Sentences with phrase «on psychoactive substances»
Further evidence from Ireland, where a similar ban on all psychoactive substances exist, shows that prosecutions are highly difficult.
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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.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is effectively being dismantled by the psychoactive substances bill - leaving drug policy now entirely evidence - free.
You see, the British politicians who came up with the Psychoactive Substances Bill have been very keen to stress how greatly they admire Ireland's stance on this issue.
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.
The Psychoactive Substances Bill was modelled on a similar piece of legislation from the Republic of Ireland.
It actually supports a blanket ban on new psychoactive substances.
One of the primary functions of the psychoactive substances bill is to sideline the council, mostly because it keeps on doing things like this.
We were aware of an assault on a member of staff from someone who was using psychoactive substances and was normally very well behaved.»
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.
Before the psychoactive substances bill even comes into force, Lambeth council is going ahead with its own mad variation on the theme
«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.
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.
Addy wants the government to agree to a new test case to determine whether poppers fall within the definition described under the psychoactive substances bill and for the industry to be allowed to carry on functioning legally until an official decision has been reached.
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.
«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.»
It suggested that the Irish equivalent to our Psychoactive Substances Bill was such a failure that it actually prompted real progress on drug reform in the country.
One of the least - noticed aspects of the new psychoactive substances bill is that it effectively scraps the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).
«The ACMD's consensus view is that a psychoactive substance has a direct action on the brain and that substances having peripheral effects, such as those caused by alkyl nitrites, do not directly stimulate or depress the central nervous system.»
The new definition reads: «A substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person's central nervous system, it affects the person's mental functioning or emotional state; as measured by the production of a pharmacological response on the central nervous system or which produces a response in in - vitro tests qualitatively identical to substances controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and references to a substance's psychoactive effects are to be read accordingly.»
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 government's new blanket ban on the supply of psychoactive substances, continued to cause controversy this week.
The use of novel psychoactive substances — synthetic compounds with stimulant or hallucinogenic effects — is on the rise.
Their paper, «Examine Correlates of New Psychoactive Substance Use Among a Self - Selected Sample of Nightclub Attendees in the United States,» was recently published in The American Journal on Addictions.
At any rate, caffeine is the most used psychoactive substance on the planet, therefore, it must have at least some grip on the billions of people who consume caffeine daily.
Caffeine (1,3,7 - trimethylxanthine) is the world's most frequently ingested psychoactive substance, 1 with approximately 80 % consumed in the form of coffee.2 However, its effect on depression is poorly understood and is understudied.
To help it attain these goals, the University and other partners and supporters, including the European Commission, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Anti-Doping Agency, among other academic institutions across Europe, are hosting the IV International Conference on Novel Psychoactive Substances 30 — 31 May 2016 in Budapest.
Dr Laura Orsolini, Senior Research Assistant at the University of Hertfordshire, is a specialist on the deep web and works on the EU - funded EPS / NPS Project - Enhancing Police Skills concerning Novel Psychoactive Substances.
Provides an overview of the historical context, etiological theories, and psychoactive impact of substances on the brain.