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  • Substance misuse services for men involved in chemsex

    Briefing for drug and alcohol commissioners and providers about men who have sex with men (MSM) who use drugs before or during sexual activity (chemsex).

    • From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
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  • Health matters: preventing drug misuse deaths

    This professional resource outlines how providers and commissioners can prevent deaths from drug abuse.

    • From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
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  • Social return on investment of alcohol and drug treatment

    Guide for commissioners on how to carry out an SROI evaluation for substance misuse prevention, treatment and recovery interventions.

    • From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
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  • Wound aware: a resource for drug services

    Information for drug services to help them prevent, identify, treat and manage wounds in people who inject drugs.

    • From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
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  • Pregabalin and gabapentin: advice for prescribers on the risk of misuse

    Advice for prescribers on the risk of misuse of pregabalin and gabapentin, and suggestions for a balanced and rational use of these medicines.

    • From: NHS England and 1 others
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  • Developing local substance misuse safeguarding protocols

    Information on developing local joint protocols between drug and alcohol services, and children and family services.

    • From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
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  • Addiction treatment: education, training and employment (ETE)

    PHE NW Education, Training and Employment (ETE) forum advise on considerations for ETE support for clients in drug and alcohol treatment.

    • From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
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  • Role of addiction specialist doctors in drug and alcohol services

    Resource for commissioners, providers and clinicians to identify the essential functions of addiction specialist doctors in recovery oriented treatment.

    • From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
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  • ACMD's latest Methylamphetamine Advice

    The Home Secretary has accepted the ACMD’s recommendation to reclassify methylamphetamine to a Class A Drug.  Methylamphetamine (commonly referred…

    • From: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
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  • A summary of the health harms of drugs

    This essential guide for drug and treatment professionals provides the most up to date scientific evidence on the health harms arising from drug misuse.

    • From: Department of Health and Social Care
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  • User guide to drug misuse statistics

    Provides classifications, conventions used and other background information on the drug misuse releases.

    • From: Home Office
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  • Alcohol and drug treatment quality governance

    Quality governance guidance for local commissioners of alcohol and drug services.

    • From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
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  • County lines exploitation: applying All Our Health

    Guidance to help health professionals prevent child exploitation and protect vulnerable children that have been manipulated and coerced into crime.

    • From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
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  • Tuberculosis (TB) and substance misuse

    Guidance for workers involved in managing TB and substance misuse and guidance for those affected and their families.

    • From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
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  • Injectable opioid treatment: commissioning and providing services

    Guidance on commissioning and providing injectable opioid treatment for people with opioid dependence who have not responded to oral treatment.

    • From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
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  • Psychoactive Substances Act: guidance for researchers

    This guidance is to help researchers comply with the Psychoactive Substances Act, which comes into effect on 26 May 2016.

    • From: Home Office
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  • Widening the availability of naloxone

    Explains regulations that widen the availability of naloxone, a drug used as an antidote for heroin (or other opiate) overdoses.

    • From: Department of Health and Social Care and 2 others
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  • Drug health harms: national intelligence

    Briefings on the health harms associated with drug use based on presentations and discussions at the meeting of the national intelligence network.

    • From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
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  • Independent review of drugs, part 2: terms of reference

    Outlining what part 2 of the independent review will cover.

    • From: Department of Health and Social Care
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  • ACMD report on gamma-butyrolactone (GBL)

    ACMD recommendations regarding gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-BD. Date: Wed Aug 06 16:27:07 BST 2008 Full Document ACMD report on gamma…

    • From: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
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