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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. |
