06-09-2006

The Misuse of Drugs Act

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HOME OFFICE

TRANSFORM

DRUGSCOPE

WIKEPEDIA

LIFELINE PROJECT
Russell Newcombe

THE 1971 MODA ORIGINAL VERSION

HOUSE OF COMMONS Science and Technology Committee

DAILY DOSE

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME

GUARDIAN UNLIMITED



Alcopops Poster (K1)
The poster and postcards feature information on: drinking, driving and overcrowding cars; advertising; alcohol content; drinking to appear hard, risky situations; drinking alone and helping friends. Space is provided for local information.
Who do they tell? (A46)
8 page booklet detailing the records that are kept by drug services about their clients and in what circumstances information is shared. Includes information about the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System and the Treatments Outcome Profile.
Features
Dr Russell Newcome on the ACMD report on cannabis
Russell offers a critique of the Home Office report ‘Further consideration of the classification of cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971’ recently published by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
Department for Work and Pensions paper on Drug use
Population estimates of problematic drug users in England who access DWP benefits: A feasibility study

A report of research carried out by the University of Glasgow and the University of Bath on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions Gordon Hay and Linda Bauld