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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.
These pdf documents contain information on dealing with drug issues, helpful websites, free helplines and community support.
Guidance for health and social care professionals on using the ASSIST-Lite tool to identify substance use and provide appropriate intervention.
Posters from the recent FRANK campaign which are available to order.
Guidance on supporting lived experience initiatives and recovery support services to help people start and sustain recovery from problem drug and alcohol use.
Funding to local councils to help them improve their drug and alcohol treatment and recovery systems, from 2025 to 2026.
Information for people in drug and alcohol treatment about sharing their information with the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System.
A guide for local authorities and substance misuse services to help them work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
Guidance for local authorities to support them in commissioning effective alcohol and drug treatment and recovery services in their areas.
This chart shows the regulation of precursor chemicals in the UK.
Recommendations for prescribing methadone and buprenorphine to people in treatment for opioid dependence in England.
Guidance on commissioning and providing better care for people with co-occurring mental health, and alcohol and drug use conditions.
Information about drug strategy funding to local authorities to help them improve their drug and alcohol treatment and recovery systems.
New funding to local authorities to help them improve their drug and alcohol treatment and recovery systems, from 2023 to 2025.
Evidence and guidance on the benefits of mutual aid in preventing and treating alcohol and drug dependency.
This guide is about infections that occur in people who inject drugs (PWID).
Information for NHS and public health professionals focusing on the life course approach which aims to give people fairer life chances.
A toolkit containing guidance, data and other resources to support professionals who are helping families affected by parental alcohol and drug problems.
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