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Letter from the ACMD Barriers to Research working group to collect written evidence from researchers about barriers to legitimate research with controlled drugs.
Letter from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to the Home Secretary in response to the 6 January letter on GHB and GBL.
Letter to the Home Office regarding the appropriate Schedule for the cannabis-based product for medicinal use, Epidyolex, under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
The UK government has set the date for its Glasgow summit on tackling drug misuse as 27 February 2020.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
This report advises government on the number and nature of known fentanyl analogues, risk factors, pharmacology, toxic effects and misuse and associated harms.
Letter to the Home Secretary from the Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, outlining our self-commissioned workstreams planned for 2020.
This circular draws attention to the content of the Statutory Instruments SI 2019/1323 and SI 2019/1362.
Report to the Minister for Crime Prevention, which recommends a revised generic description of ‘third generation’ synthetic cannabinoids.
Experts will gather in Glasgow to discuss the best approach.
Funding awarded to 6 projects to test models that improve access to health services for people with both mental ill health and drug and alcohol dependency needs.
PHE has published the first-ever evidence review of dependence and withdrawal problems associated with 5 commonly prescribed classes of medicines in England.
Safe housing key to tackling homeless drug misuse, says ACMD.
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
Prison services could reduce drug-related harms by avoiding releasing vulnerable prisoners on a Friday, the ACMD has today advised the Home Secretary.
How joining up mental health, alcohol and drug misuse services in a Derby hospital provided better support for people with addiction and mental health problems.
How a service for young people in North Yorkshire works with other agencies to focus on all their emotional wellbeing, substance misuse and mental health needs.
Public Health England and the Home Office have published an investigative report on the rise in crack cocaine use in 6 areas of England.
Letter to the Home Office about the appropriate control mechanism for 2, 4-Dinitrophenol (DNP).
Further advice about the prescribing of controlled drugs by therapeutic radiographers.
This circular draws attention to the contents of the Statutory Instrument (SI) – SI 2018/1055.
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