The recommendation to ban naphyrone by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) raises again important questions about the role of science in policymaking. This drug, unheard of until ...

ACMD says two-tier market has emerged, with trade in cheaper, low-purity drug running parallel with a smaller one in more expensive version of higher purity Cocaine use, once the preserve of ...

Resignation from Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs [ACMD] With regret and sadness, I am tendering my resignation as a member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. I was honoured to be ...

The number of people over 40 receiving treatment for opiate addiction has tripled in just 12 years, a report has found. In 2018, 75,000 people over the age of 40 were in treatment for dependence on ...

The government's sacked former chief drugs adviser Professor David Nutt has vowed to tell the "truth about drugs" as he launched a rival advisory group. He claimed it would "take over" the role of ...

Drug users are to be offered free foil, used as a surface to heat up drugs like heroin, to encourage them to get help for their addiction. New laws will allow drug treatment providers to offer the ...