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Response to Sarah Newton MP's request for the ACMD to consider the impact the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 has on legitimate research.
Report finds prescription-only medicines are being used to supplement the use of other illicit drugs, including cocaine and heroin.
Minister for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism Sarah Newton today (14 December) announced Dr Owen Bowden-Jones as the new chair of the ACMD.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A report published today (Monday, 12 December) by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs investigates the causes of the increase and potential responses.
Letter about the temporary class drug order on methiopropamine.
Letter about the prescribing of controlled drugs by therapeutic radiographers.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) is recruiting a new chairperson to advise the government on issues relating to drug misuse.
Letter to the Home Secretary from the chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, outlining their work programme for 2016.
Letter to the Home Office setting out the ACMD’s review of alkyl nitrites (poppers).
Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs writes to Karen Bradley MP about Estra-4,9-diene-3,17-dione, also known as Dienedione.
Letter to the Home Office about the new psychoactive substance Methiopropamine (MPA).
Quality of treatment for heroin users under threat from shrinking resources and disruptive re-procurement processes.
Further advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) in relation to the Psychoactive Substances Bill.
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
Ministerial response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) advice on nitrous oxide misuse.
Letter to the Home Office setting out the ACMD’s interim advice in relation to diversion and illicit supply of medicines.
The ACMD’s response to correspondence from the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) in relation to Northern Ireland’s continued maintenance of the Addicts Index.
ACMD report on definitions of scope for the Psychoactive Substances Bill.
The chair of the ACMD responds to the Home Secretary's letter about the Psychoactive Substances Bill.
The chair of the ACMD responds to the Home Secretary's letter of 26 May about New Psychoactive Substances.
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