Information

Helpful links to information about individual drugs.

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Individual drugs

General

Drugsearch, a search facility from Drugscope

Erowid, an index of psychoactive plants and drugs from the Vaults of Erowid site, 'documenting the complex relationship between humans and psychoactives'

Substance Misuse Net, a portal for news and information on drug and alcohol misuse

Herbonline, an information resource from Haringey Drugs Information Team

Amphetamines

UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Ecstasy and Amphetamines: Global Survey 2003

Cannabis

Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, The classification of cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, 2005

Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme, Reclassification of cannabis in the United Kingdom, 2004

Joseph Rowntree Foundation, A growing market: the domestic cultivation of cannabis, 2003

Crack Cocaine

GLADA, 'An evidence base for the London crack cocaine strategy'

Ecstasy

Guardian, 'End of the affair'

Ketamine

Drug & Alcohol Education and Prevention Team, Ketamine: a briefing paper for drug education practitioners, 2005

Prevalence of use

BBC, 'Gauging the UK's drugs use'

Department of Health, Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2004: headline figures, 2005

Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from the 2003/04 British Crime Survey, England and Wales

Drugs Misuse Statistics Scotland

Drug use among vulnerable groups of young people: findings from the 2003 Crime and Justice Survey

Home Office Research Study 249, The economic and social costs of Class A drug use in England and Wales, 2000, 2002

London Health Observatory, Health in London - Life Style and Behaviour - Drug Misuse

Statistical Bulletin 2004/13, Statistics on young people and drug misuse: England 2003, 2004

Gender

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Differences in patterns of drug use between women and men, 2005

Drug and Alcohol Education and Prevention Team, Gender and Drug Education: a briefing paper for drug education practitioners, 2005

Ethnicity

Black and minority ethnic communities in England: a review of the literature on drug use, 2003

Home Office Findings 209, Ethnicity and drug use: key findings from the 2001/2002 British Crime Survey, 2003

Geographical distribution

Home Office Findings 229, Geographical Variations in Drug Use: key findings from the 2001/02 British Crime Survey, 2003

Current and future trends

Foresight, Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs project

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