The following sources provide useful information about current drugs and alcohol policy in the UK. You might find it useful to look at some of these sources before your meeting, or
to have some of them available for participants to look at.
Government and Parliament
Tackling Drugs To Build A Better Britain: second national plan (1998)
http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm39/3945/3945.htm
Updated Drug Strategy (2002)
http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/publication-search/drug-strategy/updated-drug-strategy-2002.pdf
"The Government's Drug Strategy: Is It Working?"Third Report of the Home Affairs Select Committee, May 2002UK Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2001, National Criminal Intelligence Services
The Heroin Inquiry: John Mann MP (October 2002)
"Drugs: our community, your say": Home Office (2007)
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/drugs-our-community-consultation
European
Annual Report of the State of the Drugs Problem in the European Union 2006, European Monitoring Service for Drug and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/?nNodeID=419
International
World Drug Report 2000, UN Office of Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) http://www.unodc.org/unodc/world_drug_report.html
Pamphlets and interesting articles
"The Real Deal" by John Mann MP (Fabian Society)
"How much do drugs cost?" by DrugScope
http://www.drugscope.org.uk/resources/faqs/faqpages/how-much-do-drugs-cost.htm
Guardian, 1st September 2007, "The End of the Tracks?" by Adrian Clark
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,,2159091,00.html
Websites
Home Office Drugs page
http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/
Home Office Alcohol Strategy
http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/drugsalcohol/drugsalcohol88.htm
Turning Point
http://www.turning-point.co.uk/
DrugScope
http://www.drugscope.org.uk/
Transform
http://www.tdpf.org.uk/
National Treatment Agency
http://www.nta.nhs.uk/default.aspx
Alcohol Concern
http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/servlets/home
Institute of Alcohol Studies
http://www.ias.org.uk/
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