Alcohol regualtion and alternate influences

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs,

1. Which department regulates Alcohol.

2. Why has the ACMD not advised making Alcohol a controlled substance, given it has been proven with large amounts of scientific evidence to be more harmful and damaging than some controlled substances (like cannabis)?

3. Who is responsible for making the decision that Alcohol will not be a controlled substance?

Context: “The Home Office bases decisions on the classification of drugs on evidence
provided by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (‘ACMD’), an independent
expert body that advises the government on drug-related issues in the UK.”

4. If the evidence provided by the Advisory Council does not correlate with the classification of the substance, what other factors could the decision have been based on?

Yours faithfully,

Mr Hyde

ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Dear Mr Hyde,

Thank you for your query, which has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act.

We do not hold any information in relation to this request.

Best regards,

ACMD Secretariat
General enquiries and FOIs: [ACMD request email]
website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati...
Address: Home Office Science Secretariat, Home Office, 4th floor (NE), Peel Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF

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Dear ACMD,

Thanks for your short response - you do not know who is in charge of alcohol regulation?

Please send any information you have concerning alcohol.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Hyde

Dear ACMD,

Did you receive my reply re FOI 769964

I expect an update, please.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Hyde

ACMD, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Dear Mr Hyde,

Thank you for your email.

We do not hold any information in relation to this subject. If you wish to contact the alcohol team, please contact [email address] who will direct you to them.

Kind regards,
ACMD Secretariat

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