Advisory Council On The Misuse Of Drugs
December 2025
David Wood to chair Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
February 2025
January 2025
ACMD appoints 10 leading experts
September 2023
Reappointments to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
August 2023
Recruiting: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs members
March 2023
Publication of ACMD’s review on nitrous oxide
June 2022
Publication of the ACMD report into the availability and use of naloxone
May 2022
Publication of the drug misuse prevention review
March 2021
Consumer cannabidiol (CBD) products: call for evidence
4 expert ACMD board members reappointed
August 2020
July 2020
ACMD public evidence request on cognition enhancers
June 2020
ACMD public evidence gathering: request for written evidence
July 2019
Chair reappointment to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
June 2019
Report into homelessness and drug misuse published
Number of older opiate users in treatment has tripled
ACMD: avoid Friday prison release to prevent drug relapse and deaths
January 2019
July 2018
Cannabis-derived medicinal products recommended to be available on prescrip…
June 2018
Drug-related harms in homeless populations: public evidence gathering day
May 2018
Custody-community transitions: public evidence gathering day
April 2018
Further new member appointed to the ACMD
February 2018
Eight new members appointed to the ACMD
September 2017
ACMD warns ministers of falling local funding for drug treatment services
August 2017
Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs: public evidence gathering day
April 2017
Now recruiting: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs members
December 2016
Medicines supplementing use of other illicit drugs, says ACMD
ACMD tells ministers drug-related deaths will continue to rise if treatment…
June 2016
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recruiting new chair
October 2015
Quality of treatment for heroin users under threat
March 2015
ACMD publishes major cocaine report
February 2015
ACMD paper highlights substance abuse knowledge gap
November 2014
New drug description to help ban family of legal highs
ACMD recommends ban for two legal highs linked to deaths
June 2014
Deadly "legal highs" which mimic Class A drugs to be banned
ACMD public event: open meeting on 12 June 2014
April 2014
ACMD public event: open meeting on 11 April 2014
December 2013
New evidence of harm caused by ketamine misuse
Drug recovery is a long battle, warns the ACMD
November 2013
ACMD recommends permanent ban on two “legal highs”
September 2013
ACMD advises the government on the control of prescription drugs
May 2013
ACMD public event: open meeting on 16 May 2013
March 2012
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