Policy paper

New psychoactive substances in England: a review of the evidence

Home Office evidence review (2014) on new psychoactive substances in England, which informed the new psychoactive substances review by an expert panel.

• From: Home Office and The Rt Hon Norman Baker
• Published: 30 October 2014

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

New psychoactive substances in England: a review of the evidence

PDF, 839 KB, 56 pages

Details

This report provides findings on the:

• identification of NPS
• prevalence of NPS use
• characteristics of NPS users
• market for NPS
• motivations for NPS use
• health harms
• social harms

Published 30 October 2014