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The Merseyside Experiment: Will UK Recall Its Heroin-Prescribing History?

With research funding from the government, Marks and his colleague, Dr. Russell Newcombe, began investigating the effects of ...
Opinion

UK drug policy shows limited impact on novel psychoactive substances

Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are chemically engineered substances designed to mimic the effects of traditional controlled drugs such as opioids, stimulants, and cannabinoids. These compounds ...
The BMJ

New synthetic drugs more powerful than fentanyl pose a new epidemic threat

Synthetic drugs are raising the risk of an epidemic worse than that of fentanyl in the UK and Europe. Marianne Guenot explains what these drugs are and what clinicians need to know Mat Southwell had ...
CNN

Scotland faces up to its drug crisis by offering the UK’s first supervised injection facility

In a quiet corner of Glasgow’s East End, a radical public health experiment is underway. For the first time in the United Kingdom, people who inject illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine can do so ...