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The Drug Interventions Programme is a key part of the United Kingdom's strategy for tackling drug abuse. [1] It aims to engage drug-misusing offenders involved in the Criminal Justice system in formal addiction treatment and other support, thereby reducing drug-related harm and reducing offending behaviour. [2] Introduced in 2003, it formed a ...
These drugs are known in the UK as controlled drug, because this is the term by which the act itself refers to them.In more general terms, however, many of these drugs are also controlled by the Medicines Act 1968, there are many other drugs which are controlled by the Medicines Act but not by the Misuse of Drugs Act, and some other drugs (alcohol, for example) are controlled by other laws.
The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order: S.I. 2009/3209 2016: Psychoactive Substances Act 2016: 2016: The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) Order 650: 2016: The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 1109: 2016: The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) (No. 2) Order 1126: 2017: The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 ...
Planning permission has been granted for a new £3.6m substance misuse centre. ... The new building has been designed to meet the "increasing demand" for help for drug and alcohol abusers ...
CGL is a national provider of support, treatment and rehabilitation programmes for those with substance misuse problems, crime and lack of opportunity. CGL's service users include: Adults and young people with substance misuse problems; People who are homeless and living and working on the streets; Offenders in prison and those serving ...
All of these agencies focus on coordinating services for their local communities. These services, according to the Bournemouth DAAT, can include: identifying important local drug misuse issues; creating local action plans and programmes; designing treatment and other interventions to help people with substance abuse issues; support alcohol and drug interventions; develop and support recovery ...
Office in Farringdon, London. We Are With You (formerly known as Addaction) are a British charity founded in 1967 that support people to make positive behavioural changes, most notably with alcohol abuse, drug misuse, and mental health.
Transform Drug Policy Foundation (Transform) [2] is a registered non-profit charity based in the United Kingdom working in drug policy reform.As an independent think tank, Transform works to promote public health, social justice and human rights through drug policy reform, seeking to achieve these goals through the legal regulation of the production, supply and use of drugs.