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Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Home Office

Apr. 10 2024

Source Page: Fighting retail crime: more action
Document: Fighting retail crime: more action (PDF)

Found: of prolific offending , with an estimated 70% of shop theft being com mitted by frequent users of heroin

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Home Office

Apr. 03 2024

Source Page: Nearly 100,000 drug tests carried out to tackle root causes of drug driven crime
Document: Nearly 100,000 drug tests carried out to tackle root causes of drug driven crime (webpage)

Found: cent of positive tests were for both cocaine and opiates whilst 4% tested positive for opiates such as heroin

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Mar. 27 2024

Source Page: ACMD advice on acyl piperazine opioids, including 2-methyl-AP-237
Document: ACMD advice on acyl piperazine opioids, including 2-methyl-AP-237 (PDF)

Found: As with traditi onal opioids such as heroin, these drugs activate µ opioid receptors , leading to dose

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Mar. 27 2024

Source Page: ACMD advice on acyl piperazine opioids, including 2-methyl-AP-237
Document: Cover letter from ACMD with advice on acyl piperazine opioids, including 2-methyl-AP-237 (PDF)

Found: There is a substantial risk that the recent Taliban ban on growing opium poppy for heroin production

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Home Office

Mar. 20 2024

Source Page: More synthetic opioids banned to protect communities
Document: More synthetic opioids banned to protect communities (webpage)

Found: Crime and Policing Minister Chris Philp said:   Synthetic opioids are significantly more toxic than heroin

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Mar. 20 2024

Source Page: More synthetic opioids banned to protect communities
Document: More synthetic opioids banned to protect communities (webpage)

Found: Crime and Policing Minister Chris Philp said:   Synthetic opioids are significantly more toxic than heroin

Westminster Hall
Access to Migraine Treatment - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Owen Thompson (SNP - Midlothian) It is still classed as a schedule 1 drug, like crack cocaine or heroin, so the blocks to simply researching - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Ministry of Justice

Mar. 19 2024

Source Page: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2023
Document: (Excel)

Found: Class A0921109211 - Production of or being concerned in production of a controlled drug - class A (heroin

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Mar. 14 2024

Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 29 May 2023
Document: FOI 23/351 - attachment 1 (PDF)

Found: (e.g. pol ycythaemia, sic kle cell anemia, dysproteinemia) Drug abuse (i.e. cocaine, amphetamines, heroin

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Mar. 14 2024

Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 19 June 2023
Document: FOI 23/264 (PDF)

Found: the fatal cases for which figures are provided i n response to question 2 and 3 involve d use of heroin