Links to Drugs Help
What is This Page?
The Poison Garden website aims to stimulate discussion about the issues surrounding substance abuse but is not the place for individuals to try and find help dealing with their own substance abuse issues, or those of a loved one. The first section gives links to sites dealing with substance use in general. Further down the page are links to sites intended to offer help to individuals. Their inclusion does not mean this site believes the advice they give is always accurate or helpful.
Information Sites
The following sites offer information of the issue of substance abuse rather than help for individuals. (Clicking any of these links will take you away from thepoisongarden.co.uk. The Poison Garden website is not responsible for the content of external links.)
Transform Drug Policy Foundation
ESPAD – the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs
National Drug Treatment Monitoring System
Independent Scientific Committee on Drug (ISCD)
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
Global Initiative for Drug Policy Reform
Twitter Accounts to Follow
The following organisations use Twitter to draw attention to relevant publications and stories concerning substance use.
Follow @TransformDrugs Transform Drug Policy Foundation
Follow @BeckleyDrugs The Beckley Foundation
Follow @DamonHRI Damon Barrett - editor of 'Children of the Drug War'
Follow @ProfDavidNutt Professor David Nutt - Chair, ISCD
Follow @IDMU_UK The Independent Drug Monitoring Unit
Follow @CopsSayLegalize Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
Individual Information and Advice
The following is a list, in no particular order, of a number of sites where individual assistance may be available. (Clicking any of these links will take you away from thepoisongarden.co.uk. The Poison Garden website is not responsible for the content of external links.)
APAS (Alcohol Problems Advisory Service)
Smokefree - the NHS stop smoking site
Quit - The UK charity that helps people give up smoking
Need More Help?
This is only a small selection of the services which can be found. If you have a problem with substance use help is available.