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www.alcoholconcern.org.uk
The home-page of alcohol concern. This is an extremely useful
website and contains fact-sheets on many aspects of alcohol
use. It contains pages on the recommended drinking levels. Find
the alcohol ready-reckoner which is certainly useful in helping
to accurately calculate alcohol units. |
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www.ukna.org/
Narcotics Anonymous in the UK gives details of meetings nationwide,
and access to the helpline and discussion forum. Link to NA
World Services which includes information on materials and products
for professionals concerned with addiction. |
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www.ndh.org.uk/
National Drugs Helpline, gives information and advice in confidence,
to anyone in the UK concerned about drugs. This includes drug
users, their families, friends and people who work with them.
Leaflets may be downloaded and printed. |
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www.release.org.uk/
Release is a national advice service for people experiencing
legal problems related to drug use. Release provides a range
of services dedicated to meeting the health, welfare and legal
needs of drug users and those who live and work with them. |
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www.tht.org.uk/
The home page of the Terrence Higgins Trust a UK charity concerned
with providing information and services to people who are affected
by HIV/AIDS. Information on current HIV treatments as well as
some details on safer sex issues. |
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www.aa-uk.org.uk
Gives information about Alcoholics Anonymous – a network
of self help groups for people with alcohol dependency problems.
Includes a list of meetings in the UK. |
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www.al-anonuk.org.uk
Information about Al-Anon, an organisation especially for the
familes and friends of people with alcohol problems. |
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www.saferinjecting.org/
This site is designed to give drug users and drug workers access
to free information about making drug use - particularly injecting
drug use - safer |
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http://ahcuk.50megs.com/index.html
Action on Hepatitis C, is a voluntary organisation based in
the United Kingdom. It is made up a group of people who come
from widely varied professional backgrounds but who all share
a common vision and interest in raising the profile of hepatitis
C and tackling this disease |
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www.drugs.gov.uk
An UK government interdepartmental website around the National
Drug Strategy. |
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www.drugtext.org
The main purpose of drugtext and drugtext foundation is the
dissemination and production of information on substance use,
addiction, harm reduction, international and national drug policy.http://www.med.ic.ac.uk/divisions/64/execsumm.asp
Centre for Research on Drugs & Health Behaviour at Imperial
College London, access to 69 factsheets published over past
10 years around a wide range of drug and alcohol issues. |
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www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk
This site aims to provide accurate and engaging information
on initiatives and national health policies for teachers and
learners in the UK. |
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www.drugeducation.org.uk
The Drug Education Forum provides members, policy makers, local
co-ordinators and practitioners interested or involved in drug
education with up to date information. |
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www.educari.com/SNADE/
Special Needs and Drug Education, gives guidance on drug education
for children and young people with learning difficulties. It
is a wide-ranging site and includes information on government,
local and school policies, managing incidents, and relevant
teaching. |
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www.sheu.org.uk/
The Schools Health Education Unit is a research unit that conducts
surveys into young peoples drug use on a regular basis, as well
as publishing research monographs, curriculum materials and
a journal, Education and Health. |
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www.benzo.org.uk/index.htm
Benzodiazepine Addiction, Withdrawal and Recovery, this site
contains a comprehensive range of information relating to benzodiazepines.
It includes a series of FAQs, news page, list of doctors and
experts and information on symptoms and withdrawal. |
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www.re-solv.org
The website of Re-Solv, the only national charity solely dedicated
to the prevention of solvent and volatile substance abuse (VSA).
Contains information for young people. parents and professionals. |
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www.drugscope.org.uk
The site of the Drugscope contains summaries of British laws,
statistics and news reports on drugs. It has information about
various drugs available in the UK as well as treatment developments
and a drug encyclopædia. This is a rapidly extending site
and has links to other sites. If you only ever visit one drug-related
site, this is the one that you should go to. |
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www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/achome.htm
The home-page of alcohol concern. This is an extremely useful
website and contains fact-sheets on many aspects of alcohol
use. It contains pages on the recommended drinking levels. Find
the alcohol ready-reckoner which is certainly useful in helping
to accurately calculate alcohol units. |
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www.wrecked.co.uk
Health Promotion England’s Website on alcohol. Gives information
on safe drinking and reducing the risks of alcohol consumption. |
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www.trashed.co.uk
Health Promotion England’s Website on drugs. Gives information
on drugs, their origins, effects, the risks, the law and what
to do in an emergency. |
