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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.
Professor David Nutt: Why It's Time To Change The Drug Laws - To Improve Treatment and Research
‘Why It’s Time To Change The Drug Laws – To Improve Treatment and Research’ with Prof. David Nutt. Filmed at Cambridge Skeptics on...
Drug Science
Mar 27, 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
Class A is no solution to the problem of 'monkey dust'
The recent spate of headlines about the rising use of monkey dust drug in Stoke on Trent has led to calls to it to be made a Class A drug...
Professor David Nutt
Aug 5, 20184 min read
How the law against synthetic cannabinoids might destroy pharmaceutical discovery in the UK
On December 14th the government put into effect new controls against a whole range of synthetic cannabinoids. This was their third round...
Drug Science
Jan 10, 20174 min read
Briefing notes on the Psychoactive Substances Bill 2015
The DrugScience group met on Thursday 1 June, and the major item for discussion was the new Psychoactive Substances Bill. The Bill will...
Professor David Nutt
Jun 3, 20157 min read
Health-related and legal interventions: A comparison of allegedly delinquent and convicted opioid addicts in Austria
In Austria, judges can offer quasi-compulsory treatment options (in- and outpatient settings) as an alternative to imprisonment for...
Drug Science
Apr 14, 20142 min read
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