Hot off the press, the new Module I: Pharmacology
of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders.
Among professionals, the quality of cannabis is equivalent to the content
of the psychoactive substance THC.
A third group of 63 people with no history
of psychoactive substance use served as the control.
For example, we have just introduced tougher new rules on drug driving, because getting behind the wheel under the influence
of any psychoactive substance is a monumentally dangerous thing to do.
The psychoactive substances bill bans the production or supply
of any psychoactive substance unless it is granted a specific exception, such as tobacco, alcohol, medicine, food or drink.
Why doesn't the government insert the word «harmful» into its definition
of psychoactive substance, thereby getting rid of nonsense examples like nutmeg above?
It is now learning it all over again in the wake
of the Psychoactive Substance Act.
As time goes on, however, many adolescents come to rely heavily on substances in social situations, creating a false perception that socializing without the crutch
of a psychoactive substance is impossible.
Our next item will come as no surprise to anyone who has been following the progress
of the Psychoactive Substances Bill.
However, since introducing their version
of our Psychoactive Substances Bill, the Irish have, in the last few months alone, begun to make surprisingly fast progress on real reform.
One of the primary functions
of the psychoactive substances bill is to sideline the council, mostly because it keeps on doing things like this.
According to a strict reading
of the psychoactive substances bill, it will be illegal.
This is our story about the advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on the scope and definitions
of the psychoactive substances bill.
Remember that even before the introduction
of the Psychoactive Substances Act, some if not most CBD products were already very likely being sold without the license required by law.
Since the introduction
of the Psychoactive Substances Act, another problem has arisen.
The quite insane world
of the Psychoactive Substances Act is about to become real and it looks like it'll be exactly the Dangerous Dogs Act disaster we expected it to be.
The government's new blanket ban on the supply
of psychoactive substances, continued to cause controversy this week.
«The patchwork of state - based systems that have been established for medical marijuana is woefully inadequate in establishing even rudimentary safeguards that normally would be applied to the clinical use
of psychoactive substances,» it reads.
Many
of these psychoactive substances are little - known compounds culled from obscure research journals like Arnold's Swiss periodical.
Electronic dance music (EDM) parties have historically been high - risk scenes for use of a variety
of psychoactive substances.
«We live in a society that associates recreation with the use
of psychoactive substances, and this is an important cultural aspect,» she said.
Now, new techniques for analyzing residues in excavated jars and identifying tiny amounts of plant material suggest that ancient Near Easterners indulged in a range
of psychoactive substances.
Read more about The highs and lows
of the Psychoactive Substances Act - Scimex
Not exact matches
The new strategy has emerged after Home Office noticed new threats identifies as new
psychoactive substances (NPS), image and performance - enhancing drugs, chemsex drugs and misuse
of prescribed medicines.
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Psychoactive substances which have been around for many, many years and it's now the government is realising how dangerous some
of these
substances are.
However, you can't get «high» from the hemp foods now approved to be sold in Australia as they are too low in the hallucinogenic
substance THC (delta 9 - tetrahydrocannabinol), the cannabinoid associated with the
psychoactive properties
of marijuana.
Hemp has very minimal traces (if any)
of THC, which is the
psychoactive substance found in marijuana.
It is the world's most widely consumed
psychoactive drug, but unlike many other
psychoactive substances, it is legal and unregulated in nearly all parts
of the world.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse
of Drugs is effectively being dismantled by the
psychoactive substances bill - leaving drug policy now entirely evidence - free.
Only last month the implementation
of the absurd
Psychoactive Substances Act had to be abandoned.
As part
of the new Prison Safety and Reform White Paper tackling the rise
of violence, 300 dogs have been trained to detect
psychoactive substances, and staffing levels will increase by 2,500.
«In the last 12 months, all reports speak
of drug issues, and by and large that is new
psychoactive substances,» she says.
The
Psychoactive Substances Bill was modelled on a similar piece
of legislation from the Republic
of Ireland.
Take the
psychoactive substances bill, in which May outlawed drugs which did not exist, by banning something she could not define, despite plenty
of evidence from other countries that this would exacerbate the legal highs problems.
You don't have to wait for the
psychoactive substances bill to become law for the absurd spectacle
of its enforcement.
We were aware
of an assault on a member
of staff from someone who was using
psychoactive substances and was normally very well behaved.»
Even by the standards
of modern legislation, the
psychoactive substances bill is startlingly inane.
The deafening chorus
of criticism over the
psychoactive substances bill grew even louder today when the home secretary's own drug advisers launched a blistering attack on it.
The lack
of extra funding for the
psychoactive substances bill reveals just what a superficial exercise this really is
«There is a lack
of clarity in the Bill with regard to the relative harm associated with different types
of new
psychoactive substances (NPS) and the appropriate sentence commensurate with the offence,» they noted.
«Evidence is now emerging
of so - called grey marketplaces — online sites selling new
psychoactive substances which operate on both the surface and the deep web.
According to the bill, a
psychoactive substance is something which «is capable
of producing a
psychoactive effect in a person who consumes it».
One
of the things the British government failed to do when it wrote up the
psychoactive substance bill was check how things had worked out in two other countries which had tried it: Poland and Ireland.
«Many types
of important research could potentially be affected by the bill, particularly in the field
of neuroscience, where
substances with
psychoactive properties are important tools in helping scientists to understand a variety
of phenomena, including consciousness, memory, addiction and mental illness,» the letter reads.
Psychoactive substances bill may lead to lack
of clarity over whether or not suspects are breaking the law, says Durham PCC Ron Hogg
Vaz had argued in parliament that poppers should not be included in a list
of substances banned by the 2016 Psychoactive Subst
substances banned by the 2016
Psychoactive SubstancesSubstances Act.
The
psychoactive substances bill sought to crack down on legal highs — especially the new generation
of drugs that are designed to mimic the effects
of traditional illicit
substances such as cannabis and ecstasy — which the Home Office says caused 129 deaths in 2015.
The decision to confirm the exclusion
of poppers from the
Psychoactive Substances Act, which will criminalise the trade in legal highs from April, was announced by a Home Office minister, Karen Bradley, on Tuesday.
two pieces
of legislation: the
Psychoactive Substances Bill and the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill;
«For reasons that are unclear, the Home Office did not consult the ACMD on the development or drafting
of the [
psychoactive substances] bill despite its obvious competence and authority, and indeed its specific legal remit under the Misuse
of Drugs Act 1971 to advise on precisely such matters.»