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  • Ministerial letter to ACMD: advice on tramadol

    Letter from the Minister for Crime Prevention to the chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs regarding its advice on tramadol.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Letter to ACMD on control of khat

    Letter from the Home Secretary to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on the government's decision to classify khat as a Class C drug.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Khat

    Written ministerial statement outlines the government's decision to ban khat.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New commissioning guidance for addiction to medicines

    New guidance states NHS and local authorities are to provide support for people addicted to prescription or over-the-counter medicines.

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  • Drugs update

    Written ministerial statement details the joint-working approach to the challenges of the rapid development of new psychoactive substances.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 'NBOMe' and 'Benzofury' banned

    The government has banned 'NBOMe' and 'Benzofury', two groups of 'legal highs'.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Temporary class drug order on benzofury and NBOMe compounds - letter from ACMD

    This ACMD letter to the Home Secretary advises on a TCDO on 2 groups of novel psychoactive substances (5-6APB and NBOMe compounds).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Temporary class drug order for benzofury and NBOMe compounds - letter to ACMD

    Jeremy Browne writes to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) accepting recommendations on a TCDO for 5-6APB and NBOMe compounds.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Action to tackle drug cutting agents

    A consultation on strengthening powers to seize drug cutting agents has been launched by the Home Office.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Letters to music festival organisers in 2013 from Jeremy Browne

    Letters from minister highlight concerns about 'legal highs' (new psychoactive substances), illegal drugs and gases (such as nitrous oxide).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • ACMD public event: open meeting on 16 May 2013

    ACMD invites members of the public to its open meeting on Thursday 16 May 2013

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  • Drugs Recovery Adviser appointed by Public Health England

    Internationally recognised addiction expert Dr A Thomas McLellan will provide independent advice on PHE’s work to tackle the problem of drug misuse.

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  • Change To The Misuse Of Drugs Act 1971

    Home Office circular 004/2013 Change to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Broad subject: Crime and disorder Issue date: Wed Feb 20 13:23:35…

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  • ACMD advice on Sativex

    ACMD advice on Sativex, February 2013.

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  • ACMD further advice on foil, 2013

    ACMD’s advice to the Home Secretary on foil.

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  • New FRANK adverts mark tenth anniversary

    A new campaign to remind young people to talk to FRANK for factual and trustworthy drugs advice was launched by the Home Office today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New FRANK adverts mark tenth anniversary

    New campaign reminding young people to talk to FRANK for factual and trustworthy drugs advice was launched by the Home Office today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Advisory Council on the Misuse of drugs: Advice on O-desmethyltramadol (2012)

    The ACMD have considered the harms associated with the use of O-desmethyltramadol and recommend that O-desmethyltramadol is controlled.

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  • ACMD open meeting registration - October 2012

    ACMD invitation to members of the public to its open meeting on 11 October 2012.

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  • PM welcomes scientific legacy of Olympic anti-doping facilities

    London 2012 anti-doping facilities to be developed into groundbreaking Phenome Centre with cutting edge facilities.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government