The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 19731 were made in accordance with the powers granted to the Home Secretary by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The regulations, together with the Misuse of Drugs (Notification of and Supply to Addicts) Regulations 1973,2 came into operation on 1 July 1973. On the same date regulations 1, 2, 5, and schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 19733 c...

The misuse of drugs in sport is not a new phenomenon. It has occurred for centuries but adequate documentation is only available for the last 50 years. It was the deaths in sport because of misuse of drugs and also the increasing problem of drug misuse in society which called into play national and international reactions to deal with the problem. It has been stated that in the few years before...

Ms. McClain examines the government's role in developing and applying the False Claims Act. The article explores the use and effectiveness of the False Claims Act to target fraud and other abuses in the health care system. The article then addresses past inequitable misuse of the Act resulting from improper judicial interpretation of the Act and offers suggestions for curbing some of the strict...

Purpose This paper aims to consider the nature of cannabis-related harms under UK’s Misuse Drugs Act (MDA). Written for specific context this four-paper special section on 50 years MDA, it argues that MDA may cause more harm than prevents. Design/methodology/approach An opinion piece offering a structured overview prohibition. It summarises existing evidence ways in which prohibition exacerbate...

OBJECTIVE To produce an expert consensus hierarchy of harm to self and others from legal and illegal substance use. DESIGN Structured questionnaire with nine scored categories of harm for 19 different commonly used substances. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS 292 clinical experts from across Scotland. RESULTS There was no stepped categorical distinction in harm between the different legal and illegal...

Patients: 309 people, admitted for the first or second time, presenting with schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, or psychosis (DSMIV criteria). Participants had psychotic symptoms, not caused by substance misuse, for .4 weeks and scored 4 or more on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). People detained in hospital under the Mental...