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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. Globally, non-medical heroin use is generating significant public health and social harms, and drug policy about…
- 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
In this update, we reveal the latest data from Project Twenty21 and unveil a new online form that patients can use to share their story and experience with medical cannabis through Project Twenty21.We also answer some of the most frequent questions that are asked about medical cannabis through Project Twenty21, and…
- February 12, 2021
Fifteen years ago, the World Health Organization developed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which aims to provide governments with guidelines for reducing tobacco use. Every two years, representatives meet at the Conference of the Parties (COP) to discuss ways in which the FCTC might be improved. The ninth Conference…
- February 12, 2021
By Rayyan Zafar an Honorary Research Assistant for Drug Science It was 5 years ago in 2016 when Nick Clegg, the then deputy prime-minister of the United Kingdom became aware of a group of patients suffering with the severe nerve-wasting syndrome, multiple sclerosis, who were using cannabis to treat their condition.…
- January 8, 2021
Ayahuasca has been used as a medicine in Mesoamerican ceremonies for thousands of years, but the primary psychoactive compound, DMT, was not synthesised until 1931. DMT was studied during the wave of psychedelic research in the 1950s and 60s until research was banned in 1971 by the Convention of Psychotropic Substances.…