Ketamine: what you need to know about the UK’s growing drug problem
There is growing awareness of the problems caused by the use of a fast-acting drug called ketamine. Often referred to as K or ...
Daily Express25 天
Flesh-rotting 'zombie drug' tranq banned in Government drug crackdown
The Home Office took steps to instigate the ban in the wake of recommendations from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of ...
UK research into poppers highlights problematic proposed drug policy
New research into the use of the drug poppers (alkyl nitrites) has highlighted inconsistencies in proposed changes to drug ...
Baylor College of Medicine2 年
Alkek Center for Molecular Discovery
The cores for these services have since garnered partial support from CPRIT of Texas. Shortly after its start, the ACMD provided support of pilot projects in the areas of metabolomics of cancer, ...
Nature9 个月
Nutt dismissal in Britain highlights diverging drug views
David Nutt, until recently chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), was fired by UK Home Secretary Alan Johnson on 30 October. The sacking followed the issuing of a press ...
Healthcare Asia on MSN1 个月
St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne’s ACMD building completes structural phase
St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) has announced the structural completion of the 11-storey Aikenhead Centre for Medical ...
University of Liverpool6 天
New research into poppers highlights problematic proposed drugs policy
New research into the use of the drug poppers (alkyl nitrites) has highlighted inconsistencies in proposed changes to drug ...
BBC1 年
Laughing gas: Experts warn nitrous oxide ban will not stop use
The decision to make nitrous oxide a Class C drug goes against advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), which recently said nitrous oxide should not be banned under the ...
BBC2 年
Killer drug GHB 'should be reclassified', says official report
A drug that was weaponised by the UK's most prolific rapist and the serial killer Stephen Port should be reclassified, says an official report. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs says GHB ...
A flesh-eating drug is turning people into zombies. What is Tranq?
‘We will not hesitate to act to keep the public safe. Following advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD ...
Pharmabiz23 天
Britain takes decisive action to ban 'zombie drug' xylazine and 21 other dangerous drugs
Following a recommendation from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), a statutory instrument has been laid in Parliament this week to control xylazine as a class C drug - a step that has ...
University of Bristol3 年
Bristol in Brief: Drugs in the South West
While the UK government’s own Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) [37] and the Scottish government have called for SIFs to be instituted in areas with the highest need [38], the UK ...