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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.
Carissa Paz Dioquino
May 20, 20222 min read
A critical review of drug testing policy in the Philippines
Authors Carissa Paz Dioquino Published May 16, 2022 Abstract The drug policy in the Philippines is written as the Comprehensive Dangerous...
Fiona Measham and Gavin Turnbull
May 10, 20218 min read
Drug Checking – The Evidence is Building!
Authors Fiona Measham & Gavin Turnbull Published May 10, 2021 What is a drug checking service? Drug checking has a rich history spanning...
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...
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...
Professor David Nutt
Aug 5, 20184 min read
Class A is no solution to the problem of 'monkey dust'
The recent spate of headlines about the rising use of monkey dust drug in Stoke on Trent has led to calls to it to be made a Class A drug...
Drug Science
Aug 5, 20173 min read
A fentanyl future?
Today’s report of over 60 deaths last year in which fentanyl was implicated raises major alarm bells in the opioid treatment community....
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...
Drug Science
Sep 10, 20163 min read
I blame Fabric’s closure on this country’s backward drugs policy
A version of this post was published in The Guardian It seems the London club Fabric has had its licence revoked on the grounds that its...
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....
Drug Science
Jan 10, 20154 min read
The Superman pill deaths are the result of our illogical drugs policy
A version of this post was published in The Guardian The past week has seen a number of drug disasters in the UK, one of which is the...
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