Drug and Alcohol Related Issues

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At the Crawley Health Centre we are able to give wide ranging advice on this difficult subject. Anyone is welcome to pop into the centre at any time between 8am and 8pm to see one of our friendly, qualified members of staff. There is also a wide range of information available on the internet on drugs, alcohol and related issues. The websites listed below are particularly useful sources of advice and information.

 

 

 

 

 

www.benzo.org.uk/index.htm

Benzodiazepine Addiction, Withdrawal and Recovery, this site contains a comprehensive range of information relating to benzodiazepines. It includes a series of FAQs, news page, list of doctors and experts and information on symptoms and withdrawal.

www.re-solv.org

The website of Re-Solv, the only national charity solely dedicated to the prevention of solvent and volatile substance abuse (VSA). The website contains information for young people, parents and professionals.

www.drugscope.org.uk

The site of the Drugscope contains summaries of British laws, statistics and news reports on drugs. It has information about various drugs available in the UK as well as treatment developments and a drug encyclopedia. This is a rapidly extending site and has links to other sites.

www.alcoholconcern.org.uk

This is the home-page of Alcohol Concern. This is an extremely useful website and contains fact-sheets on many aspects of alcohol use. It contains pages on the recommended drinking levels. Find the alcohol ready-reckoner which is certainly useful in helping to accurately calculate alcohol units.

www.drinkaware.co.uk

Drink Aware - An independent, UK-wide charity, supported by voluntary donations from across the drinks industry to equip people with the knowledge they need to make decisions about how much they drink.

www.talktofrank.com

Talk to Frank is the United Kingdom government's national anti drug campaign.

www.drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk

This is the Department of Health’s website giving drug information. It includes links to downloadable leaflets and information.

www.drugtext.org

The main purpose of Drugtext and the Drugtext foundation is the dissemination and production of information on substance use, addiction, harm reduction, international and national drug policy.

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