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Safety leaflet on opioid medicines to help patients and their families reduce the risks of harm.
The government will fund research into wearable technology, virtual reality and artificial intelligence in a bid to support people with drug addictions.
Legislation has been laid in Parliament to ban xylazine and 21 other dangerous drugs.
Foresight project looking at how future scientific advances may affect our understanding of addiction and drug use.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
The MHRA has reminded healthcare professionals prescribing aripiprazole to be alert to the known risk of patients developing addictive gambling, following a rise in the number of reports received in 2023
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