Correspondence

Nitrous Oxide: Home Secretary's letter to the ACMD

Letter to the chair of the ACMD asking the council to conduct an updated assessment of the health and social harms of nitrous oxide.

• From: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
• Published: 3 September 2021
• Last updated: 7 February 2023 — See all updates

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Nitrous Oxide: Home Secretary's letter to the ACMD (accessible version)

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Supplementary letter from the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire about the ACMD’s updated harms assessment (accessible version)

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Supplementary letter from the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire about the ACMD’s updated harms assessment

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The first letter asks the ACMD (Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs) to consider updating their harms assessment of nitrous oxide following the prevalence of the abuse of nitrous oxide.

The second letter from the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire asks the ACMD if they can consider the health and social harms of nitrous oxide, and whether it should be subject to control under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, by the end of February 2023.

Published 3 September 2021
Last updated 7 February 2023 + show all updates

1. 7 February 2023

   Added Supplementary letter from the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire about the ACMD’s updated harms assessment.

2. 3 September 2021

   First published.