Archive: Advisory Council On The Misuse Of Drugs

Legal highs bill savaged by home secretary's own advisers

Even the Home Office's own expert advisers say the bill is trying to do something "impossible"

MRSA Action UK: When the drugs don't work

MRSA Action UK helps to bring the human cost to the attention of government and industry over the ticking time bomb and lack of desperately needed antibiotics.
NUT: Misuse of Capability Procedures to the detriment of teachers and pupils

Christine Blower from the NUT comments on the Misuse of Capability Procedures
First Industry Advisory Board meeting at Sheffield Hallam

University sets the scene for the future of Food Engineering.
BUAV: UK Universities spend £10m testing illegal drugs on animals

Khat ban: Ministers did not assess impact on rising crime

Home Office minister Norman Baker insisted it was "too early" to judge the extent to which the khat ban will lead to rising crime.
Ketamine users face long jail sentences as drug set to become Class B

Ketamine users could face significantly higher jail sentences, after government advisers suggested the drug be upgraded to Class B from Class C.

The ban on Khat is irrational and preposterous

The World Health Organisation, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and the Home Office itself say it should be legal - but Theresa May knows better.
Comment: MPs either don't understand – or care about - science

Heathrow and the badger cull suggest government and MPs remain entirely uninterested in science.

Comment: What would the world look like after the war on drugs?

The argument for legalising drugs is now mainstream, but are there practical models for how we would go about it?
MPs round on drug expert who calls for decriminalisation

Professor David Nutt endured a bruising encounter with MPs on the home affairs committee today, as he made the case for the decriminalisation of drug use.

Official advisers demand drug decriminalisation

Drug users should be given "creative civil punishments" rather than jail sentences, according to the government’s own expert advisers.