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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.
Reported effects of psychedelic use on those with low well-being given various emotional states and social contexts
Authors: Natasha L Mason, Patrick C Dolder, Kim PC Kuypers Published: January 30, 2020 Background It has been suggested that the outcome...
Natasha L Mason, Patrick C Dolder and more
Jan 30, 20202 min read
Medical Cannabis: What Lessons Can Be Learned for the UK?
Authors: Anne Katrin Schlag Published: January 15, 2020 Article from Drug Science’s Head of Research – Dr Anne Schlag An Evaluation of...
Anne Katrin Schlag
Jan 16, 20201 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
Groundhog decade not brave new world
Author: David J Nutt Published: January 6, 2020 Foreword by Professor David Nutt – “I was removed from my position as Chief Advisor of...
Professor David Nutt
Jan 6, 20202 min read
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...
Dr Shanna Marrinan
Dec 23, 20197 min read
The vaping crisis - Questions and answers by Clive Bates
Foreword by Professor David Nutt Lies, damn lies and vaping statistics- To paraphrase Disraeli’s famous critique of statistics the...
Professor David Nutt
Dec 11, 20197 min read
Law on psychedelic drugs blocks vital medical research
Professor David Nutt’s recent comment in ‘The Times‘ addresses how the ‘Law on psychedelic drugs blocks vital medical research‘. In the...
Drug Science
Dec 11, 20192 min read
Professor David Nutt - Centre for Crime and Justice Studies talk
This event was held ten years to the day that Professor David Nutt was fired from his role as chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse...
Drug Science
Dec 2, 20191 min read
UK General Election 2019 - Political party positions on drugs
With the 2019 general election fast approaching, a lot of media coverage will focus on each party’s Brexit policies. Drug Science would...
Drug Science
Nov 26, 20195 min read
The human rights of people who use drugs must be defended
The Lancet has recently published a series of articles about drug use. More specifically, the use of opioids, cannabinoids, stimulants,...
Drug Science
Nov 22, 20193 min read
Response to the Nature article: Moving from prison to PhD
There are fewer than ten empirical studies on the transition from prison to university so the article “Moving from Prison to PhD” is a...
Drug Science
Nov 20, 20193 min read
Response to the NICE recommendations
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published their guidance to clinicians on the 11th of November 2019...
Drug Science
Nov 11, 20192 min read
Project Twenty21 – Scientific Oversight Board
Project Twenty21 is committed to scientific excellence and the development of independent scientific evidence. It is supported by a...
Drug Science
Nov 7, 20191 min read
Drug policy in UK has regressed in past decade, says former chief adviser
On the 30th of October 2019, our Founder – Professor David Nutt spoke at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies with Professor Alex...
Drug Science
Nov 4, 20192 min read
Statement on the dangers posed by e-cigarettes
Drug Science stands by its e-cigarette analysis from 2014, any way of radically reducing the death toll from tobacco would be a worldwide...
Drug Science
Oct 24, 20196 min read
New Zealand revises sentencing framework for methamphetamine offences
Dr James Foulds, Consultant forensic psychiatrist, Christchurch New Zealand Methamphetamine smoking is the commonest form of stimulant...
James A Foulds, David Nutt
Oct 23, 20192 min read
Medical Cannabis Student Educational Slides
On the 1st of November 2018, medicinal cannabis products were removed from schedule 1 and placed in schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs...
Drug Science
Oct 14, 20192 min read
Looking back on the establishment of Drug Science
I first came across David Nutt in July 2007, when he spoke at a conference called ‘Criminal Justice and Social Justice’, which the Centre...
Richard Garside
Oct 5, 20193 min read
Using the pharmacy retail model to examine perceptions and biases of a UK population sample towards regulation of specific psychoactive drugs
Authors: Edward James, Thomas L Robertshaw, Michael J Pascoe, Fiona M Chapman, Andrew D Westwell, Andrew P Smith Published: September 27,...
Edward James, Thomas Robertshaw and more
Sep 27, 20192 min read
De-mythologizing and re-branding of kava as the new ‘world drug’ of choice
Authors: S Apo Aporosa Published: September 19, 2019 What seemed impossible 50 years ago is today becoming a reality as ‘soft drugs’ such...
S Apo Aporosa
Sep 19, 20191 min read
Medical Cannabis Education
Drug Science is asked frequently about medical cannabis – what it is, what it can be used for, who can prescribe it and how to regulate...
Drug Science
Sep 11, 20192 min read
Practical Approach To Prescribing Medical Cannabis
Dr Kishan Mahabir provides a practical approach to prescribing medical cannabis based on his experience in Canada. #medicalcannabis
Drug Science
Sep 9, 20191 min read
2018: A watershed year for psychedelic science
Authors: Jacob S Aday, Christopher C Davoli, Emily K Bloesch Published: September 3, 2019 While interest in the study of psychedelic...
Jacob S Aday, Emily K Bloesch and more
Sep 3, 20191 min read
Medical Cannabis Essentials
Understanding Cannabis and Medical Cannabis, overview of experiences in Canada. Dr. Blue currently holds medical licenses in Michigan and...
Drug Science
Sep 2, 20191 min read
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