Correspondence

Drug misuse and dependency: government responses to ACMD reports

Ministerial responses to Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) reports on drug misuse and dependency.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care, Home Office, Steve Brine and Sarah Newton
• Published: 25 July 2017
• Last updated: 13 April 2018 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Government response to 4 reports from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

PDF, 176 KB, 2 pages

Further government response: drug consumption rooms

PDF, 946 KB, 3 pages

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Annex A: How can opioid substitution therapy (and drug treatment and recovery systems) be optimised to maximise recovery outcomes for service users?

PDF, 193 KB, 7 pages

Annex B: Reducing opioid-related deaths in the UK

PDF, 377 KB, 7 pages

Annex C: Diversion and illicit supply of medicines

PDF, 263 KB, 8 pages

Annex D: Prescribing of controlled drugs by therapeutic radiographers

PDF, 248 KB, 4 pages

Details

Steve Brine MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care, and Sarah Newton MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability, write to the Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) in reply to reports on:

• opioid substitution therapy
• reducing opioid-related deaths in the UK
• diversion and illicit supply of medicines
• independent prescribing of controlled drugs by therapeutic radiographers

Victoria Atkins MP, Minister for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability responds on the issue of drug consumption rooms.

Published 25 July 2017
Last updated 13 April 2018 + show all updates

1. 13 April 2018

   Response to the issue of drug consumption rooms published.

2. 25 July 2017

   First published.