Addiction Episodes

We talk about the people behind the statistics, role of coroners ,toxicology, deprivation & stigma of substance misuse, & why details recorded after death matter for preventing others

Dr Amira Guiguis is a pharmacist who gained her PhD in the in-field detection of New Psychoactive Substance (NPS) and is currently the MPharm Programme Director at Swansea University Medical School. We discuss the difficulties with supervised methadone administration during the pandemic and the surprising risks posed by herbal teas…