Over-the-counter opioids: does Britain have a codeine problem?
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Read moreDr Amira Guirguis is a pharmacist who gained her PhD in the in-field detection of New Psychoactive Substance (NPS). She is the MPharm Programme Director at Swansea University Medical School and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is the Scheduled Drugs Lead of the RPS (Royal Pharmaceutical Society) Science and Research Committee, a committee member of JPAG (Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group), RPS London North West, Research Strategy Implementation Group for Wales (RSIG), and a member of the RPS Medicines, Ethics and Practice advisory board. Her research interests focus on enhancing the in-field detection of NPS, training and education of healthcare professionals on NPS, and developing harm reduction interventions including establishing Drug Checking Services.
The popular Netflix series Painkiller shows the extent and deadliness of the US opioids addiction epidemic. But is it also...
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