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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.
Indigenous washing: the exploitation of indigenous people by the pharmaceutical industry
Article written by Jemima Lowe and Kirran Ahmad Indigenous populations¹ are active stewards of our planet and resources, safeguarding 80%...
Jemima Lowe and Kirran Ahmad
Nov 9, 20227 min read
An Exploration of Psychedelics and Creativity
Event review written by Nikol Naydenova At the edge of central London, over 300 people gathered in an Art Deco cinema eager to listen and...
Nikol Naydenova
Oct 26, 20223 min read
Tripping over red tape: psychedelics for mental health
The last decade has seen a new focus on psychedelics as powerful medicines for treating severe mental health issues, including the use of...
Drug Science
Mar 7, 20225 min read
Driving Performance and Cannabis Users’ Perception of Safety - Review
By Dr Michael White – Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, South Australia Marcotte et al. (2022): Per se...
Dr Michael White
Jan 31, 20223 min read
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...
Professor David Nutt
Jan 26, 202210 min read
How does cannabis affect road crash risk? A systematic review and meta-analyses
Authors Michael A. White, Nicholas R. Burns Published December 13, 2021 The development of drug driving policies should rest on sound...
Michael White and Nicholas Burns
Dec 14, 20214 min read
Legalising Cannabis in Germany - High Ambitions
The 24th of November 2021 was a remarkable day for German drug policy reformers and cannabis enthusiasts. The federal election allowed a...
Fabian Steinmetz
Nov 29, 20212 min read
Is LSD Safe - Latest Research Findings
Is LSD Safe? LSD, technically named lysergic acid diethylamide and also known as acid, is one of the most widely used psychedelic drugs....
Tiago Vasconcelos
Nov 12, 20214 min read
Medical Cannabis for Epilepsy - Research Summary and Recommendations
Two Years of Research Drug Science research, conducted over the past two years and in close collaboration with the affected families,...
Drug Science
Nov 11, 20214 min read
3 NHS Medical Cannabis Prescriptions in 3 Years - Alfies Story
Written by Hannah Deacon, mother of Alfie Dingley who receives one of 3 NHS prescriptions for medical cannabis By the time Alfie was 5...
Hannah Deacon
Nov 5, 20214 min read
3 Years Since the UK Legalised Medical Cannabis, and Only 3 NHS Prescriptions
Medical Cannabis is Legal in the UK? Medical Cannabis is legal in the United Kingdom, but you’d be forgiven for thinking that it was...
Drug Science
Nov 4, 202115 min read
Drug Science research predicts 96% response rate for epileptic children treated with medical cannabis
Authors Rayyan Zafar, Anne Katrin Schlag, Larry Phillips, David Nutt Published N/A Despite medical cannabis being legalised in 2018...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
May 26, 20215 min read
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...
Professor David Nutt
Mar 3, 20214 min read
Coming Out
By Dr Anna Ross, an Honorary Research Assistant for Drug Science A reflection on the article “Coming Out”: Stigma, reflexivity and the...
Dr Anna Ross
Mar 1, 20215 min read
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...
Drug Science
Feb 23, 20211 min read
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
Feb 5, 20213 min read
Too much pain? The Price of Politics in the treatment of childhood epilepsy
By Rayyan Zafar an Honorary Research Assistant for Drug Science. It was 5 years ago in 2016 when Nick Clegg, the then deputy...
Rayyan Zafar
Jan 8, 20215 min read
Principled sentencing for drug supply offences: Revised methamphetamine sentencing guidelines in New Zealand
Authors: James A Foulds, David Nutt Published: July 27, 2020 Methamphetamine was reclassified as a Class A drug in New Zealand in 2003....
James A Foulds, David Nutt
Jul 27, 20201 min read
Addiction Psychiatry in the NHS in the Time of Coronavirus
By Dr Tracey Myton MRCPsych Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust March 2020 seems like...
Dr Tracey Myton
Jul 25, 20206 min read
From Ebola to Covid-19. Is all nicotine bad nicotine? An epidemiologist’s reflections
By Ian Sliney – Epidemiologist Forty-seven years later I still remember my first cigarette, and I was addicted to nicotine from the first...
Ian Sliney
Apr 29, 20206 min read
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 28, 20204 min read
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