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Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for using evidence to make classification, scheduling and other recommendations (accessible version)
A document developed by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to outline the governing process for preparing evidence-based advice. Updated to include the Classification Standard Operating Procedure | ACMD, UK
Upcoming Webinar: Exploring Cultural Experiences of Stigma
Thursday 23rd January 2025, 12:30PM - 2:00PM. Navi Dhesi, founder of No More Pretending will host guest speakers Ann Marie Sweeney, Aunee Bhogaita, Heewr Bag and Stella Kityo as they discuss how the stigma of drug and alcohol use within some minoritised communities can create barriers to treatment, leading to poorer health outcomes and inequality of access to support needed | AntiStigma Network, UK
Who’s asking me? Service user perspectives on safer injecting facilities
[Open access] This paper discusses the topic of safer injecting facilities with those who are likely to use them. Whilst more countries are adopting this harm reduction strategy, which is widely acknowledged for reducing drug-related death and injury, the UK have been resistant to their implementation. This qualitative discussion paper reflects on the overwhelming global evidence around safer injecting facilities whilst also capturing the voice of those likely to use such facilities | Drug Science, Policy and Law, UK
Choose from the list below to tell us what's important for future Addictions research - survey
In a survey in 2024, we asked people to tell us what they thought were important questions about addiction. We asked people with experience of addiction, and their friends, families, carers and healthcare professionals. We did this so that we can find out what the Top 10 priorities for future research about addiction to drugs and/or alcohol are. Based on what people told us, we have created a list of 65 questions. In this survey, we would like you to choose the 10 questions from the list which are most important in your experience | Office for Life Sciences and James Lind Alliance, UK
Innovation Fund to Reduce Demand for Illicit Substance: Phase 3 launch webinar
Jan 21, 2025 01:00 PM in London. NIHR has launched Phase 3 of the Innovation Fund to Reduce the Demand for Illicit Substances. The funding opportunity aims to fund projects that address demand for recreational drugs and are thereby likely to lead to reduced drug use and dependency. The NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Specialist Centre for Public Health is hosting this online briefing event for prospective applicants. The webinar will provide information about the funding opportunity and the assessment process, and will give an introduction to the additional support NIHR can provide | NIHR, UK
Home Office may reclassify ketamine in response to record levels of use
Illegal use in UK seems to reflect growth of unregulated market in US where its high-profile users include Elon Musk | Guardian, UK
Home Office requests review of ketamine classification
The government will seek expert advice on reclassifying ketamine to become a Class A substance | Home Office and The Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP, UK
BBC World at One - 8th January 2025
Listen from 48 minutes in. Discussion on whether to change Ketamine to a Class A drug with Fiona Measham | BBC, UK
Vapes four times more profitable to convenience stores than tobacco
Small convenience stores are selling less tobacco, and the tobacco products they do sell are much less profitable to them than vaping products, according to new analysis from the University of Edinburgh. Profit margins from vapes were far higher than those of tobacco products, with an average of 37.1% for vape products compared to 8.5% for tobacco products in September 2022. For comparison, profit margins were, on average, 21.0% across all product types | ASH, UK
YouGov survey shows more people drinking low and no alcohol alternatives than ever before
The results show that well over a third (38%) of UK drinkers are now consuming low and no alcohol alternatives semi-regularly (12% regularly and 26% occasionally) – compared to 35% in 2023 and 29% in 2022, with a notable increase in regular consumption from 8% in 2023 to 12% in 2024 | Portman Group, UK
Interventions for quitting vaping
This study aimed to conduct a living systematic review assessing the benefits and harms of interventions to help people stop vaping compared to each other or to placebo or no intervention. And to assess how these interventions affect the use of combustible tobacco, and whether the effects vary based on participant characteristics | Cochrane Library, UK
Inside the UK's first legal drug consumption room
Welcome to the Thistle - the UK's first and only drug consumption room. After nearly a decade of deadlock and wrangling over drug laws the centre is finally ready to open. On Monday it will welcome its first clients who will come in to inject illegally-bought heroin or cocaine under medical supervision | BBC, UK
Patient brokers exploiting vulnerable individuals and families in addiction treatment are finally under scrutiny in Parliament
On Tuesday, Dan Carden, MP for Liverpool Walton, raised concerns about unethical practices in the sector during oral questions in the House of Commons | EMCAT, UK