Websites

Home Office Drugs Website - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/drugs/

Homepage directs you to a wealth of links depending on your need. However this is a specific drugs and crime web address with links to a range of relevant publications or related home office bodies. It contains lots of free, downloadable publications including research reports, briefings, statistical data, crime figures, strategy documents.

Release – www.release.org.uk

Release is a national organisation with a helpline providing information and advice on drugs and the law. Primarily aimed at drug users, their family and friends, it is also frequently used by professionals in need of information or consultation. It also offers links to other related websites.

Drugscope – www.drugscope.org.uk

Drugscope provides two short downloadable publications on women and drugs in prison. These highlight key statistics but also the needs and profile of women in prison who use substances.

http://www.drugscope.org.uk/uploads/projects/documents/UWmediafcats.pdf

http://www.drugscope.org.uk/uploads/projects/documents/UWflyer.pdf

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