Guidance

Five nations health and justice collaboration: psychoactive substances

Statement on the presence of new psychoactive substances in custodial settings.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 28 February 2017

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Five Nations Health and Justice Collaboration Statement on the presence of new psychoactive substances in custodial settings

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2016663

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This statement outlines how the European drug marketplace has become increasingly complex with an increasing number of new substances available alongside more established drugs and diverted medications.

The Five Nations Health and Justice Collaboration has been sharing increasing reports of NPS use in prisons across the five nations and their impact, not only on the health of the individual but also the prison regime, which has led to it to make this collective statement.

Published 28 February 2017