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In March 2009, the then Home Secretary requested advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on so called ‘legal highs’. …
Guidance for substance misuse commissioners on tackling new psychoactive substance (NPS) use, often called ‘legal highs.’
Study on 2 drug treatment centres for people who inject drugs and are enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy
These tables list the approved kits for the testing of heroin, morphine and amphetamine, cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and methylmethcathinone.
This report is a consideration of naphyrone (also known as NRG-1, Energy1, or O-2482; or naphthylpyrovalerone), a naphthyl analogue of pyrovalerone…
Twelve projects awarded a share of £5 million to reduce rates of fatal drug overdoses, as part of Vaccine Taskforce style approach to tackle health challenges.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Government’s response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs report on ‘MDMA (‘ecstasy’).
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This report is concerned with advice on the issue of novel psychoactive substances (NPS), sometimes known as ‘legal highs’.
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