Substance use harms during Covid-19
This is blog 3 of 10 blogs in the overdose awareness and prevention series.
Overdose risks: impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
What impact is the Covid-19 pandemic having on substance use …
Research into overdose statistics
This is blog 2 of 10 blogs on the topic of overdose statistics, drug overdose awareness and overdose prevention.
International Drug Overdose Awareness Day is held annually on 31 August 2021.
Led by …
Diversion of drugs for non-medical use (NMU)
This is blog 1 of 10 blogs on the topic of non-medical use of prescription medicines and overdose risks. This blog is part of the series on drug …
Faecal microbiota transplants are quickly gaining popularity around the world. If you have heard of FMT, chances are either you are not particularly squeamish or you have had enough time to digest the concept, …
To start understanding mRNA vaccines we need to begin with talking about viruses. Although viruses fall under the field of microbiology, they are not considered as true living organisms in the conventional sense, as …
As the medical cannabis industry matures, a question has started popping up more frequently regarding medicinal cannabis stability, namely: “What do I put down for shelf life/expiry for a new medicinal cannabis product?”
In this …
I’m often asked to clarify the difference between TGA Medicinal Cannabis and EU GMP Medicinal Cannabis, i.e. who is that has the highest “Gold Standard” for Medicinal Cannabis? I suspect this has come about …
Given the TGA’s strict supply pathways it would be easy to assume that medicinal cannabis is reserved solely for humans, however, this is not the case. In fact, veterinarians are also able to use …
Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour (HPV) or Vapour-phase Hydrogen Peroxide Systems (VHP) as it’s more commonly known, has been used for many years as a contactless method of decontaminating cleanrooms and hospitals. It has also seen …
On 01 September 2020, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) published new guidance on how medical devices will be regulated in the UK from 01 January 2021, following the UK departure from …
