We need to treat people who take street drugs as patients, not criminals Healthcare professionals have a role to play in improving care for people who take street drugs and providing better information on their drugs’ content, says Royal Pharmaceutical Society president Ash Soni.…
E-cigarettes: part of the solution or part of the problem? Marketing e-cigarettes towards children undermines the positive impact they have had on smoking rates in the UK.…
PHE guidance highlights role of community pharmacy in tackling opioid overdose Community pharmacies could be used as an outlet to boost the supply of take-home naloxone, a drug used to block the effects of opioids for individuals who are most in need, according to guidance from Public Health England.…
Synthetic opioids overtake prescription opioids as leading cause of US overdose deaths Synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, were implicated in more overdose-related deaths in 2016 than prescription opioids in the United States.…
RPS president speaks at Manchester street drugs debate Pharmacists are ideally situated to offer non-judgemental support to those addicted to illegal drugs, Ash Soni, president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said.…
Parliament hears call for national action plan on addiction to prescribed drugs A senior Labour Party politician has called for a national action plan and a national help line for people addicted to prescription drugs.…
Repurposing drugs to treat disturbances of learning and memory in neuropsychiatric disorders In high-income countries, such as the UK, mental health problems are among the most prevalent medical conditions.…
Pharmacy undergraduates work with drug misuse services The charity Addaction is giving final-year MPharm undergraduates the chance to witness drug misuse services first-hand, as part of their degree.…
Public Health England seeks to improve opioid substitution treatment Public Health England has launched an opioid treatment quality improvement programme, and aims to develop tools to improve the quality of treatment…
First pharmacy-based automated needle exchange opens in Lincolnshire What is thought to be the first automated clean needle dispenser in a UK community pharmacy opened in Sleaford in Lincolnshire in January 2018…