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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.

A critical review of drug testing policy in the Philippines

Carissa Paz Dioquino

May 20, 20222 min read

DSPL

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...

Drug Checking – The Evidence is Building!

Fiona Measham and Gavin Turnbull

May 10, 20218 min read

Drug Checking – The Evidence is Building!

Authors Fiona Measham & Gavin Turnbull Published May 10, 2021 What is a drug checking service? Drug checking has a rich history spanning...

Dr Shanna Marrinan

Dec 23, 20197 min read

Cannabis

THC vs Alcohol Impaired Driving

By Dr. Shanna Marrinan Since the 2nd of March 2015, it has been illegal to drive with predetermined amounts of particular drugs...

Variability in content of MDMA tablets collected in the UK between 2001 and 2018 - a potential risk to users?

Drug Science

May 3, 20192 min read

EHRWG

Variability in content of MDMA tablets collected in the UK between 2001 and 2018 - a potential risk to users?

As summer approaches and with an increasing number of outdoor events in the calendar, the pop-up drug scene comes back into focus. As...

Drug testing, disposals and dealing: outcomes of the UK’s first onsite drug checking service

Dr. Meg Spriggs and Professor David Nutt

Dec 3, 20182 min read

EHRWG

Drug testing, disposals and dealing: outcomes of the UK’s first onsite drug checking service

An alarming rise in drug-related deaths at music festivals can be countered by testing illicit substances onsite, according to the first...

Class A is no solution to the problem of 'monkey dust'

Professor David Nutt

Aug 5, 20184 min read

Law

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...

Drug Science

Aug 5, 20173 min read

Fentanyl

A fentanyl future?

Today’s report of over 60 deaths last year in which fentanyl was implicated raises major alarm bells in the opioid treatment community....

Recreational MDMA testing - a European perspective

Drug Science

Feb 5, 20178 min read

EHRWG

Recreational MDMA testing - a European perspective

As the United States experiences an overwhelming opioid crisis; as the world’s press is flooded with extra-judicial killings targeting...

I blame Fabric’s closure on this country’s backward drugs policy

Drug Science

Sep 10, 20163 min read

David Nutt

I blame Fabric’s closure on this country’s backward drugs policy

A version of this post was published in The Guardian It seems the London club Fabric has had its licence revoked on the grounds that its...

How one patch of grass became the UK's first ever decriminalised drugs space

Fiona Measham and Gavin Turnbull

Oct 10, 20154 min read

EHRWG

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....

The Superman pill deaths are the result of our illogical drugs policy

Drug Science

Jan 10, 20154 min read

Policy

The Superman pill deaths are the result of our illogical drugs policy

A version of this post was published in The Guardian The past week has seen a number of drug disasters in the UK, one of which is the...