Smokers urged to swap cigarettes for vapes in world first scheme (2023) One million smokers will be encouraged to swap cigarettes for vapes under a pioneering new ‘swap to stop’ scheme designed to improve the health of the nation and…
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Treatment/Recovery – drugs
Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Services Workforce Census This is the third national census for drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services and commissioning. It is designed to provide insights into the workforce size, skill mix and diversity in…
Heroin and other opiates
Boy, brown, china white, dragon, gear, H, horse, junk, skag, smack, diamorphine, morphine, methadone, opium, codeine, pethidine, dihydrocodeine (DF118), palfium, diconal, temgesic, physeptone What is heroin? Heroin (diamorphine) is one of a group of drugs called ‘opiates’. These drugs are…
Druglink in 2015
In 2015 Druglink changed format to become a website. Below are the articles published before DrugScope closed in March 2015: Further down a stony road: reporting on the 2014 Street Drugs Trend Survey; Love me tender: the state of the…
What’s the Government doing about drugs?
Latest funding and announcements October 2025The UK government launched a campaign aimed at 16 to 24 year olds and social media users to highlight the risks of using drugs such as ketamine, counterfeit medicines and adulterated THC vapes. The initiative…
What types of treatment are there?
People who have problems with drug use can access help and treatment either through the health and welfare system. (via drug advice services or GP referral) or through the criminal justice system if they have committed an offence. Health and welfare…
Where can I get help?
There are different kinds of help available for people who have problems with drugs or need advice and information. Below we briefly describe the different types of help that are available across the country. Please see our Find a service…
Does treatment work?
There are many types drug treatment in the UK… Which ones work best and for who are hotly debated topics. Finding evidence to prove which ones work is difficult. For example, do we judge success by people in treatment completely…
State of the sector
State of the Sector – by DrugScope on behalf of the Recovery Partnership DrugScope conducted an annual appraisal of the drug and alcohol treatment sector on behalf of the Recovery Partnership; taking a snapshot of the conditions for and adaptation…