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Response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) about re-making the current TCDO on methiopropamine.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Crime Prevention Minister Norman Baker has called on countries around the world to take action against the drug mephedrone.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Two so-called ‘legal’ highs linked to deaths across Europe are set to be banned, the government announced today.
A 'legal high' will become illegal tonight when an order to temporarily ban it comes into effect.
This circular provides clarification to a change to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
Border Force officers at Dover seize Amphetamines potentially worth £360,000
NRG-1, should be made a Class B drug, recommends the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) in its advice to government.
This circular concerns the laying of a temporary class drug order in respect of 5 methylphenidate-based novel psychoactive substances (NPS).
The Home Office asks organisers of summer music festivals to warn people about the dangers of so-called 'legal highs'.
Sarah Newton reponds to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) about its further advice on Methiopropamine (MPA).
The Government responds to the ACMD’s further advice on synthetic cannabinoids and advice on methoxetamine and related compounds.
This draws attention to the contents of the above Statutory Instrument (SI), S.I. 2013/1294, which comes into force on Monday 10 June 2013.
Written ministerial statement details the joint-working approach to the challenges of the rapid development of new psychoactive substances.
Following an EU wide review of meprobamate, the remaining licence holder in the UK has ceased manufacturing and the licence will be cancelled by the end of 2016.
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.
How to reduce risk of illicit use.
ACMD chair writes to the Minister for Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice about adding additional substances to a Temporary Class Drug Order.
Marketing authorisations for carisoprodol are to be suspended after a European review concluded that the risks of treatment outweigh the benefits.
Heroin, cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis worth £4.1 million have been found hidden in a trailer full of Christmas decorations.
New power to temporarily control potentially harmful new drugs comes into effect, along with an importation ban on two further substances.
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