The Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) is the UK’s official drugs advisory group and made up of independent experts who advise the government on drugs policy. They have made a recommendation to the Home Office that the legal high desoxypipradrol (2-DPMP), also known as  ’Ivory Wave’, should join Methadrone and become a Class B drug.

Professor Les Iversen, chair of the ACMD, said: “The health effects of desoxypipradrol (2-DPMP) and its related compounds correspond with those related to other Class B drugs and have the potential to cause harm. That is why we are recommending that the government takes action to control the substance under the Misuse of Drugs Act”.