Substance Misuse - useful links
Adfam - click here
Adfam is a national charity working with families affected by drugs and alcohol and is a leading agency in substance related family work. It provides a range of publications and resources for families about substances and criminal justice, and operates an online message board and searchable database of local support groups that helps families hear about and talk to people who understand their situation. Adfam runs a range of training programmes on substances and family support. It also operates direct support services at London prisons for families of prisoners with drug problems.
Tackling Drugs Changing Lives (part of the Home Office's website) - click here
The Home Office is the government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales. This section of the website provides drugs professionals with the latest news and guidance from government about the Drugs Strategy.
Talk to Frank - click here
Provides free confidential drugs information and advice 24 hours a day.
Department of Health - click here
Provides substance misuse guidance and resources for professionals and managers involved in preventing and treating drug misuse. May also be of interest to members of the public whose lives are affected by drugs.
DrugData - click here & DrugSearch - click here
DrugScope has been created through the merger of the UK's foremost drug information and policy organisations: the Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence (ISDD) and the Standing Conference on Drug Abuse (SCODA) - two charities with a total of sixty years in the national and international drugs field. Telephone: 0870 774 3682. DrugData and DrugSearch (forming part of DrugScope's web site) is a database and encyclopaedia of drugs respectively.
The Site - click here
This website offers comprehensive information and contacts on a wide range of health-related topics for young people aged 16-25, including drug misuse. TheSite.org is produced and managed by YouthNet UK, a small registered charity founded in 1995.
Alcohol Concern - click here
Alcohol Concern is the national agency on alcohol misuse, working to reduce the incidence and costs of alcohol-related harm and to increase the range and quality of services available to people with alcohol-related problems. They provide information and encourage debate on the wide range of public policy issues affected by alcohol; including public health, housing, children and families, crime and licensing. They support specialist and non-specialist service providers helping to tackle alcohol problems at a local level, whilst also working to influence national alcohol policy.
The National Treatment Agency for substance misuse (NTA) - click here
The NTA aims to increase the availability, capacity and effectiveness of treatment for drug misuse in England. They are not a drug treatment service.
Domestic abuse
http://www.domesticabuserct.co.uk
Drug information programme
DRUG INTERVENTIONS PROGRAMME – 01443 494150
The Effect of Parental Substance Abuse on Young People
A report on the experiences of young people (15-27 years) affected by parental drug and/or alcohol misuse. The study found that many young people, despite the variety of their experiences, found ways to deal with their difficulties, showing resilience and the ability to adapt. |
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Parenting Capacity and Substance Misuse - click here
A briefing paper from Social Care Institute for Excellence.
Drug and Alcohol Training Oracle - click here
This site is sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government to increase the use of the Drug and Alcohol National Occupational (DANOS) standards in Wales by helping to identify the training needs of people working in the substance misuse field and to provide information about courses and other training opportunities that are available to help them meet these needs.
Additional Links
NICE website - school based interventions on alcohol
Transform Drug Policy Institute
Lifeline Project (drug information)
The Alliance (support group)
UK Harm Reduction Alliance
National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
Counselling Directory
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