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Applying for an individual domestic drugs licence to prescribe cocaine, diamorphine and dipipanone for the treatment of addiction.
Advice for healthcare professionals on the reclassification of codeine linctus to a prescription-only medicine (POM), following a public consultation.
A research study of treatment integrity in prison addiction Therapeutic Communities.
Professor Sir Chris Whitty writes for The Guardian on smoking addiction and MPs' historic opportunity to vote on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
A new £3.7 million employment programme will see mentors who have beat drug or alcohol addiction placed in Jobcentres to help others with dependencies recover and get back into work.
A call for evidence to inform an independent review into the effects on employment outcomes of drug or alcohol addiction and obesity.
Read about talking therapies and counselling for mental health problems.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with drug or alcohol misuse or dependence.
These reports explain our assessment of the scientific evidence used to lead to regulatory decisions on the safety of medicines or medicines classes.
This guide provides information about being arrested in Turkey and what conditions are like in prison there.
Smokers in England are being urged to make a quit attempt this No Smoking Day to improve their health and wealth.
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will deliver on the Prime Minister's commitment to create a smokefree generation, saving thousands of lives and billions for the NHS.
Information on Project ADDER (Addiction, Diversion, Disruption, Enforcement and Recovery), the government’s programme to stop drugs misuse.
Professor Sir Chris Whitty writes for The Times that marketing vapes to children is unacceptable - they should only have a role in helping smokers quit.
This document details the government response to the Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee Report on Immersive and Addictive Technologies.
A patient alert card is being introduced for men taking finasteride to help raise awareness of the risk of psychiatric side effects and sexual dysfunction, including the potential for sexual dysfunction to persist after treatment has stopped. Healthcare professionals are...
The MHRA has reminded healthcare professionals prescribing aripiprazole to be alert to the known risk of patients developing addictive gambling, following a rise in the number of reports received in 2023
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs makes recommendations to government on the control of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs, including classification and scheduling under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and its regulations. ACMD is an advisory non-departmental...
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