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Authors Fiona Measham & Gavin Turnbull Published May 10, 2021 What is a drug checking service?Drug checking has a rich history spanning over six decades. A first wave of ‘street drug analysis’ and ‘acid rescue’ emerged in the US and the Netherlands in the late 60s and early 70s; followed by…
- May 10, 2021
Authors David J. Nutt, Lawrence D. Phillips, Michael P. Barnes, Brigitta Brander, Helen Valerie Curran, Alan Fayaz, David P. Finn, Tina Horsted, Julie Moltke, Chloe Sakal, Haggai Sharon, Saoirse E. O’Sullivan, Tim Williams, Gregor Zorn, and Anne K. Schlag Published March 17, 2021 Medical cannabis has been legal in the UK…
- April 14, 2021
Authors: Balázs Szigeti, Laura Kartner, Allan Blemings, Fernando Rosas, Amanda Feilding, David J. Nutt, Robin L. Carhart-Harris, David Erritzoe Published: March 2, 2021What is microdosing? Psychedelic microdosing involves consuming psychedelics such as LSD or psilocybin mushrooms at a microdose, which is typically about 10% of a recreational dose.…
- March 2, 2021
Authors: Steve Rolles, Anne Katrin Schlag, Fiona Measham, Lawrence Phillips, David Nutt, Daniel Bergsvik, Ole Rogeberg Published: February 25, 2021This Drug Science research was published in the International Journal of Drug Policy. A further write-up was featured in the Academic Times. Globally, non-medical heroin use is generating significant…
- February 25, 2021
Authors: Anne K Schlag, Chandni Hindocha, Rayyan Zafar, David J Nutt, H Valerie Curran Published: February 17, 2021This Drug Science research was published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. For recreational users, the estimated chances of becoming dependent on cannabis after any lifetime exposure is 8.9%, which is considerably…
- February 17, 2021
Authors: David Nutt, Steve Bazire, Lawrence D Phillips, Anne Katrin Schlag Published: September 21, 2020This Drug Science research was published in the British Medical Journal Open, you can download the full report here. In November 2018 when the UK made cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPMs) legal most…
- September 22, 2020