The use of magic mushrooms has increased in the UK in the last few years, in part due to a trend for microdosing - tiny doses "below the perceptual threshold". Many users are parents, who say the drug helps with the stresses of modern day life.
The new drug, kush, "contains a mixture of chemicals including tramadol, cannabis, fentanyl and sometimes formaldehyde," expert Ian Hamilton told Newsweek.
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Policy makers must shed outdated thinking and deploy evidence based interventions
The 2021 UK drug strategy, From Harm to Hope , presented an ambitious programme that sought to tackle more than a decade of increases in drug related harm.1 The National Audit Office’s (NAO) recent value for money report identified mixed progress towards the strategy’s objectives,2 with greater numbers of drug workers entering the sector but concerns about local implementation of some actions, the ability of government to evaluate policy impact, and sustainability of strategy actions beyond 2024-25. The NAO also called for an urgent plan to reduce demand for illegal drugs.
A headline priority of the 2021 strategy is to develop a “generational shift” in attitudes towards drugs, and reduce overall use across the population to a “30 year low.” Preventing drug use has always been implicit in drug policy, but this made it a key indicator for the first time. Population prevalence of drug use is al