Alcohol-related crime and the 24-hour city, 2016 The Mayor is committed to growing the capital’s Night-Time Economy (NTE) and has proposed appointing a ‘Night Mayor’. This, coupled with the introduction of the Night-Tube, means that London is well on its…
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Education/Prevention – alcohol
Drinkaware unveils new shared ambition to reduce number of risky drinkers in the UK by 2 millionDrinkaware, the UK’s leading charity tackling alcohol harm, has today launched a new five-year strategy setting out an ambitious shared target to reduce the…
Reform debate – drugs
Drugs: Third Report of Session 2022–23 (2023) In this report the Committee calls for a new legislative and funding framework that enables practical, risk-reducing interventions such as establishing a pilot drug consumption facility and drug testing at festivals. It further…
Criminal justice – drugs
The costs of tackling drug harms in prisons In April 2025, approximately 40,000 people in prisons in England and Wales (50%) had an identified drug problem. Misuse of illicit drugs by people in prison creates or exacerbates risks to their…
Education/Prevention – drugs
A whole-system response to drug prevention in the UK The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) was commissioned in July 2023 to provide advice on drug prevention for young people, supporting the 10-year national drugs strategy (‘From harm to…
Treatment/Recovery – drugs
Implementation of the Treatment and Recovery Portfolio of the ‘From Harm to Hope’ drug strategy in EnglandWe conducted a mixed-methods process evaluation of the first three years of implementation of the Treatment and Recovery Portfolio of the UK government’s 10-year…
New psychoactive substances
Designer drugs, legal highs, NPS, novel psychoactive substances, research chemicals What are New Psychoactive Substances? New psychoactive substances (NPS) are drugs which were designed to replicate the effects of illegal substances like cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy whilst remaining legal – hence…
Needle fixation
What is needle fixation? A person with a needle fixation enjoys and often craves the act of injecting a drug, as much as the drug itself – often the two pleasures go hand in hand. Such a user will divide…
Naphyrone
Please note that the information on this page (and other DrugSearch pages) is being updated What is Naphyrone? Naphyrone, a white crystalline powder often sold under brand names like NRG-1 and Energy1, is a stimulant drug with effects similar to…
Naloxone
What is Naloxone? Naloxone is a medicine which can temporarily reverse the effects of an overdose caused by opiates and opioids and opioids such as heroin, methadone, morphine, codeine or buprenorphine. The most life-threatening effect of opiates is to slow…