Archived government news
May 2020
Correspondence: Response to the ACMD recommendation: Epidyolex Monday, 04 May 2020
April 2020
Research and analysis: Novel benzodiazepines: prevalence and harms in the U… Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Correspondence: ACMD advice on administration rights for therapeutic radiog… Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Correspondence: Call for evidence: barriers to research with controlled dru… Thursday, 09 April 2020
Correspondence: ACMD advice on COVID-19 emergency legislation to enable sup… Tuesday, 07 April 2020
March 2020
Corporate report: Standard Operating Procedure for using evidence in ACMD r… Thursday, 26 March 2020
ACMD public evidence gathering: request for written evidence Friday, 20 March 2020
February 2020
Correspondence: Letter from the ACMD to the Home Secretary: GHB, GBL, and r… Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Correspondence: Call for evidence: barriers to research with controlled dru… Monday, 10 February 2020
Correspondence: Call for evidence: barriers to research with controlled dru… Monday, 10 February 2020
January 2020
ACMD public evidence gathering days: young people’s drug use and naloxone p… Friday, 31 January 2020
Correspondence: Advice on Epidyolex Wednesday, 29 January 2020
Correspondence: Misuse of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues Friday, 03 January 2020
December 2019
Correspondence: Self-commissioned workstreams for 2020 Monday, 23 December 2019
Correspondence: Self-commissioned workstreams for 2020 Monday, 23 December 2019
Correspondence: Cannabis-based products for medicinal use: assessing the im… Monday, 23 December 2019
Correspondence: Cannabis-based products for medicinal use: assessing the im… Monday, 23 December 2019
November 2019
Correspondence: 'Third generation' synthetic cannabinoids Friday, 15 November 2019
October 2019
Correspondence: ACMD advice: future use and purpose of Temporary Class Drug… Friday, 18 October 2019
Correspondence: ACMD advice: future use and purpose of Temporary Class Drug… Friday, 18 October 2019
Correspondence: ACMD advice: future use and purpose of Temporary Class Drug… Friday, 18 October 2019
Correspondence: ACMD advice on independent prescribing by paramedics Friday, 18 October 2019
Correspondence: ACMD advice on independent prescribing by paramedics Friday, 18 October 2019
Correspondence: ACMD advice on independent prescribing by paramedics Friday, 18 October 2019
Research and analysis: Review of Psychoactive Substances Act 2016: ACMD con… Friday, 18 October 2019
Research and analysis: Review of Psychoactive Substances Act 2016: ACMD con… Friday, 18 October 2019
Corporate report: ACMD members' register of interests Tuesday, 15 October 2019
July 2019
Chair reappointment to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Monday, 22 July 2019
Chair reappointment to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Monday, 22 July 2019
June 2019
Research and analysis: Drug-related harms in homeless populations Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Press release: Report into homelessness and drug misuse published Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Report into homelessness and drug misuse published Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Number of older opiate users in treatment has tripled Friday, 14 June 2019
Number of older opiate users in treatment has tripled Friday, 14 June 2019
Independent report: ACMD report: ageing cohort of drug users Friday, 14 June 2019
ACMD: avoid Friday prison release to prevent drug relapse and deaths Wednesday, 12 June 2019
February 2019
Advice on 2,4-Dinitrophenol Monday, 18 February 2019
January 2019
Legitimate use of controlled drugs: research and healthcare Wednesday, 16 January 2019
New appointments to the ACMD Wednesday, 16 January 2019
December 2018
Prescribing of controlled drugs by therapeutic radiographers: further advic… Friday, 21 December 2018
Response to consultation on cannabis-based medicinal products Monday, 10 December 2018
October 2018
Advice on the anticonvulsant drugs Pregabalin and Gabapentin Wednesday, 17 October 2018
September 2018
Further advice on scheduling of cannabis-derived medicinal products Tuesday, 11 September 2018
July 2018
Cannabis-derived medicinal products recommended to be available on prescrip… Tuesday, 24 July 2018
Advice on scheduling of cannabis-derived medicinal products Thursday, 19 July 2018
Medicinal cannabis review part 2 commissioned Tuesday, 03 July 2018
June 2018
Drug-related harms in homeless populations: public evidence gathering day Thursday, 14 June 2018
May 2018
Custody-community transitions: public evidence gathering day Tuesday, 08 May 2018
Letter requesting evidence: custody-community transitions Tuesday, 08 May 2018
Advice on amending the Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973 Wednesday, 02 May 2018
April 2018
Further new member appointed to the ACMD Wednesday, 25 April 2018
March 2018
ACMD work programme for 2017 to 2019 Wednesday, 28 March 2018
September 2017
ACMD warns ministers of falling local funding for drug treatment services Wednesday, 06 September 2017
August 2017
Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs: public evidence gathering day Wednesday, 16 August 2017
April 2017
Now recruiting: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs members Monday, 03 April 2017
June 2016
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recruiting new chair Friday, 24 June 2016
October 2015
Quality of treatment for heroin users under threat Friday, 23 October 2015
March 2015
ACMD publishes major cocaine report Thursday, 12 March 2015
February 2015
ACMD paper highlights substance abuse knowledge gap Wednesday, 25 February 2015
November 2014
New drug description to help ban family of legal highs Thursday, 27 November 2014
ACMD recommends ban for two legal highs linked to deaths Friday, 14 November 2014
June 2014
Deadly "legal highs" which mimic Class A drugs to be banned Tuesday, 10 June 2014
ACMD public event: open meeting on 12 June 2014 Thursday, 05 June 2014
April 2014
ACMD public event: open meeting on 11 April 2014 Tuesday, 01 April 2014
December 2013
New evidence of harm caused by ketamine misuse Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Drug recovery is a long battle, warns the ACMD Tuesday, 03 December 2013
November 2013
ACMD recommends permanent ban on two “legal highs” Thursday, 28 November 2013
September 2013
ACMD advises the government on the control of prescription drugs Thursday, 05 September 2013
May 2013
ACMD public event: open meeting on 16 May 2013 Wednesday, 08 May 2013
March 2012
The new home on the web for the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Tuesday, 27 March 2012