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Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Limited is recalling a specific batch of Metformin Hydrochloride 500mg/5ml Oral Solution due to identification of an impurity above the acceptable limit.
Crime and Policing Minister Kit Malthouse and Public Health Minister Jo Churchill today (Thursday 17 September) hosted a meeting to discuss key issues around illicit drugs.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
From today, those found in unlawful possession of these drugs face sentences of up to five years behind bars
Martindale Pharma is recalling the below batch of Methadone 5mg tablets as a precautionary measure due to the discolouration of the PVdC film in a small number of blister pockets.
The MHRA’s Enforcement Group, working in collaboration with German law enforcement partners, has helped to dismantle a global criminal network involved in the illegal sale of medicines online.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has today (6 March 2023) published an updated harms assessment of nitrous oxide.
Priti Patel commissions the ACMD to tighten the restrictions on three substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act
Three members of an organised criminal gang were sentenced today (13 March 2023) at Stoke Crown Court to jail after pleading guilty to offences relating to the illegal sale of more than three million doses of prescription-only and unlicensed medicines,...
Over 170 specially trained sniffer dogs are heading to prisons across England and Wales as part of the government’s comprehensive plan to crack down on violence and crime behind bars.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Kit Malthouse MP, Minister for Crime, Policing and Probation, commissions a prevention review from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).
Law changed to enforce randomised, compulsory drug testing for offenders after they are released from prison.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
The government’s response to the ACMD’s fentanyl report.
Thornton & Ross Ltd has informed the MHRA that specific batches of Methadone 1mg/mL Oral Solution BP Sugar Free and Methadone Mixture 1mg/ml, have been packaged with the incorrect Product Information Leaflet (PIL).
The offender was part of a sophisticated drug operation
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Drug dealer who supplied heroin and cocaine in the Worcester area will spend longer in prison.
Patients should not stop any treatments without consulting their doctor or pharmacist.
A number of so-called ‘legal highs’ will become illegal class b drugs, the Home Office announced today.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A lethal psychedelic drug should be controlled as a Class A substance, according to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).
Both offenders will serve longer prison sentences after their sentences were referred under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme
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