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The most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation.
The following is a list of the most commonly encountered drugs currently…
A guide to the legislation enabling drug services and others to supply take home naloxone without a prescription to save a life in an emergency.
How clinicians should treat people with drug misuse and drug dependence problems.
A framework setting out actions to improve treatment for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions through better integrated care.
Guidance for health and social care professionals on using the ASSIST-Lite tool to identify substance use and provide appropriate intervention.
These pdf documents contain information on dealing with drug issues, helpful websites, free helplines and community support.
Guidance on supporting lived experience initiatives and recovery support services to help people start and sustain recovery from problem drug and alcohol use.
This chart shows the regulation of precursor chemicals in the UK.
Posters from the recent FRANK campaign which are available to order.
Funding to local councils to help them improve their drug and alcohol treatment and recovery systems, from 2025 to 2026.
Evidence and guidance on the benefits of mutual aid in preventing and treating alcohol and drug dependency.
Guidance for local authorities to support them in commissioning effective alcohol and drug treatment and recovery services in their areas.
A toolkit containing guidance, data and other resources to support professionals who are helping families affected by parental alcohol and drug problems.
Guidance for local authorities about alerting health professionals and the public to the risks of new and modified drugs.
Guidance on commissioning and providing injectable opioid treatment for people with opioid dependence who have not responded to oral treatment.
Guidance for alcohol and drug treatment services to help them get the balance right between providing remote and in-person interventions for service users.
These tables list the approved kits for the testing of heroin, morphine and amphetamine, cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and methylmethcathinone.
Advice for drug treatment and recovery workers to help them to deliver safe and effective OST to service users.
This guide is about infections that occur in people who inject drugs (PWID).
Information for people in drug and alcohol treatment about sharing their information with the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System.
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