Medical MDMA Educational Resources
MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) was first synthesised in 1912 by chemists at the pharmaceutical company, Merck in Germany. In...
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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
Jul 14, 20202 min read
Medical Psilocybin Educational Resources
The psychotropic effects of Psilocybe mushrooms were largely unknown in the West until the 1950s, despite evidence that they had a long...
Drug Science
May 6, 20205 min read
Letter to the Home Office - Supply of controlled drugs
The Home Secretary has this week amended the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, providing Ministers with emergency powers concerning the...
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
Mar 6, 20209 min read
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...
Professor David Nutt
Feb 27, 20201 min read
Alcohol hangover: The health impact with a historic and Chinese perspective
Hangovers represent a major source of distress to the individual and a huge source of economic loss to society. Hangovers and their...
Drug Science
Feb 24, 20203 min read
The Unintended Consequences of Prohibitionist Policies - Mephedrone
Mephedrone is the common name for 4-methylmethcathinone. This is a synthetic derivative of cathinone, first synthesized in 1929, and...
Cathal T Gallagher, Sanaa K Atik
Feb 3, 20201 min read
Doctor or drug dealer? International legal provisions for the legitimate handling of drugs of abuse
Authors: Cathal T Gallagher, Sanaa K Atik, Libin Isse, Sanpreet K Mann Published: February 3, 2020 In this article, we compare how five...
Drug Science
Jan 31, 20201 min read
Evaluating global medical cannabis regulatory regimes: Lessons to be learned for the UK
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Anne Katrin Schlag
Jan 16, 20201 min read
Medical Cannabis: What Lessons Can Be Learned for the UK?
Authors: Anne Katrin Schlag Published: January 15, 2020 Article from Drug Science’s Head of Research – Dr Anne Schlag An Evaluation of...
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...
Dr Shanna Marrinan
Dec 23, 20197 min read
THC vs Alcohol Impaired Driving
By Dr. Shanna Marrinan Since the 2nd of March 2015, it has been illegal to drive with predetermined amounts of particular drugs...
Professor David Nutt
Dec 11, 20197 min read
The vaping crisis - Questions and answers by Clive Bates
Foreword by Professor David Nutt Lies, damn lies and vaping statistics- To paraphrase Disraeli’s famous critique of statistics the...
Drug Science
Nov 26, 20195 min read
UK General Election 2019 - Political party positions on drugs
With the 2019 general election fast approaching, a lot of media coverage will focus on each party’s Brexit policies. Drug Science would...
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
Nov 11, 20192 min read
Response to the NICE recommendations
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published their guidance to clinicians on the 11th of November 2019...
Drug Science
Nov 4, 20192 min read
Drug policy in UK has regressed in past decade, says former chief adviser
On the 30th of October 2019, our Founder – Professor David Nutt spoke at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies with Professor Alex...
James A Foulds, David Nutt
Oct 23, 20192 min read
New Zealand revises sentencing framework for methamphetamine offences
Dr James Foulds, Consultant forensic psychiatrist, Christchurch New Zealand Methamphetamine smoking is the commonest form of stimulant...
S Apo Aporosa
Sep 19, 20191 min read
De-mythologizing and re-branding of kava as the new ‘world drug’ of choice
Authors: S Apo Aporosa Published: September 19, 2019 What seemed impossible 50 years ago is today becoming a reality as ‘soft drugs’ such...
Drug Science
Aug 27, 20192 min read
NICE on cannabidiol for childhood epilepsy
At the end of last week, NICE released their initial appraisal on cannabidiol in the form of Epidiolex for childhood epilepsy. As...
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