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Chemistry World
June 8, 2015
Maria Burke |
Warnings that proposed UK blanket ban on 'legal highs' casts net too wide Some legal experts and scientists are warning that a proposed blanket ban on so-called 'legal highs' won't tackle the problem and may well hold back research into areas such as neuroscience.   |
Chemistry World
May 29, 2015
Emma Stoye |
UK launches universal ban on legal highs New laws banning the sale and distribution of all legal highs -- or new psychoactive substances -- have been drafted by the UK government. |
Chemistry World
June 24, 2015
Patrick Walter |
Legal in theory Governments around the world are faced with the particularly tricky problem of what they should do about 'legal highs'. |
Chemistry World
March 23, 2010 |
Comment: Can we halt the flow of new designer drugs? Could the dangers of 'legal high' mephedrone have been predicted? Of course they could, says John Mann |
Chemistry World
March 29, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Drug adviser quits over science advice rules The resignation of a sixth scientist from the UK government's drugs advisory body could trigger more departures and calls into further question the council's ability to offer vital scientific advice. |
Chemistry World
November 6, 2009
Anna Lewcock |
Loss of senior chemist throws further doubt on future of UK drugs council David Nutt has insisted he has 'right on his side' following his unceremonious dismissal as chair of the UK Home Office Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. |
Chemistry World
June 4, 2013
Maria Burke |
'Legal high' production gathers pace New designer drugs are popping up in Europe at an unprecedented rate, sometimes on the illicit drug market and sometimes as 'legal' alternatives to controlled drugs, according to the latest report by the EU drugs agency. |
Chemistry World
November 11, 2009
Anna Lewcock |
Three more scientists quit drugs council Three more members of the UK government's drugs advisory council have resigned, including renowned chemist Simon Campbell. |
Chemistry World
April 24, 2014
Emma Stoye |
European parliament backs new rules on legal highs New regulations that will make it easier to ban legal highs have been backed by the European parliament. |
Chemistry World
April 30, 2014
Emma Stoye |
New Zealand in legal highs U-turn Politicians in New Zealand have decided to ban designer drugs from sale in the country, reversing an earlier decision to approve low risk drugs while new laws are put in place. |
Chemistry World
June 12, 2013
Maria Burke |
'Scientific censorship' hamstringing psychoactive drug research Legal controls on psychoactive drugs have hindered neuroscience research and the discovery of new treatments for brain disorders in 'one of the most scandalous examples of scientific censorship in modern times', claim researchers. |
Chemistry World
March 6, 2012
Simon Perks |
Special Treatment for Scientists Under Immigration Rules Scientists traveling to work in the UK will be exempt from rules on settling in the country. |
Chemistry World
June 26, 2013
Emma Stoye |
UN report warns of global rise in legal highs The latest World Drug Report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says governments around the world are struggling to cope with a growing number of legal party drugs. |
Chemistry World
March 9, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Fund science or risk economic downfall Leading researchers and former science ministers have today warned the UK government it risks 'throwing away' years of investment unless the UK keeps pace with science funding levels in other countries. |
Chemistry World
February 10, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Science societies urge next UK government to invest more in research The next UK government should invest twice as much in research, according to a joint statement released by the National Academies. |
Chemistry World
February 11, 2014
Emma Stoye |
UK science to get long-term investment plan Following recent criticism for failing to make long-term plans for science, the UK government is now formulating a roadmap for its investment in research infrastructure. |
Chemistry World
January 9, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Government rejects home secretary's student visa proposal The UK government has rejected a proposal by the home secretary, Theresa May, to remove foreign students from the country immediately following their graduation from university. |
Chemistry World
November 25, 2010
Mike Brown |
Capping scientific migrants A new UK immigration cap could bias against researchers looking to come to the UK. |
Chemistry World
December 23, 2014
Matthew Gunther |
Home secretary's student visa plan draws ire of science community The UK home secretary Theresa May plans to back a proposal that would force foreign graduates to leave the country as soon as they have finished studying. |
Chemistry World
April 1, 2010
Hepeng Jia |
China Updates Chemical Legislation After a seven-year delay, China has introduced an updated version of its chemical registration and evaluation rules, bringing the country in line with chemical regulation efforts in other parts of the world. |
Chemistry World
August 25, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Chemists wage war on designer drugs It is relatively simple to take a drug that has a known psychoactive effect and change one substituent group to make it into another drug that is not yet classified as illegal but provides the same or similar psychoactive high |
