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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.
50 Years of Failed Drug Policy – Event Review
By Karolina Wilgus Since 1971, The Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA) has yielded suffering, halted life-saving research, and put overwhelming...
Karolina Wilgus
Dec 22, 20223 min read
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...
Professor David Nutt
Dec 8, 20225 min read
The United Kingdom's Psychoactive Substances Act 2016. Where are we now?
Authors Christopher Humphries Published November 14th, 2022 This narrative review describes the background to the introduction of the UK...
Christopher Humphries
Nov 14, 20221 min read
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
Examining the gender dimension in the non-medical use of over the counter and prescription only medication
There is concern regarding gender differences in problematic non-medical over the counter (OTC) and/or prescription only medication (POM) us
Rosalind Gittins, Joseph Tay Wee Teck, and more
Oct 26, 20222 min read
Swiftly scrapped, certainly a failure and tough to enforce - Consequences of the recent Home Office White Paper
In response to the government’s recent White Paper on ‘tough consequences’ for recreational drug use, Drug Science has warned that the...
Drug Science
Oct 18, 20224 min read
A comparative study of the harms of nitrous oxide and poppers using the MCDA approach
Author Plinio M Ferreira, Adam R Winstock, Anne Katrin Schlag, Brigitta Brandner, David Nutt, Graeme Henderson, Ian Miller, Jan Van...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
Sep 23, 20222 min read
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:...
Professor David Nutt and James Bunn
Aug 5, 20224 min read
Legal psilocybin prescriptions in Canada
What is the Special Access Programme? On January 5th 2022, Health Canada amended the Food and Drug Regulations and the Narcotic Control...
Drug Science
Jul 28, 20223 min read
State naloxone co-prescribing laws show mixed effects on overdose mortality rates
Author MaryKate Duska, Jared M. Rhoads, Elizabeth C. Saunders, Tracy Onega Published July 25, 2022 Objective To examine the relative...
MaryKate Duska, Jared Rhoads and more
Jul 25, 20221 min read
The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001: A case study in poor legislative drafting
Author Cathal T Gallagher Published July 11, 2022 Abstract The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (MDRs) create exemptions to the offences...
Cathal Gallagher
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Over One Hundred Years of MDMA Research
Written by Libby Furminger History 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), also known as Mandy, Molly, Ecstasy or ‘E’, is a class A...
Libby Furminger
Jun 29, 202210 min read
Amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations to pilot overdose prevention centres in the UK
In the United Kingdom, in 2020, there were 4,517 deaths related to illicit drug use; the highest rate of drug related deaths since...
Drug Science
Jun 15, 20222 min read
The Post COVID cathinone hydra
Written by Professor Fiona Measham and Dr Michael Pascoe A study published in the journal of Drug Science Policy and Law describes...
Professor Fiona Measham and Dr Michael Pascoe
Jun 8, 20225 min read
A critical review of drug testing policy in the Philippines
Authors Carissa Paz Dioquino Published May 16, 2022 Abstract The drug policy in the Philippines is written as the Comprehensive Dangerous...
Carissa Paz Dioquino
May 20, 20222 min read
LSD Educational Resources
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was first synthesised in 1938 by Albert Hoffman at the Sandoz AG Pharmaceutical Company in Basel,...
Drug Science
May 16, 20223 min read
b. LSD History and Law
Download Module here #educationalresources #HistoryandLaw
Drug Science
May 16, 20221 min read
Farmability and pharmability: Transforming the drug market to a health-and human rights-centred approach from self-cultivation to safe supply of controlled substances
Authors Fabian Pitter Steinmetz, Maja Kohek Published May 3, 2022 Background The supply chains addressing the global demand for major...
Fabian Pitter Steinmetz and Maja Kohek
May 11, 20222 min read
Regulating the oxides of nitrogen – popping the myths
Authors Plinio M Ferreira, David Nutt Published April 25, 2022 In 2015 and 2016, during the debates that culminated in The Psychoactive...
Plinio Ferreira and Professor David Nutt
Apr 29, 20222 min read
UK Drugs Inquiry: Drug Science Response
In 2019, Drug Science submitted evidence to the Drugs Policy Inquiry by the Health and Social Care Committee. In 2020, we prepared a...
Drug Science
Apr 25, 20222 min read
9. Ketamine History & Law
Download Module Here #educationalresources #HistoryandLaw
Drug Science
Apr 11, 20221 min read
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