Principled sentencing for drug supply offences: Revised methamphetamine sentencing guidelines in New Zealand
Authors: James A Foulds, David Nutt Published: July 27, 2020 Methamphetamine was reclassified as a Class A drug in New Zealand in 2003....
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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.
Dr Tracey Myton
Jul 25, 20206 min read
Addiction Psychiatry in the NHS in the Time of Coronavirus
By Dr Tracey Myton MRCPsych Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust March 2020 seems like...
Drug Science
Jul 20, 20206 min read
Parliamentary briefing on tackling the misuse of Nitrous Oxide
This Parliamentary briefing has been prepared by DrugScience, The Global Drug Survey, Release and Transform Drug Policy Foundation....
James Bunn
Jul 14, 20202 min read
Drug Science launches Working Group on Psychedelics
Download the press release here On July 14th 2020, the UK’s leading independent scientific body on drugs launched the Drug Science...
Drug Science
Jul 14, 20202 min read
Medical MDMA Educational Resources
MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) was first synthesised in 1912 by chemists at the pharmaceutical company, Merck in Germany. In...
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...
James Bunn
Jun 19, 20202 min read
Launch of the Medical Psychedelics Working Group
On Tuesday July 14th, 2020, Drug Science will launch a new working group of experts, policy makers and scientists. Its primary role is to...
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...
Ian Sliney
Apr 29, 20206 min read
From Ebola to Covid-19. Is all nicotine bad nicotine? An epidemiologist’s reflections
By Ian Sliney – Epidemiologist Forty-seven years later I still remember my first cigarette, and I was addicted to nicotine from the first...
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...
Anne Katrin Schlag
Mar 30, 20202 min read
Percentages of problem drug use and their implications for policy making: A review of the literature
Authors: Anne Katrin Schlag Published: March 30, 2020 This paper reviews the literature on problem drug use, aiming to answer the...
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...
Drug Science
Feb 28, 20202 min read
Drug Science Student Society
Calling all students! Drug Science is very excited to announce the launch of the Drug Science Student Society. The Drug Science Student...
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...
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...
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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Natasha L Mason, Patrick C Dolder and more
Jan 30, 20202 min read
Reported effects of psychedelic use on those with low well-being given various emotional states and social contexts
Authors: Natasha L Mason, Patrick C Dolder, Kim PC Kuypers Published: January 30, 2020 Background It has been suggested that the outcome...
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...
Rosalind Gittins and Ben Sessa
Jan 13, 20201 min read
Can prescribed medical cannabis use reduce the use of other more harmful drugs?
Authors: Rosalind Gittins, Ben Sessa Published: January 13, 2020 There is growing recognition of the potential utility of medical...
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...
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