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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.
Guidance for health and social care professionals on using the ASSIST-Lite tool to identify substance use and provide appropriate intervention.
A framework setting out actions to improve treatment for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions through better integrated care.
These pdf documents contain information on dealing with drug issues, helpful websites, free helplines and community support.
Funding to local councils to help them improve their drug and alcohol treatment and recovery systems, from 2025 to 2026.
Guidance for local authorities to support them in commissioning effective alcohol and drug treatment and recovery services in their areas.
Posters from the recent FRANK campaign which are available to order.
Information for people in drug and alcohol treatment about sharing their information with the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System.
Guidance on supporting lived experience initiatives and recovery support services to help people start and sustain recovery from problem drug and alcohol use.
A toolkit to help local areas carry out a self-assessment to improve the residential drug and alcohol treatment that they commission.
Information for commissioners and providers of substance misuse services to help make the case for investing in drug and alcohol treatment and interventions.
Document outlining the National Combating Drugs Outcome Framework, including supporting metrics to monitor progress towards the outcomes in From Harm to Hope.
This guide is about infections that occur in people who inject drugs (PWID).
A guide for local authorities and substance misuse services to help them work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
Guidance on commissioning and providing better care for people with co-occurring mental health, and alcohol and drug use conditions.
Advice for drug treatment and recovery workers to help them to deliver safe and effective OST to service users.
Recommendations for prescribing methadone and buprenorphine to people in treatment for opioid dependence in England.
Guidance for alcohol and drug treatment services to help them get the balance right between providing remote and in-person interventions for service users.
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