Illegal drugs laws: clearing a 50-year-old obstacle to research.
The United Nations drug control conventions of 1960 and 1971 and later additions have inadvertently resulted in perhaps the greatest restrictions of medical and life sciences research. These conventions now need to be revised to allow neuroscience to progress unimpeded and to assist in the innovatio...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
|
| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4307971?pdf=render |
| _version_ | 1818864724805156864 |
|---|---|
| author | David Nutt |
| author_facet | David Nutt |
| author_sort | David Nutt |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The United Nations drug control conventions of 1960 and 1971 and later additions have inadvertently resulted in perhaps the greatest restrictions of medical and life sciences research. These conventions now need to be revised to allow neuroscience to progress unimpeded and to assist in the innovation of treatments for brain disorders. In the meantime, local changes, such as the United Kingdom moving cannabis from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2, should be implemented to allow medical research to develop appropriately. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-19T10:36:13Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-7447dd9dec50448fb876d87a9b915522 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1544-9173 1545-7885 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-19T10:36:13Z |
| publishDate | 2015-01-01 |
| publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| record_format | Article |
| series | PLoS Biology |
| spelling | doaj.art-7447dd9dec50448fb876d87a9b9155222022-12-21T20:25:36ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Biology1544-91731545-78852015-01-01131e100204710.1371/journal.pbio.1002047Illegal drugs laws: clearing a 50-year-old obstacle to research.David NuttThe United Nations drug control conventions of 1960 and 1971 and later additions have inadvertently resulted in perhaps the greatest restrictions of medical and life sciences research. These conventions now need to be revised to allow neuroscience to progress unimpeded and to assist in the innovation of treatments for brain disorders. In the meantime, local changes, such as the United Kingdom moving cannabis from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2, should be implemented to allow medical research to develop appropriately.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4307971?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | David Nutt Illegal drugs laws: clearing a 50-year-old obstacle to research. PLoS Biology |
| title | Illegal drugs laws: clearing a 50-year-old obstacle to research. |
| title_full | Illegal drugs laws: clearing a 50-year-old obstacle to research. |
| title_fullStr | Illegal drugs laws: clearing a 50-year-old obstacle to research. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Illegal drugs laws: clearing a 50-year-old obstacle to research. |
| title_short | Illegal drugs laws: clearing a 50-year-old obstacle to research. |
| title_sort | illegal drugs laws clearing a 50 year old obstacle to research |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4307971?pdf=render |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT davidnutt illegaldrugslawsclearinga50yearoldobstacletoresearch |