The most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 2 December 2019

• List of most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation

  The following is a list of the most commonly encountered drugs currently…

Guidance for commissioners and service providers for those dependent on drugs or alcohol.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and 1 others
• Updated: 7 April 2021

• COVID-19: guidance for commissioners and providers of services for people who use drugs or alcohol

  This guidance applies to England only. There is different advice for…

How clinicians should treat people with drug misuse and drug dependence problems.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 15 December 2017

Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 24 February 2021

These tables list the approved kits for the testing of heroin, morphine and amphetamine, cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and methylmethcathinone.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 4 August 2014

Document that defines the reference data (text to codal values) to use with the national drug treatment monitoring system (NDTMS) dataset.

• From: Public Health England
• Updated: 9 March 2020

A guide for local authorities and substance misuse services to help them work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

• From: Public Health England
• Updated: 4 December 2018

Guidance for health and social care professionals on using the ASSIST-Lite tool to identify substance use and provide appropriate intervention.

• From: Public Health England
• Updated: 7 April 2021

Evidence and guidance to help health professionals identify, prevent or reduce drug-related harm.

• From: Public Health England
• Updated: 8 April 2021

Guidance for local areas to identify problematic parental substance use to help commission services to reduce and prevent harm to children and families.

• From: Public Health England
• Updated: 22 May 2018

Guidance for commissioners, providers and clinicians on the roles of nurses in alcohol and drug treatment in England.

• From: Public Health England
• Updated: 20 October 2017

Business definitions for community drug and alcohol misuse treatment providers to input data items onto the national drug treatment monitoring system (NDTMS).

• From: Public Health England
• Updated: 3 July 2020

These pdf documents contain information on dealing with drug issues, helpful websites, free helplines and community support.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 8 April 2013

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

• From: Public Health England
• Updated: 19 March 2021

This chart shows the regulation of precursor chemicals in the UK.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 20 January 2021

Evidence and guidance on the benefits of mutual aid in preventing and treating alcohol and drug dependency.

• From: Public Health England
• Updated: 10 April 2018

Posters from the recent FRANK campaign which are available to order.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 6 October 2011

Guidance on commissioning and providing better care for people with co-occurring mental health, and alcohol and drug use conditions.

• From: Public Health England
• Updated: 26 July 2017

Guidelines for drug and alcohol treatment providers on sharing client's information with the National Drug and alcohol Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS).

• From: Public Health England
• Updated: 29 November 2018

Annual guidance on smoking, drinking and drug misuse for commissioners of tobacco control, drug and alcohol services for adults and young people.

• From: Public Health England
• Updated: 4 October 2018