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  • Consultation on new powers to allow law enforcement agencies to seize chemical substances suspected of being used as drug cutting agents

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consultation on the scheduling of tramadol and a review of exemptions for temazepam prescriptions under Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Review of the evidence of misuse and harm in relation to the NBOMe compounds.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The second annual review of the drug strategy, 'Delivering within a new landscape', updates progress on the 3 strands of the strategy since May 2012.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 'Ketamine: a review of use and harm' provides advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to the Home Secretary.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Review of the evidence of misuse and harm in relation to the benzofuran-type substances.

  • Report from the ACMD Recovery Committee exploring what outcomes we can expect from people recovering from drug and alcohol dependency.

  • Statement outlines the approaches to tackling challenges posed by NPS, covering the detection, analysis, identification, monitoring and reporting of synthetic drugs.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Proposed outcome definitions for the Payment by Results (PbR) drugs recovery pilot.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • In March 2012 the ACMD advised that methoxetamine be subject to a temporary class drug order.

  • The first annual review of the drug strategy provides an update on progress implementing the strategy.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • These documents relate to the drug strategy released in December 2010, including the strategy itself, the summary of responses, the impact assessment and the equality screening document.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • This document sets out the government's plans for transforming public health in England.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • In March 2009, the then Home Secretary requested advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on so called ‘legal highs’. …

  • This consultation considered charging options for controlled drug licences, precursor chemical licences, registrations, and authorisations.

    First published during the 2007 to 2010 Brown Labour government