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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.

A comparative study of the harms of nitrous oxide and poppers using the MCDA approach

Dr Anne Schlag, Professor David Nutt and more

Sep 23, 20222 min read

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A comparative study of the harms of nitrous oxide and poppers using the MCDA approach

Author Plinio M Ferreira, Adam R Winstock, Anne Katrin Schlag, Brigitta Brandner, David Nutt, Graeme Henderson, Ian Miller, Jan Van...

Regulating the oxides of nitrogen – popping the myths

Plinio Ferreira and Professor David Nutt

Apr 29, 20222 min read

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Regulating the oxides of nitrogen – popping the myths

Authors Plinio M Ferreira, David Nutt Published April 25, 2022 In 2015 and 2016, during the debates that culminated in The Psychoactive...

The poppers ban is a veiled attack on pleasure

Drug Science

Mar 10, 20161 min read

Alkyl Nitrites (Poppers)

The poppers ban is a veiled attack on pleasure

ntercourse. Why is the government so anti-pleasure, particularly for gay men? Much of the drive to ban legal highs has come from the...