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The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
Border Force have made the highest number of illegal drug seizures since records began, as action at the border helps stop illegal drugs reaching the country.
It's illegal to drive if you're unfit to do so because you're on legal or illegal drugs, or you have certain levels of drugs or medicine in your blood
Explains changes to drug driving law and the guidance available for healthcare professionals and users of prescription medicine.
Fifteen new synthetic opioids and 5 other drugs will be banned as Class A drugs as the government continues to act to prevent drug deaths.
If you've used illegal drugs or misused drugs you must tell DVLA - download the correct form to let them know
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), working with law enforcement partners, seized more than 15.5 million doses of illegally traded medicines with a street value of more than £30 million during 2023.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) seized hundreds of thousands of doses of suspected illegally traded medicines, including powerful prescription-only medicines, following coordinated raids at two residential and two business premises across North Manchester.
Evidence and guidance to help health professionals identify, prevent or reduce drug-related harm.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with drug or alcohol misuse or dependence.
Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire promotes the UK’s balanced approach towards tackling drug use, with a focus on the challenge of synthetic opioids.
This series examines the extent and trends in illicit drug use among a sample of 16 to 59 year olds.
HMS Trent seizes £204m of cocaine in latest drugs bust. It takes the total value of drugs seized in their Caribbean operation to more than half a billion.
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