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[…] burnt. They are used by people who want to stop smoking but who do not want to or cannot stop using nicotine.  A visit to e-cigarettes and vaping websites indicates extraordinary testimony of their successful use by long-term smokers. E-cigarettes contain some potentially harmful constituents but at traces very much lower than found in […]

[…] cessation. There were many things that we could do and should be thinking about ‘rather than just getting people on a script’, he said, such as offering vaping pens to replace the ‘crappy roll-ups’ that caused lung disease. With evidence being ignored on many initiatives that would have a positive impact, Stevens concluded that […]

[…] call to improve the process to enable e-cigarettes to be licensed as medicines is extremely welcome. E-cigarettes have already helped many smokers to quit, but they could help many more. Licensed products could transform the public’s understanding of e-cigarettes and help many more smokers see vaping as a viable alternative to smoking.’  E-cigarettes report here

The powerful non-opioid tranquiliser xylazine has infiltrated the UK’s drug market and is ‘not limited to heroin supplies’, according to a new report by researchers at King’s College London (KCL).  The drug, known in the US as ‘tranq’ or ‘tranq dope’ – especially when mixed with fentanyl or heroin – has been associated with dangerous side […]

We’ve had more than enough time to prepare for the crisis we’re facing with nitazenes and other synthetic opioids. It’s vital we do the right things now, says Kevin Flemen. We should be very concerned about the issue of high-potency novel opioids. While increased media coverage and the establishment of a ‘cross-government task force on […]

Media savvy The news and views from the national media If the Lib Dems have any function now, it’s on issues such as drug decriminalisation, child detention, prison reform, surveillance: civil liberties. With Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour we have a puritanical left where personal freedom is less important than some holier-than-thou posturing. The hair shirt opposite […]

[…] becoming increasingly diverse – as well as potent – the document states, with a ‘range of natural semi-synthetic and synthetic cannabinoids available in many different forms’ including edibles, vaping products, oils and ‘concentrates’. Cannabis represents an ‘attractive market’ for serious and organised crime, the report says. While criminal networks involved in the cannabis market tend […]

Release, alongside EuroNPUD and other drug treatment service colleagues in the UK, have produced harm reduction advice on nitazenes. There has been an increase of nitazenes detected across the UK drug supply. These substances are a class of synthetic opioids that are believed to be as strong (or stronger) than fentanyl.  The 2022 Afghan ban […]

Sixty-three per cent of people who died a drug-related death in Scotland lived alone ‘all of the time’, according to new analysis by Public Health Scotland (PHS). The agency has published a review of the circumstances of everyone who experienced a drug-related death in the country in 2019 and 2020. Just under half of the […]

[…] an eye-watering level of deception, read about the fight to end the reign of the killer cigarette (p16). Will the combustible cling to power – or will vaping save the day?  As always, we want your views! Read the February issue as an online magazine or download the PDF here Claire Brown, editor Please send your […]