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The Department for Transport has introduced a new offence of driving with certain controlled drugs above specified limits in the blood; this is likely to come into force on 2 March 2015.
Public Health England's review shows the drug misuse treatment system in England is performing well.
The ACMD have considered the harms associated with the use of O-desmethyltramadol and recommend that O-desmethyltramadol is controlled.
Naphyrone – often advertised as 'NRG1' – and its related compounds are to be banned and made Class B drugs, minister for crime prevention James Brokenshire announced today.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
NICE are to take forward work to assess very high cost drugs for people who suffer with rare conditions.
Use only when other antibiotics are unsuitable
Naphyrone - often advertised as 'NRG1' - and its related compounds are to be banned and made Class B drugs.
This ACMD letter to the Home Secretary advises on a TCDO on 2 groups of novel psychoactive substances (5-6APB and NBOMe compounds).
Paul Beddoes has had the minimum term for his life sentence increased under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A review has found that low levels of gadolinium can be retained in the brain and other tissues after administration of gadolinium-containing contrast agents (GdCAs). There is currently no evidence that gadolinium deposition in the brain has caused adverse neurological...
A new temporary control power will be used for the first time to ban so-called legal high 'mexxy', the Home Office announced today.
There are a number of high cost drugs that are excluded from the Payment by Results (PbR) tariff. They are typically specialist, and their use…
Patients should use the lowest effective dose, and the shortest duration of treatment necessary to control symptoms.
Afghan Counter Narcotics Committee visits London to see UK drug policy in action, and to increase collaboration on this critical issue
We have recently received 2 reports of fatal adverse reactions to the yellow fever vaccine (Stamaril). Due to an increased risk of life-threatening reactions, the vaccine must not be given to anyone with a medical history of thymus dysfunction or...
How pharmacists can prevent counterfeits reaching patients.
Three UK prisoners detained in Peru explain why trafficking drugs wasn’t the easy money they were led to believe it would be.
Three men who tried to smuggle drugs into the country have been jailed for a total of 42 years following a UK Border Agency investigation.
Drug treatment in England continued to perform well in 2012 to 2013, helping just over 29,000 people to recover from addiction.
A Berkshire man has been jailed for the illegal importation and sale of erectile dysfunction medicines
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