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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.
Substance misuse and young people
New Book Alert Professors Ilana Crome (Drug Science Trustee) and Richard Williams have recently released their latest book – Substance...
Drug Science
Feb 17, 20204 min read
The vaping crisis - Questions and answers by Clive Bates
Foreword by Professor David Nutt Lies, damn lies and vaping statistics- To paraphrase Disraeli’s famous critique of statistics the...
Professor David Nutt
Dec 11, 20197 min read
Drug policy in UK has regressed in past decade, says former chief adviser
On the 30th of October 2019, our Founder – Professor David Nutt spoke at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies with Professor Alex...
Drug Science
Nov 4, 20192 min read
New Zealand revises sentencing framework for methamphetamine offences
Dr James Foulds, Consultant forensic psychiatrist, Christchurch New Zealand Methamphetamine smoking is the commonest form of stimulant...
James A Foulds, David Nutt
Oct 23, 20192 min read
Looking back on the establishment of Drug Science
I first came across David Nutt in July 2007, when he spoke at a conference called ‘Criminal Justice and Social Justice’, which the Centre...
Richard Garside
Oct 5, 20193 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
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
My dead daughter's shoes
This blog piece was originally a speech delivered by Anne-Marie Cockburn at the Nordic Reform Conference 2017 Hello, I am Martha’s mum. I...
Anne-Marie Cockburn
Nov 5, 20175 min read
No laughing matter: how the anti-nitrous oxide campaign is a waste of time and money
Nitrous oxide has returned to our headlines – last month two possession with intent to supply Crown Court cases collapsed and this week...
Oli Stevens
Oct 5, 20175 min read
How one patch of grass became the UK's first ever decriminalised drugs space
Inside a previously unremarkable circle of grass about 10 metres in diameter, a bold new precedent for drugs policy was set in the UK....
Fiona Measham and Gavin Turnbull
Oct 10, 20154 min read
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