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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.
What psilocybin taught me about living and dying
Written by Dr Lauren Macdonald (Integrative Medicine Specialist and Psychiatry Doctor) Underneath my eye mask the colours and geometric...
Dr Lauren Macdonald
Jan 29, 20218 min read
Women in Psychedelic Science - Part 2
This is the second Women in Psychedelic Science symposium to showcase the ground-breaking and outstanding work of women in psychedelics....
Drug Science
Jan 22, 20211 min read
In My Professional Opinion - Healing Sexual Trauma with Entheogens and Psychedelics
Laura Mae Northrup – Healing Sexual Trauma with Entheogens & Psychedelics: Understanding Sexual Violence through a spiritual and...
Drug Science
Jan 21, 20211 min read
Study Drug Sessions - Insights on psychedelic microdosing
Laura Kaertner – Insights on psychedelic microdosing Laura Kaertner is a research assistant at the Centre of Psychedelic Research at...
Drug Science
Jan 14, 20212 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
DMT and Ayahuasca Educational Resources
Ayahuasca has been used as a medicine in Mesoamerican ceremonies for thousands of years, but the primary psychoactive compound, DMT, was...
Drug Science
Jan 7, 20212 min read
How to Prescribe Medical Cannabis in the UK
In this seminar, Professor Barnes provides a walkthrough of how to prescribe medical cannabis under the current UK regulations and the...
Drug Science
Jan 7, 20211 min read
‘Cannabis’ ontologies I: Conceptual issues with Cannabis and cannabinoids terminology
Authors: Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli Published: December 29, 2020 Objective Identify a coherent nomenclature for Cannabis sativa L. derived...
Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli
Jan 4, 20212 min read
Professor David Nutt: Back to the Future - Resurrecting Psychedelics in Psychiatry
Professor David Nutt presents to the Plymouth Psychiatry Society in January 2021.
Drug Science
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Ending the pain of children with severe epilepsy?
Authors: RR Zafar, AK Schlag, DJ Nutt Published: December 9, 2020 An audit of the impact of medical cannabis in 10 patients with severe...
Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more
Dec 14, 20202 min read
End of year update - 2020
There is little doubt that this last year has been a hugely turbulent one for everyone.
Drug Science
Dec 7, 20204 min read
An unholy triangle? Evidence, politics and uncertainty in drug policy
Professor Nutt’s talk explores the contributions of politics and science to decision making about alcohol and other drugs. Professor Nutt...
Drug Science
Dec 4, 20201 min read
Clinical Insights - MDMA for Alcohol Use Disorder
Dr Ben Sessa – MDMA for Alcohol Use Disorder Dr Ben Sessa presents the first data from the open-label safety and tolerability proof of...
Drug Science
Dec 3, 20202 min read
Medical Cannabis removed from schedule 4 of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
Drug Science notice of support for joint NGO statement ‘Towards science-based scheduling of Cannabis sativa and other controlled herbal...
Drug Science
Dec 2, 20203 min read
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
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