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About
Us
DrugScope
is the UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs.
Our aim is to inform policy development and reduce drug-related
risk. We provide quality drug information, promote effective
responses to drug taking, undertake research at local, national
and international levels, advise on policy-making, encourage
informed debate and speak for our member organisations working
on the ground. DrugScope is supported by a variety of organisations,
including Government, EU, Trusts and Foundations.
DrugScope
- quality, expertise, effectiveness, independence
Providing
reliable information
DrugScope provides authoritative and reliable information
on all aspects of drug policies and problems. We publish a
wide range of reference guides, books and journals for professionals
and the general public. The unrivalled DrugScope Information
Service allows access to a multi-disciplinary library of over
90,000 documents from around the world.
Improving
knowledge
DrugScope conducts research in important and hitherto neglected
areas of the subject where the information base needs improving
for policy-making. DrugScope also manages research and development
programmes into many aspects of drug use in the UK and the
different responses to it.
Promoting
effective responses to drug use
DrugScope strives to ensure that our responses to drug use
across treatment and education services and the criminal justice
system are of high quality and based on evidence of what works.
We develop and promote national quality standards, national
policy frameworks and good practice guidance for specialist
and general agencies involved in drugs issues.
Supporting
informed policy-making and debate
DrugScope uses the knowledge of our professional member bodies
and our own expertise to influence Government policy-makers
on drug-related issues. We maintain close links with parliamentarians
and the media to try to promote an informed debate on a subject
which provokes strong feelings and much ill-informed comment.
For
more information about DrugScope please see our website
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