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DrugScope
40 Bermondsey Street
London
SE1 3UD
Tel (Information and library services): 0870 774 3682
Tel (Switchboard): 020 7940 7500
Web: www.drugscope.org.uk
Best time to phone: 10am - 1pm, Monday - Friday.
DrugScope is a leading UK independent centre of expertise on drugs. Their aim is to inform policy development and reduce drug-related risk. They provide 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 their member organisations working on the ground.
The DrugScope website gives access to a wide range of information including a drugs encyclopedia and a good practice and research section with many online publications. It also enables searching of the library, and treatment service databases.
The information and library service, is staffed by qualified professionals, answering thousands of enquiries a year from a wide range of people on drug misuse issues. This includes drug workers, students, and those involved in education, housing, criminal justice and healthcare services, as well as the general public and drug users.
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