ACMD publishes major cocaine report

The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has today (12 March) published a major report on powdered cocaine and its impact on British society.

ACMD Drug misuse prevention review (accessible)

Cannabis again reclassified in the UK. - Drugs and Alcohol

Frontiers The Role of Dopamine in the Stimulant Characteristics of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS)—Neurobiological and Computational Assessment Using the Case of Desoxypipradrol (2-DPMP)

ACMD advice on 2-benzyl benzimidazole and piperidine benzimidazolone opioids (accessible version)

References Emerald Insight

Drugs - Home Affairs Committee

Cocaine powder: review of its prevalence, patterns of use and harm

Causes of death among people who used illicit opioids in England, 2001–18: a matched cohort study - The Lancet Public Health

Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971: Counting the Costs

Rapid Identification of Novel Psychoactive and Other Controlled Substances Using Low-Field 1H NMR Spectroscopy

Full article: Moral disengagement and the harms of cocaine use

Rapid Identification of Novel Psychoactive and Other Controlled Substances Using Low-Field 1H NMR Spectroscopy

Families of people who use drugs: health and social responses