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The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
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.
Legislation has been laid in Parliament to ban xylazine and 21 other dangerous drugs.
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.
If you've used illegal drugs or misused drugs you must tell DVLA - download the correct form to let them know
FCDO travel advice for the Dominican Republic. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
A man who had unlicensed medicines sent to his parents’ address, has been sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to a term of imprisonment, having earlier been found guilty of criminal activity in May. The sentencing follows an investigation by the...
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