This guidance is to help researchers understand the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, which comes into effect on 26 May 2016. The act bans psychoactive substances, also known as ‘legal highs’, in the UK (home Office)
Bibliography: Domestic Policy Issues
Circular 004/2016: Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
Provides information about the Psychoactive Substances Act, which comes into effect on Thursday 26 May 2016 (Home Office)
Scottish Drug Misuse Database
[PDF] Overview of Initial Assessments for Specialist Drug Treatment 2014/15 (ISD Scotland)
Reviewing the indicators in the Public Health Outcome Framework
See section 5 (Parliament UK)
Landmark law to tackle legal highs commences later this month
The UK will be the first country in the world to put in place a rigorous system of testing to demonstrate that a substance is capable of having a psychoactive effect, providing evidence to support civil action and prosecutions (Home Office)
Deaths from ‘legal highs’
A blanket ban of so-called ‘legal highs’ is due to come into effect this spring, following long-running concerns over how quickly they are being created and the potential harms they pose (Office of National Statistics)
ACMD work programme for 2016
Letter to the Home Secretary from the chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, outlining their work programme for 2016 (AMCD)
Marijuana Legalization in Colorado: Early Findings
A Report Pursuant to Senate Bill 13-283 (Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice)
Precursor chemical licensing
Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals (Home Office)
Public Health England Strategic Plan
Includes alcohol and drug use (Public Health England)
The Challenge of Being Young in Modern Britain
Includes substance abuse (YMCA)
Controlled drugs: safe use and management
Providers of services where controlled drugs are used, for example, substance misuse services, ambulance services, home care providers, community pharmacies, community health providers, GPs and other independent prescribers, dispensing doctors, voluntary agencies and charities (NICE)
An evaluation of the CAD Family Focused Drug Education Programme and Tutor Training Programme
This report presents the results of a pilot training evaluation in the North East region to assess (1) the training and delivery of the CAD Family Focus Tutor Training programme and (2) the impact of the CAD Family Focus Drug Education programme on participants (North East Regional Drug & Alcohol Task Force)
National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016
Progress Report to End 2015 (Drugs.ie)
Effect of policy, economics, and the changing alcohol marketplace on alcohol related deaths in England and Wales
The economic downturn and rises in alcohol taxation seem to have stemmed the persistent rise in alcohol related deaths in England and Wales (BMJ)
5 countries experimenting with liberal drug laws
Uruguay, Portugal, Czech Republic, Switzerland, USA (Tech Insider)
Views on alcohol and drug related issues
Findings from the September 2015 Northern Ireland Omnibus Survey (Department of Justice (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency)
Modern crime prevention strategy
The modern crime prevention strategy builds on new research, techniques and technology to update the way we think about crime prevention (Home Office)
A regulated cannabis market for the UK
This groundbreaking report sets out how the legal production and supply of cannabis could work in the UK. It was established in the autumn by Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Norman Lamb MP. The expert panel was chaired by Steve Rolles, Senior Policy Analyst from Transform Drug Policy Foundation
Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy
Final Annual Report (NHS Health Scotland)
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