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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.
Cannabis health information labels: why it’s time to have mandatory warnings as part of any legal cannabis market
Prof. Adam Winstock – Global Drug Survey 2019 As the tide of cannabis regulatory reform wafts through North America and beyond, it...
Professor Adam Winstock
May 22, 20194 min read
Drug Science gives evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee on Medicinal Cannabis
On 1 November 2018, following considerable popular pressure surrounding a select number of young children with treatment-resistant...
Drug Science
May 22, 20196 min read
Drug Science launches Working Group on Medical Cannabis
Download the press release here The UK’s leading independent scientific body on drugs Launched the Drug Science Medical Cannabis Working...
Drug Science
May 16, 20193 min read
Professor David Nutt: The New Psychedelic Revolution
Oxford Psychedelic Society and Oxford Psychology Society hosted a special lecture by Prof. David Nutt followed by an extensive one-hour...
Drug Science
May 15, 20191 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
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 Science
May 3, 20192 min read
Why medical cannabis is still out of patients’ reach—an essay by David Nutt
Cannabis is arguably the world’s oldest medicine, with evidence of such use from 3000 year old tombs in Egypt and Siberia. It had a place...
Professor David Nutt
May 3, 20191 min read
Professor David Nutt: Why It's Time To Change The Drug Laws - To Improve Treatment and Research
‘Why It’s Time To Change The Drug Laws – To Improve Treatment and Research’ with Prof. David Nutt. Filmed at Cambridge Skeptics on...
Drug Science
Mar 27, 20191 min read
Professor David Nutt: Psychedelic Therapy – Mind Medicine Australia launch
Professor David Nutt presents keynote lecture ‘Psychedelic therapy: A New Paradigm For Mental Health’ at the launch of Mind Medicine...
Drug Science
Feb 22, 20191 min read
Professor David Nutt: Royal College of Psychiatrists President's Lecture
On 1 November 2018 cannabis products changed in legal status from a controlled drug without medical use to a Schedule 2 medicine has...
Drug Science
Feb 2, 20191 min read
Drug Science Symposium 'Cannabis medicines: from principle to practice. How can we maximise clinical research and benefits?'
Please download the conference background materials here, including: Meeting slides DrugScience report on medicinal cannabis DrugScience...
Drug Science
Jan 31, 20192 min read
Professor David Nutt: 'Not all in the mind' public lecture
The University of Manchester in association with the British Association for Psychopharmacology were proud to welcome Professor David...
Professor David Nutt
Jan 12, 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
The Global Commission on Drug Policy misses the mark
Author: Willem Scholten Published: November 22, 2018 The Global Commission on Drug Policy launched a report on the world drug...
Willem Scholten
Nov 22, 20181 min read
Controversies in substance misuse in the older person
There are a range of issues facing us in relation to substance misuse in the older person: some are ongoing controversies and...
Drug Science
Nov 10, 20184 min read
The case of the Norwegian teen who died from synthetic cannabinoids
Author: Jon F Olsen Published: September 21, 2018 During the Easter holiday in 2015, 22-year-old Egil André Kvelstad Myhre was found dead...
Jon F Olsen
Sep 21, 20181 min read
ACMD advice on cannabis-derived medicinal products
On 11 September 2018, the ACMD published its Advice to the Home Secretary and to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. It...
Rudi Fortson QC
Sep 11, 20182 min read
Conceptualising a policy framework for the implementation of medical marijuana in the Caribbean territory of Barbados
Authors: Alana DD Griffith, Damian H Cohall Published: September 5, 2018 Unlike the recent global trend of a decline in the prohibition...
Alana Griffith and Damian Cohall
Sep 5, 20181 min read
South Africa decriminalises personal possession of cannabis
Prof David Nutt spent 10 days providing evidence to the South African courts in 2017 – he reflects on South Africa’s positive decision to...
Professor David Nutt
Sep 3, 20181 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
Are the neurocognitive deficits associated with MDMA caused by statistical deficits in ecstasy research? A systematic review
Author: Timothy Amoroso Published: July 24, 2018 There is growing concern that the majority of modern research may be comprised of false...
Timothy Amoroso
Jul 24, 20182 min read
A tale of two moralities: Politicians, doctors, use of addictive substances and lobbying
Alcohol use during the day is common amongst British MPs and Parliamentary staff even when Parliament is in session. MPs are frequently...
Professor David Nutt
Jul 18, 20181 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
Addiction: from basic neuroscience to clinical treatments
This blog piece is a book chapter written by David Nutt from a book on addiction, targeted at Sixth Form and secondary school students...
Professor David Nutt
May 5, 201811 min read
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