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The number of older opiate users in treatment in England has tripled in just 12 years, a report by the ACMD reveals today.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A letter from the Minister of State for Fire and Policing to the ACMD, in response to the recommendation to Schedule Epidyolex.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Recommendations from the ACMD to reduce barriers to research for schedule 1 controlled drugs.
Government response to the ACMD's review of the evidence on the use and harms of Cumyl-PeGaClone.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Ministerial response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) report on cocaine misuse.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
The ACMD is holding a public evidence gathering day on drug misuse in prisons and the harms associated with transitions between custody and the community.
ACMD chair Les Iversen writes to Sarah Newton, Minister for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism, about phytocannabinoids.
Three new members of the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) have been announced today.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has undertaken a review of the evidence on the use and harms of diphenidine and other related substances.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) is recruiting a new chairperson to advise the government on issues relating to drug misuse.
Report from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on consumer cannabidiol (CBD) products.
Report from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on the classification and schedule of Remimazolam.
The report "Preventing drug use among vulnerable groups of people", commissioned by the Home Office, has been published by the ACMD.
Letter from Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to ministers, providing advice on independent prescribing of controlled drugs by paramedics.
Letter to the chair of the ACMD asking the council to conduct an updated assessment of the health and social harms of nitrous oxide.
The government responds to a report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) regarding NHS England proposals on electronic prescribing.
Ministerial response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) advice on nitrous oxide misuse.
Letter from the ACMD recommending a temporary class drug order for U-47,700, etizolam and other designer benzodiazepines.
Letter to the Home Office about the appropriate control mechanism for 2, 4-Dinitrophenol (DNP).
Letter about the temporary class drug order on methiopropamine.
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