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Synthetic cathinones: letter asking for updated harms assessment

The government commissions the ACMD to conduct an updated harms assessment of synthetic cathinones.

• From: Home Office, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and The Rt Hon Chris Philp MP
• Published: 11 May 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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Synthetic cathinones are currently Class B drugs. The Crime, Policing and Fire Minister, Chris Philp, wrote to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to commission an updated harms assessment.

He asked for the assessment to consider whether certain synthetic cathinones are significantly more harmful than others and should be treated differently.

Published 11 May 2023