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Foresight project looking at how future scientific advances may affect our understanding of addiction and drug use.
Safety leaflet on opioid medicines to help patients and their families reduce the risks of harm.
Dame Carol Black's independent review into the effects on employment outcomes of drug or alcohol addiction and obesity.
Applying for an individual domestic drugs licence to prescribe cocaine, diamorphine and dipipanone for the treatment of addiction.
Research with claimants to inform Dame Carol Black's report 'Drug and alcohol addiction, and obesity: effects on employment outcomes'.
A 10-year plan to cut crime and save lives by reducing the supply and demand for drugs and delivering a high-quality treatment and recovery system.
Resource for commissioners, providers and clinicians to identify the essential functions of addiction specialist doctors in recovery oriented treatment.
People are urged to seek advice from healthcare professionals if they feel they have become dependent on or addicted to codeine linctus.
Foresight report looking at how future scientific advances may affect our understanding of addiction and drug use.
A call for evidence to inform an independent review into the effects on employment outcomes of drug or alcohol addiction and obesity.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with drug or alcohol misuse or dependence.
Statistics to support improvements in decision making when planning alcohol and drug misuse treatment services.
Review of the outcomes of the Foresight 'Brain science, addiction and drugs' project in the year following its launch.
Every local authority across England to be allocated additional funding to help combat drug and alcohol misuse.
Advice for healthcare professionals on the reclassification of codeine linctus to a prescription-only medicine (POM), following a public consultation.
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