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Following a 2025 government commission, the ACMD has carried out a review of the use and harms of ketamine.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has today (28 January 2026) published its updated harms assessment of ketamine.
The report presents a review of etomidate and structurally related compounds and subsequent recommendations regarding their classification and scheduling.
Review of the evidence on the use and harms of xylazine, medetomidine and detomidine.
An overview of work carried out by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) from January 2023 to December 2025.
This series brings together all documents relating to ACMD annual reports
A review of the evidence on the use and harms of 2-benzyl benzimidazole (nitazene) and piperidine benzimidazolone (brorphine-like) opioids.
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