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Services

  1. ACMD open meeting registration form

    Complete this form to attend the open meeting of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in London.

  2. ACMD open meeting March 2012

    Register for the ACMD open meeting here.

  3. ACMD open meeting 12 June 2014: registration form

    Complete this form to attend the 'Diversion and Illicit Supply of Medicines Inquiry – Evidence Gathering' open meeting of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.

  4. ACMD review on MDMA: registration form

    Register for the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs review on MDMA (ecstasy), 26 September 2008.

  5. ACMD open meeting registration form

    Complete this form to attend the open meeting of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in London.

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Controlled drugs list
    • Guidance
    • Home Office
  2. Drug misuse and dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management
    • Guidance
    • Department of Health and Social Care
  3. Precursor chemical licensing
    • Detailed guide
    • Home Office
  4. NDTMS: reference data
    • Guidance
    • Public Health England
  5. Health matters: rough sleeping
    • Guidance
    • Public Health England
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News and communications

Correspondence

Call for evidence: barriers to research with controlled drugs

Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

  1. ACMD public evidence gathering days: young people’s drug use and naloxone provision
    • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
    • News story
  2. Advice on Epidyolex
    • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
    • Correspondence
  3. Date set for UK-wide summit in Glasgow on tackling drug misuse
    • Department of Health and Social Care and Home Office
    • News story
  4. Misuse of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues
    • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
    • Correspondence
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Research and statistics

  1. Substance misuse treatment in secure settings: 2018 to 2019
    • Public Health England
    • Official statistics
  2. Shooting Up: infections among people who inject drugs in the UK
    • Public Health England
    • Research
  3. Substance misuse treatment for young people: statistics 2018 to 2019
    • Public Health England
    • National statistics
  4. Substance misuse treatment for adults: statistics 2018 to 2019
    • Public Health England
    • National statistics
  5. Review of Psychoactive Substances Act 2016: ACMD contribution
    • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
    • Research
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. NDTMS annual reports and methodology: proposed changes
    • Public Health England
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 25 August 2019
  2. NDTMS criminal justice intervention teams dataset: proposed changes
    • Public Health England
    • Closed consultation
    • Date closed 26 August 2019
  3. ACMD ageing cohort of drug users report: government response
    • Department of Health and Social Care
    • Policy paper
  4. Drug related harms in homeless populations: government response
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and Department of Health and Social Care
    • Policy paper
  5. Drugs policy and medicinal cannabis report: government response
    • Department of Health and Social Care
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Commissioning impact on drug treatment
    • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
    • Corporate report
  2. Drug strategy 2016: development review
    • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
    • Corporate report
  3. Psychoactive Substances Bill: evaluation review
    • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
    • Corporate report
  4. Methiopropamine: a review of the evidence of use and harm
    • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
    • Corporate report
  5. ACMD meeting minutes, 16 May 2013
    • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
    • Transparency
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