Doubt it not, MDMA is a medicine
The AdCom was asked to make a binary yes-no vote on both the efficacy and benefit-risk of MDMA, with scores of 9-2 and 10-1 against for each
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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.
Professor David Nutt
Dec 19, 20232 min read
Was ketamine the cause of Matthew Perry’s death?
The death of Matthew Perry from a combination of ketamine and drowning is a sad loss of an exceptional talent.
Drug Science
Nov 8, 20232 min read
Today’s ban on 'laughing gas' is wrong - Prof David Nutt
The government’s ban on nitrous oxide comes into force today (Wednesday 8th November, 2023) and possession of the drug is now a criminal act
Balázs Szigeti, Professor David Nutt and more
Jul 17, 20231 min read
Bayesian analysis of real-world data as evidence for drug approval: Remembering Sir Michael Rawlins
The two pillars of modern medical research are where in most randomized controlled trials (RCTs), the active treatment is compared with plac
Professor Valerie Curran and Professor Ilana Crome
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Prof Nutt awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award by the BAP
In 1989, David Nutt accepted the BAP Council’s invitation to become the Managing Editor of their flagship publication, the Journal of Psycho
Drug Science
May 3, 20233 min read
“Are they simply scared of cannabis?”
Four and half years since medical cannabis was made legal in the UK, a group of leading scientists is asking why patients with chronic pain,
Professor David Nutt
Mar 28, 20239 min read
No Laughing Matter: The Nonsense Plan to Criminalise Nitrous Oxide
By Professor David Nutt Placing Nitrous Oxide in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Yesterday Michael Gove announced the government’s plan to...
Professor David Nutt
Dec 8, 20225 min read
Three weeks down under: My Mind Medicine Australia Psychedelic Lecture Tour
Written by Professor David Nutt I have just come back from a 3-week lecture tour of South-Eastern Australia supporting the cause of the...
Drug Science
Dec 1, 20224 min read
Response to Bertha Madras editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine
Response by: Prof David Nutt – FMedSci Imperial College London Prof Jo Neill – PhD University of Manchester On behalf of Drug Science We...
Professor David Nutt and James Bunn
Aug 5, 20224 min read
The Drug Enforcement Agency listens to psychedelic experts
By Professor David Nutt and James Bunn The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) recently withdrew a proposal to ban five psychedelic substances:...
Professor David Nutt
Jan 26, 202210 min read
Why doctors have a moral imperative to prescribe and support medical cannabis—an essay by David Nutt
Authors David J Nutt Published January 26, 2022 “Medical cannabis has been legal to prescribe since 2018—yet just a handful of...
Drug Science
Dec 31, 20211 min read
Brain and Mind Made Simple - Prof David Nutt
Get Prof Nutt’s new book in the Drug Science bookstore. This webinar was recorded during a Drug Science Live Event which included a live...
Drug Science
Jun 14, 20211 min read
Interview with David Nutt and Jan Ramaekers
Prof David Nutt and Prof Jan Ramaekers discuss some of the biggest questions in Drug Science in this interview for the European...
Professor David Nutt
Mar 3, 20214 min read
Drug Testing and Synthetic Cannabis in Prisons
Written by Professor David Nutt Late on Saturday night, the 27th of February, I was asked to speak on the Stephen Nolan show on BBC Radio...
Drug Science
Feb 23, 20211 min read
David Nutt on Alcohol as a Drug
David Nutt – Deep Dive into Alcohol Alcohol is among the most harmful of all recreational drugs, and yet it is the most widely used in...
Professor David Nutt
Feb 5, 20213 min read
Letter of recommendation to the ACMD
Download our letter to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Dear Owen Bowden-Jones I am writing on behalf of Drug Science in...
Drug Science
Jan 1, 20211 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
Dec 4, 20201 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...
Professor David Nutt
Apr 28, 20204 min read
When we waken from the COVID nightmare – what then?
For almost all of us, the current COVID-19 pandemic represents the first time we have been confronted with a personal and proximate...
Professor David Nutt
Apr 27, 20202 min read
Drug Science and COVID-19
A note from our Founder – Professor David Nutt Though all the Drug Science team have been on lockdown work has gone on hardly interrupted...
Professor David Nutt
Jan 6, 20202 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...
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