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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.
Evidence and guidance to help health professionals identify, prevent or reduce drug-related harm.
Funding to local councils to help them improve their drug and alcohol treatment and recovery systems, from 2025 to 2026.
These pdf documents contain information on dealing with drug issues, helpful websites, free helplines and community support.
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.
Information for people in drug and alcohol treatment about sharing their information with the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System.
Guidance for local authorities to support them in commissioning effective alcohol and drug treatment and recovery services in their areas.
Advice for drug treatment and recovery workers to help them to deliver safe and effective OST to service users.
Guidance on commissioning and providing better care for people with co-occurring mental health, and alcohol and drug use conditions.
A toolkit containing guidance, data and other resources to support professionals who are helping families affected by parental alcohol and drug problems.
A guide for local authorities and substance misuse services to help them work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
Evidence and guidance on the benefits of mutual aid in preventing and treating alcohol and drug dependency.
Guidance for alcohol and drug treatment services to help them get the balance right between providing remote and in-person interventions for service users.
This guide is about infections that occur in people who inject drugs (PWID).
Recommendations for prescribing methadone and buprenorphine to people in treatment for opioid dependence in England.
Information for drug services to help them prevent, identify, treat and manage wounds in people who inject drugs.
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