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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.
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
Multi Criteria Decision Analysis for Evaluating Government Policy Responses to Heroin Use
Authors: Steve Rolles, Anne Katrin Schlag, Fiona Measham, Lawrence Phillips, David Nutt, Daniel Bergsvik, Ole Rogeberg Published:...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
Feb 25, 20212 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
In My Professional Opinion - Vaping and Tobacco Harm Reduction
Clive Bates – Vaping and Tobacco Harm Reduction Nicotine without smoke? This discussion takes a brief tour through the science and policy...
Drug Science
Feb 18, 20211 min read
Drug Science submission to the WHO enquiry on vaping
Fifteen years ago, the World Health Organization developed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which aims to provide...
Professor David Nutt
Feb 12, 20215 min read
How did COVID-19 affect drug use?
COVID-19 changed our lives: from travel bans, social and physical isolation and empty cities to workers laid off and governments...
Drug Science
Nov 12, 20204 min read
Independent review of drugs part two - Drug Science submission
Call for Evidence – Part Two focused on prevention, treatment and recovery. Drug Science has submitted its findings to Dame Carol Black...
Drug Science
Sep 3, 20204 min read
Medical MDMA Educational Resources
MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) was first synthesised in 1912 by chemists at the pharmaceutical company, Merck in Germany. In...
Drug Science
Jul 14, 20202 min read
Society’s inconsistent moral judgements of potentially harmful activities
What do horse riding, motorsports, base jumping, mountain climbing, storm chasing, and drug use have in common? They are of all course...
Professor David Nutt
Mar 6, 20209 min read
The Unintended Consequences of Prohibitionist Policies - Mephedrone
Mephedrone is the common name for 4-methylmethcathinone. This is a synthetic derivative of cathinone, first synthesized in 1929, and...
Drug Science
Feb 24, 20203 min read
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
Can prescribed medical cannabis use reduce the use of other more harmful drugs?
Authors: Rosalind Gittins, Ben Sessa Published: January 13, 2020 There is growing recognition of the potential utility of medical...
Rosalind Gittins and Ben Sessa
Jan 13, 20201 min read
Drug Science gives evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee drugs policy inquiry
The UK Government Health and Social Committee invited submissions to review the current policy positions in the UK. Read Drug Science’s...
Drug Science
May 14, 20191 min read
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...
Dr. Meg Spriggs and Professor David Nutt
Dec 3, 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
Harm Reduction in Public Policy - the UK and the US – A DrugScience evening reception at the House of Lords
Wednesday 30 May 2018, DrugScience hosted an evening reception at the House of Lords, in partnership with Harm Reduction International....
Drug Science
Jun 5, 20183 min read
Pharmacies as potential providers of harm reduction services: A preliminary online survey
Background Recreational drug use is a major cause of disease, injury, physical and mental impairment and death in developed countries...
Drug Science
Apr 13, 20182 min read
Substance misuse-related poisoning deaths, England and Wales, 1993–2016
Context In recent years there has been an increase in the availability of ‘novel psychoactive substances (NPS)’ or ‘legal highs’. In...
Drug Science
Apr 3, 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
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....
Drug Science
Aug 5, 20173 min read
Specific harm reduction strategies employed by MDMA/ecstasy users in the United States and the United Kingdom
Both recreational and problematic 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)/ecstasy users could benefit from employing harm reduction...
Drug Science
May 29, 20171 min read
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