Society’s inconsistent moral judgements of potentially harmful activities
What do horse riding, motorsports, base jumping, mountain climbing, storm chasing, and drug use have in common? They are of all course...
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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.
Drug Science
Feb 17, 20204 min read
Substance misuse and young people
New Book Alert Professors Ilana Crome (Drug Science Trustee) and Richard Williams have recently released their latest book – Substance...
Drug Science
Nov 22, 20193 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 20, 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
May 14, 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 3, 20192 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...
Dr. Meg Spriggs and Professor David Nutt
Dec 3, 20182 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...
Drug Science
Apr 13, 20182 min read
Pharmacies as potential providers of harm reduction services: A preliminary online survey
Background Recreational drug use is a major cause of disease, injury, physical and mental impairment and death in developed countries...
Drug Science
Apr 3, 20182 min read
Substance misuse-related poisoning deaths, England and Wales, 1993–2016
Context In recent years there has been an increase in the availability of ‘novel psychoactive substances (NPS)’ or ‘legal highs’. In...
Drug Science
Feb 5, 20178 min read
Recreational MDMA testing - a European perspective
As the United States experiences an overwhelming opioid crisis; as the world’s press is flooded with extra-judicial killings targeting...
Fiona Measham and Gavin Turnbull
Oct 10, 20154 min read
How one patch of grass became the UK's first ever decriminalised drugs space
Inside a previously unremarkable circle of grass about 10 metres in diameter, a bold new precedent for drugs policy was set in the UK....
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