UK DRUG POLICY ORGANISATIONS, CAMPAIGNS AND RESEARCH ::

Drugscope
www.drugscope.org.uk

Drugscope Members Survey November 2001 - See Report of DrugScope members survey on current UK drugs policy carried out to inform the Home Affairs select committee enquiry on drugs policy]

Transform
www.tdpf.org.uk

Release
www.release.org.uk

Scottish Drugs Forum
www.sdf.org.uk

DRCNet Online Library of Drug Policy
www.druglibrary.org

Schaffer Library of Drug Policy
www.druglibrary.org/schaffer

Joseph Rowntree Foundation
www.jrf.org.uk

Findings
www.drugandalcoholfindings.org

The UK Harm Reduction Alliance (UKHRA)
www.ukhra.org

National Drug Prevention Alliance
www.drugprevent.demon.co.uk

Forest
http://www.forest-on-smoking.org.uk/
Tobacco smokers rights group (funded by the tobacco industry).

UK GOVERNMENT ::

Updated National Drug Strategy 2002
www.drugs.gov.uk/NationalStrategy

Government Internet Portal
www.open.gov.uk

Government Drugs Policy
www.drugs.gov.uk

Home Office
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/
Headed by the Home Secretary Charles Clarke, this department oversees the entire criminal justice system and therefore has ultimate responsibility for drug laws and enforcement

Home Office Drug Research Page
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/drugs1.html
Latest drug policy research and statistics from the Home Office

Drugs Strategy Directorate
www.drugs.gov.uk/NationalStrategy/UKGovernment/HomeOffice/DSD
Based in the Home Office, the Drugs Strategy Directorate oversees the delivery of the National Drugs Strategy's aims through the work of drug action teams (DATs). The Directorate works closely with the Department of Health (DH), the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and the Treasury as well as with key agencies.
Drug Legislation and Enforcement Unit - DLEU
Treatment and Young People Drugs Unit - TYPDU
DSD Directorate Secretariat Unit
Drug Interventions Programme Drugs Unit - DIP(DU)
Partnership and Performance Support Unit - PPSU

The Research Development & Statistics Directorate (RDS)
RDS collects research and statistical data about drug use that is used to inform Government policy and strategy

Home Office Drugs and Crime Page with Literature/Research Links
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/tacklingdrugs/drugscrime/index.html

Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD)
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/tacklingdrugs/misuse/acmd/index.html

HM Treasury
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/

HM Customs and Excise
www.hmce.gov.uk/

Department of Health, Drug Misuse Information
www.doh.gov.uk/drugs/

National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
www.nta.nhs.uk/

Health and Safety Executive
www.hse.gov.uk/alcoholdrugs/index.htm

Department for Education
www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/guidanceonthelaw/4_95/contents.htm

The Homelessness Directorate
www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_homelessness/documents/sectionhomepage/odpm_homelessness_page.hcsp

The Social Exclusion Unit
www.socialexclusionunit.gov.uk/index.htm

The Number 10 Strategy Unit
www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page77.asp

UK Parliament site
www.parliament.uk

House of Commons
www.parliament.uk/about_commons/about_commons.cfm

House of Lords
www.parliament.uk/about_lords/about_lords.cfm

Hansard
www.parliament.uk/hansard/hansard2.cfm

Parliamentary committees
www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/parliamentary_committees16.cfm

Home Affairs Select Committee report on UK drug policy
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmhaff/318/31802.htm

All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Misuse
Drugscope ( www.drugscope.org.uk ) act as the secretariat and the group can be contacted through them

European Parliament
www.europarl.eu.int

POLICY REPORTS ::

Home Affairs Select Committee report: The Government's Drugs Policy: Is It Working?
HC 318-I ISBN 0 10 500334 9
Published: 9 May 2002
At the Home Affairs Select Committee page on the House of Commons web site you can read the final report in full, along with committee proceedings, full text of submissions and transcripts of all oral evidence.

Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Misuse Of Drugs Act 1971 Police Foundation (2000)
Chairman: Viscountess Runciman DBE
Read the report here

Drugs: Dilemmas and Choices (2000)
A Working Party of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal College of Physicians
The full report is available at a cost of £9.50
Read a summary of the findings here

From War to Work: Drug Treatment, Social Inclusion and Enterprise (2002)
Published by: the Foreign policy Centre
Written by: Rowena Young
Read a pdf. version of the report here

Cleveland Police Report on Drugs
By: Barry Shaw QPM, BA. (Hons) Chief Constable, Cleveland Constabulary
Read the report here

Room for Manoeuvre (March 2000)
Published by: Drugscope
By: Nicholas Dorn and Alison Jamieson
Read a pdf. version of the report here

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES ::

House of Lords debate on Drugs policy 02.07.02

House of Lords debate on Drug Treatment Centres 04.12.02

House of Commons debate on drug policy 05.12.02

House of Lords debate on cannabis and mental health 28.01.03

House of Lords debate on drug courts 06.03.03

House of Lords debate on penalties for Drugs Dealing with Children 26.03.03

Westminster Hall debate on drugs 22.05.03
Cross house debate on the following issues
Drug use in schools
Medical use of cannabis
Drug rehabilitation
Gun culture
Benzodiazepines
Drug education
Ex-prisoners (relapse, reoffending)
Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTOs)
Drug smuggling
Gang culture
Drugs in rural areas

House of Lords drug debate 11.06.03

House of Lords debate on drugs and vulnerable children 03.07.03

House of Commons debate on Cannabis reclassification 29.10.03

PARTY POLICIES ::

The Labour Party
www.labour.org.uk

The Government's updated (2002) ten year drug strategy can be read in full and in summary version at
www.drugs.gov.uk/NationalStrategy

Prime Minister outlines crackdown on drugs
Thursday 25 November 2004
Extracts from speech by Tony Blair, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party
http://www.labour.org.uk/ac2004news?ux_news_id=pmdrugcrackdown

The Conservative Party
www.conservative-party.org.uk

Conservative Party Drugs Policy
March 2001
http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=252

Michael Howard announces Conservative Action on Drugs
Thursday November 25, 2004
http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=117583

Challenge to Charles Clarke on drugs
Monday December 20, 2004
http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=118223

The Liberal Democrats Party
www.libdems.org.uk

Honesty, Realism, Responsibility
Spring 2002: Policies for Drugs Law Reform

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES ::

House of Lords debate on Drugs policy 02.07.02

House of Lords debate on Drug Treatment Centres 04.12.02

House of Commons debate on drug policy 05.12.02

House of Lords debate on cannabis and mental health 28.01.03

House of Lords debate on drug courts 06.03.03

House of Lords debate on penalties for Drugs Dealing with Children 26.03.03

Westminster Hall debate on drugs 22.05.03
Cross house debate on the following issues
Drug use in schools
Medical use of cannabis
Drug rehabilitation
Gun culture
Benzodiazepines
Drug education
Ex-prisoners (relapse, reoffending)
Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTOs)
Drug smuggling
Gang culture
Drugs in rural areas

House of Lords drug debate 11.06.03

House of Lords debate on drugs and vulnerable children 03.07.03

House of Commons debate on Cannabis reclassification 29.10.03

PARTY POLICIES ::

The Labour Party
www.labour.org.uk

The Government's updated (2002) ten year drug strategy can be read in full and in summary version at
www.drugs.gov.uk/NationalStrategy

Prime Minister outlines crackdown on drugs
Thursday 25 November 2004
Extracts from speech by Tony Blair, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party
http://www.labour.org.uk/ac2004news?ux_news_id=pmdrugcrackdown

The Conservative Party
www.conservative-party.org.uk

Conservative Party Drugs Policy
March 2001
http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=252

Michael Howard announces Conservative Action on Drugs
Thursday November 25, 2004
http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=117583

Challenge to Charles Clarke on drugs
Monday December 20, 2004
http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=118223

The Liberal Democrats Party
www.libdems.org.uk

Honesty, Realism, Responsibility
Spring 2002: Policies for Drugs Law Reform

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