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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.
Response to the ACMD report: 'Cannabis-based products for medicinal use in humans'
A Drug Science response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) Report: Cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPMs)...
Drug Science
Dec 1, 20204 min read
2019: A year of expansion in psychedelic research, industry, and deregulation
Authors: Jacob S Aday, Emily K Bloesch, Christopher C Davoli Published: November 25, 2020 Public and scientific interest into psychedelic...
Jacob S Aday, Emily K Bloesch and more
Nov 26, 20202 min read
Sex, sexuality and body image - Study Drug Sessions
Dr Bruna Giribaldi – Sex, sexuality and body image Dr Bruna Giribaldi is a pharmacologist and has been a part of the Centre for...
Drug Science
Nov 19, 20202 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
Putting UK Drug Policy into Focus
Commentary on the short film ‘Putting UK Drug Policy into Focus’ and reflections on the morality of a criminal justice approach to drugs...
Drug Science
Nov 5, 20205 min read
Clinical Insights - Psilocybin for Anorexia Nervosa
Dr Meg Spriggs is a researcher at the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London where she works as a trial-coordinator and
Meg Spriggs
Nov 5, 20202 min read
Improved colour blindness symptoms associated with recreational psychedelic use
Authors: JEC Anthony, A Winstock, JA Ferris, DJ Nutt Published: November 2, 2020 It is well documented that psychedelic drugs can have a...
JEC Anthony, A Winstock and more
Nov 4, 20202 min read
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs 2020
Drug Science was invited to give expert commentary on: Thematic session 3: The availability of internationally controlled substances for...
Drug Science
Oct 22, 20203 min read
Women in Psychedelic Science
On October 13th 2020, the MPWG hosted its first symposium entitled ‘Women in Psychedelic Science’, showcasing the ground-breaking and...
Drug Science
Oct 16, 20201 min read
Project Twenty21 - an eventful first year!
In November 2019, Drug Science launched Project Twenty21 – Europe’s first and biggest national medical cannabis registry. The project was...
Drug Science
Oct 16, 20204 min read
New Zealand Cannabis Referendum 2020
By Dr. Meg Spriggs and Professor David Nutt On October 17th 2020, New Zealanders will be given the opportunity to change the way...
Dr. Meg Spriggs and Professor David Nutt
Oct 2, 20205 min read
So near yet so far: why won’t the UK prescribe medical cannabis?
Authors: David Nutt, Steve Bazire, Lawrence D Phillips, Anne Katrin Schlag Published: September 21, 2020 This Drug Science research was...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
Sep 22, 20202 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 cannabis in the UK: From principle to practice
Authors: Anne Katrin Schlag, David S Baldwin, Michael Barnes, Steve Bazire, Rachel Coathup, H Valerie Curran, Rupert McShane, Lawrence D...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
Aug 20, 20202 min read
Prescribed CBD could help people quit cannabis
Authors: Tom P Freeman, Chandni Hindocha, Gianluca Baio, Natacha D C Shaban, Emily M Thomas, Danica Astbury, Abigail M Freeman, Rachel...
Tom P Freeman, Chandni Hindocha and more
Jul 29, 20204 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
Parliamentary briefing on tackling the misuse of Nitrous Oxide
This Parliamentary briefing has been prepared by DrugScience, The Global Drug Survey, Release and Transform Drug Policy Foundation....
Drug Science
Jul 20, 20206 min read
Drug Science launches Working Group on Psychedelics
Download the press release here On July 14th 2020, the UK’s leading independent scientific body on drugs launched the Drug Science...
James Bunn
Jul 14, 20202 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
Medical Psilocybin Educational Resources
The psychotropic effects of Psilocybe mushrooms were largely unknown in the West until the 1950s, despite evidence that they had a long...
Drug Science
Jul 14, 20202 min read
Launch of the Medical Psychedelics Working Group
On Tuesday July 14th, 2020, Drug Science will launch a new working group of experts, policy makers and scientists. Its primary role is to...
James Bunn
Jun 19, 20202 min read
Letter to the Home Office - Supply of controlled drugs
The Home Secretary has this week amended the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, providing Ministers with emergency powers concerning the...
Drug Science
May 6, 20205 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
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