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Fifteen additional synthetic opioids are now under the strictest controls to prevent drug related deaths and ensure anyone caught supplying them faces tough penalties.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Advisory Council's report states that Ketamine should be controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
Ketamine should be upgraded to a Class B drug following increased evidence of bladder damage from frequent misuse, experts have recommended.
The home of Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on GOV.UK. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs makes recommendations to government on the control of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs, including classification …
Details of the council's committees and latest meeting minutes.
A review of the evidence on the use and harms of 2-benzyl benzimidazole (nitazene) and piperidine benzimidazolone (brorphine-like) opioids.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has recommended the control of three prescription medicines
A lethal psychedelic drug should be controlled as a Class A substance, according to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).
In October 2001 the Home Secretary asked the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to review the classification of cannabis preparations in…
A review of MDMA (‘ecstasy’), its harms and classification under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (2009). The Advisory Council on the Misuse of…
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