof David Nutt – FMedSci Imperial College London Prof Jo Neill – PhD University of Manchester On behalf of Drug Science We...

The Drug Enforcement Agency listens to psychedelic experts

Professor David Nutt and James Bunn

Aug 5, 20224 min read

MPWG

The Drug Enforcement Agency listens to psychedelic experts

By Professor David Nutt and James Bunn The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) recently withdrew a proposal to ban five psychedelic substances:...

Why doctors have a moral imperative to prescribe and support medical cannabis—an essay by David Nutt

Professor David Nutt

Jan 26, 202210 min read

Policy

Why doctors have a moral imperative to prescribe and support medical cannabis—an essay by David Nutt

Authors David J Nutt Published January 26, 2022 “Medical cannabis has been legal to prescribe since 2018—yet just a handful of...

Brain and Mind Made Simple - Prof David Nutt

Drug Science

Dec 31, 20211 min read

Science

Brain and Mind Made Simple - Prof David Nutt

Get Prof Nutt’s new book in the Drug Science bookstore. This webinar was recorded during a Drug Science Live Event which included a live...

Interview with David Nutt and Jan Ramaekers

Drug Science

Jun 14, 20211 min read

Videos

Interview with David Nutt and Jan Ramaekers

Prof David Nutt and Prof Jan Ramaekers discuss some of the biggest questions in Drug Science in this interview for the European...

Drug Testing and Synthetic Cannabis in Prisons

Professor David Nutt

Mar 3, 20214 min read

Synthetic Cannabis

Drug Testing and Synthetic Cannabis in Prisons

Written by Professor David Nutt Late on Saturday night, the 27th of February, I was asked to speak on the Stephen Nolan show on BBC Radio...

Drug Science

Feb 23, 20211 min read

Science

David Nutt on Alcohol as a Drug

David Nutt – Deep Dive into Alcohol Alcohol is among the most harmful of all recreational drugs, and yet it is the most widely used in...

Professor David Nutt

Feb 5, 20213 min read

Response

Letter of recommendation to the ACMD

Download our letter to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Dear Owen Bowden-Jones I am writing on behalf of Drug Science in...

Professor David Nutt: Back to the Future - Resurrecting Psychedelics in Psychiatry

Drug Science

Jan 1, 20211 min read

MPWG

Professor David Nutt: Back to the Future - Resurrecting Psychedelics in Psychiatry

Professor David Nutt presents to the Plymouth Psychiatry Society in January 2021.

An unholy triangle? Evidence, politics and uncertainty in drug policy

Drug Science

Dec 4, 20201 min read

Law

An unholy triangle? Evidence, politics and uncertainty in drug policy

Professor Nutt’s talk explores the contributions of politics and science to decision making about alcohol and other drugs. Professor Nutt...

When we waken from the COVID nightmare – what then?

Professor David Nutt

Apr 28, 20204 min read

Policy

When we waken from the COVID nightmare – what then?

For almost all of us, the current COVID-19 pandemic represents the first time we have been confronted with a personal and proximate...

Professor David Nutt

Apr 27, 20202 min read

Addiction

Drug Science and COVID-19

A note from our Founder – Professor David Nutt Though all the Drug Science team have been on lockdown work has gone on hardly interrupted...

Professor David Nutt

Jan 6, 20202 min read

DSPL

Groundhog decade not brave new world

Author: David J Nutt Published: January 6, 2020 Foreword by Professor David Nutt – “I was removed from my position as Chief Advisor of...