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References

Alcohol

DrugScope, Alcohol [accessed 26 January 2011] visit the website
DrinkAware, Alcohol and your health [accessed 26 January 2011] visit the website
Talk to Frank, alcohol [accessed 26 January 2011] visit the website
Alcohol Concern, How much is too much? [accessed 26 January 2011] visit the website
Drink Aware, Less than half of adults can equate alcohol units to drinks [accessed 26 January 2011] visit the website
NHS The Information Centre for health and social care, Statistics on Alcohol, England 2010 [accessed 26 January 2011] visit the website
BootsWebMD, Alcohol abuse health centre [accessed 26 January 2011] visit the website

Amphetamine

Talk to Frank, Speed [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
Drugscope, Amphetamines [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Amphetamines, ecstasy and hallucinogenic substances [accessed 27 May 2011) visit the website
Home Office, Drugs and the law [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Problem amphetamine and methamphetamine use in Europe, [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website

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Antidepressants

Morgan, O., Griffiths, C., Baker, A., Majeed, A., Fatal toxicity of antidepressants in England and Wales, 1993–2002, Office of National Statistics [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
British National Formulary, Tricyclic and related antidepressant drugs [accessed 27 May 2011 - login required] visit the website
Drugscope, Prozac [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
Office of National Statistics, 'Report: Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales, 2003–07', Health Statistics Quarterly, 39, Autumn 2008 [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
Depression Alliance, Treatments for Depression [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website

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Antipsychotics

Borel, H., 'Understanding Co-Existing Schizophrenia and Drug Abuse', Hubpages [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
Mind, Making sense of Anti-Psychotics [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
Banerjee, S., The use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia: Time for action, Department of Health [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website

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Barbiturates

Drugscope, Barbiturates [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Barbiturates [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
Scottish Drugs Forum, Barbiturates [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website

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Benzodiazepines

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, The state of the drugs problem in Europe [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
Drugscope, Benzodiazepines [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
Scottish Drugs Forum, Benzodiazepines [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
Talk to Frank, Tranquillisers [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Benzodiazepines [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
House of Commons, Drink and drug driving law - Transport Committee [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website

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Buprenorphine

Talk to Frank, Methadone [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Selected issue 3: Buprenorphine — treatment, misuse and prescription practices [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
Dr John Strang (1991), 'Abuse of buprenorphine (Temgesic) by snorting' British Medical Journal, Vol. 302 20 [accessed 27 May 2011 - login required] visit the website
Ford, C., Morton, S., Lintzeris, N., Bury, J., Gerada, C., Guidance for the use of buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid dependence in primary care, RCGP Drug & Alcohol Misuse Training Programme, RCGP Sex, Drugs and HIV Task Group, SMMGP, Revised 2nd Edition 2004 [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website

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Cannabis

Home Office, Drugs and the law [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
Talk to Frank, Cannabis [accessed on 15 February 2011] visit the website
Ashton, H. (2001) “Pharmacology and effects of cannabis: a brief review", The British Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 17, pp.101-106
Drugscope, Cannabis [accessed 27 May 2011] visit the website
Home Office (2009/10), Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from the 2009/10 British Crime Survey England and Wales, pp. 17 [accessed 18 Feb 2010] visit the website
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2010), World Drug Report 2010, [accessed 18 February] visit the website

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Cathinone

Rawlins, M. (2005), Khat (Qat): Assessment of Risk to the Individual and Communities in the UK, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Letter [ accessed 28 January 2011] visit the website 
Talk to Frank, Khat [accessed 28 January 2011] visit the website 
DrugScope, Khat [accessed 28 January 2011] visit the website

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Cocaine

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and Europol (2010), Cocaine: A  European Union perspective in the global context [accessed 31 January 2011] visit the website

DrugScope, Cocaine and crack [accessed 31 January 2011] visit the website
Talk to Frank, Cocaine [accessed 31 January 2011] visit the website
NHS Choices, Drug misuse - Facts [accessed 31 January 2011] visit the website  
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2010), World Drug Report 2010 [accessed 18th February] visit the website

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Ecstasy

Talk to Frank, Ecstasy [accessed 3 May 2011] visit the website
DrugScope, Ecstasy [accessed 3 May 2011] visit the website
Home Office, Drugs and the Law [accessed 3 May 2011] visit the website 
BBC, (2011). Ecstasy use ‘damages the brain’ [accessed 3 May 2011] visit the website
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2010), Annual Report 2010: the state of the drugs problem in Europe [accessed 3 May 2011] visit the website

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or 'Ecstasy') [accessed 3 May 2011] visit the website

Hoare, J. Moon, D, (2010), Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from the 2009/10 British Crime Survey [accessed 3 May 2011] visit the website

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2010), Annual Report 2010: the state of the drugs problem in Europe [accessed 3 May 2011] visit the website

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Heroin

Talk to Frank,  Heroin, [accessed 18 February 2011] visit the website
Home Office, Drugs and the Law [accessed 18 February 2011] visit the website
DrugScope, Heroin and other opiates [accessed 18 February 2011] visit the website
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2010), World Drug Report 2010 [accessed 18 February 2011] visit the website
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2010), Opioid use and drug injection [accessed 18 February 2011] visit the website
Clark, D. (2009), About heroin, Wiredin to Recovery [accessed 18 January 2011] visit the website

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Ketamine

Talk to Frank, Ketamine [accessed 18 January 2011] visit the website
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2008), Amphetamines and Ecstasy 2008 Global ATS Assessment [accessed 18 January 2011] visit the website 
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2008) Ketamine sweeps the rave scene [accessed 18 January 2011] visit the website
Cottrell, A. Athreeres, R. Weinstock, P. Warren, K. Gillatt, D. (2008), Urinary tract disease associated with chronic ketamine use, BMJ Vol. 336 [accessed 18 January 2011] visit the website
Reuters (2009) Harmful effects seen with repeated ketamine abuse [accessed 18 January 2011] visit the website
ACMD (2004), ACMD Technical Committee : Report on Ketamine [accessed 18 January 2011] visit the website
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2010), World Drug Report 2010 [accessed 18 February 2011] visit the website
Nutt, D. King, L. Saulsbury, W. Blakemore, C. (2007) Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse [accessed 18 January 2011] visit the website
DrugScope (2009), DrugScope highlights concerns over trends in ketamine use [accessed 18 January 2011] visit the website

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LSD

DrugScope, LSD [accessed 15 February 2011] visit the website 
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, LSD [accessed 15 February 2011] visit the website
Talk to Frank, LSD [accessed 15 February 2011] visit the website

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Mephedrone

Home Office, (2010), Home Office Circular 010/2010: A change to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971: Control of mephedrone and other cathinone derivatives [accessed 15 February 2011] visit the website
Dick, D. Torrence, C. (2010), Mixmag Drugs Survey, Mixmag [accessed 15 February 2011] visit the website
Talk to Frank, Mephedrone [accessed 15 February 2011] visit the website
Winstock, A., Marsden, J., Micheson, L. (2010), British Medical Journal, What should be done about mephedrone [accessed 15 February 2011] visit the website

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Methadone

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Drug misuse - methadone and buprenorphine [accessed 19 January 2011] visit the website
Talk to Frank, Methadone [accessed 19 January 2011] visit the website
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Annual Report 2005 [accessed 19 January 2011] visit the website
Ford, C. Morton, S. Lintzeris, N. Bury, J. Gerada, C. (2004) Guidance for the use of buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid dependence in primary care [accessed 19 January 2011] visit the website

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Methamphetamines

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and Europol (2009), Methamphetamine A European Union perspective in the global context [accessed 20 January 2011] visit the website
DrugScope, Methamphetamine [accessed 20 January 2011] visit the website 
Talk to Frank, Crystal Meth [accessed 20 January 2011] visit the website
Know the Score, Methamphetamine [accessed 20 January 2011] visit the website

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Natural opiate-based painkillers

DrugScope, Heroin and other opiates [accessed 21 January 2011] visit the website
Reay, G. (2007-08) An Inquiry into Physical Dependence and Addiction to Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medication [accessed 21 January 2011] visit the website
NHS Choices (2009), 'Common painkiller is addictive' [accessed 21 January 2011] visit the website 
British national formulary [accessed 21 January 2011 - login required] visit the website

Steps 2 Rehab, Painkillers [accessed 21 January 2011] visit the website

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PCP

DrugScope, PCP [accessed 24 January 2011] visit the website
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Phencyclidine: pharmacology and toxicology [accessed 24 January 2011] visit the website 
National Institute on Drug Abuse, PCP/Phencyclidine [accessed 24 January 2011] visit the website

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Steroids

DrugScope, Anabolic Steroids [accessed 25 January 2011] visit the website
Talk to Frank, Anabolic Steroids [accessed 25 January 2011] visit the website
DrugWorld (2010) Update [accessed 25 January 2011] visit the website
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (2010), Consideration of the Anabolic Steroids [accessed 25 January 2011] visit the website

Anabolic Steroids (2009), Steroids In Sports History, Facts - Using Steroids In Sports Books [accessed 25 January 2011] visit the website

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Synthetic opiate-based painkillers

Patient, Opioid Analgesics [accessed 26 January 2011] visit the website

DrugScope, Drug Interactions [accessed 26 January 2011] visit the website  
British national formulary [accessed 26 January 2011 - login required] visit the website
The Independant (2008), Addiction to opiate-based painkillers: the facts [accessed 26 January 2011] visit the website
Macnair, P. BBC Health, Painkillers [accessed 26 January 2011] visit the website

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Zolpidem and Zopiclone

CKS, Benzodiazepine and z-drug withdrawal - Management [accessed 27 January 2011] visit the website
Patient, Benzodiazepines and Z Drugs [accessed 27 January 2011] visit the website
World Health Organisation (2006), WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence [accessed 27 January 2011] visit the website  
Reay, G. (2007-08) An Inquiry into Physical Dependence and Addiction to Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medication [accessed 27 January 2011] visit the website

Wikipedia, Zolpidem [accessed 27 January 2011] visit the website

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