Drugs misuse

This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on drugs misuse. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs. Related material is available on drugs crimes.

Standard Notes

Date	Description
08.01.2013	Drug use, seizures and offending: Social Indicators page
	A summary of statistics on drug use, drug seizures and drug offences.
10.05.2011	Sources of social statistics: Health Services and Public Health
10.10.2008	Rough sleeping: Social Indicators page
	Rough sleeping: Social Indicators page. Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2647.

Research Papers

Date	Description
24.03.2011	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee Stage Report [Bill 151 of 2010-11]
	During the Committee stage, several Government amendments were made to the provisions on police reform. Some (for example, on police complaints, police and crime plans and disqualifying people convicted of imprisonable offences from becoming or being police and crime commissioners) were on matters of substance. By contrast, there were only minor amendments to the provisions of the misuse of drugs and no substantive amendments to the parts of the Bill covering licensing, protests in Parliament Square or universal jurisdiction.
24.11.2005	The Health Bill (excluding Part 1) Bill 69 of 2005-06
23.02.2005	Drugs (Sentencing and Commission of Inquiry) Bill (Bill 21 of 2004/05)
	The Drugs (Sentencing and Commission of Inquiry) Bill. (Bill 21 of 2004/05). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/16.
13.01.2005	Drugs Bill (Bill 17 of 2004/05)
	The Drugs Bill (Bill 17 of 2004/05). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/07.
03.08.2000	Cannabis
	Cannabis. House of Commons Library Reasearch Paper 00/74.

Select Committee Reports

Date	Description
06.03.2012	EU drugs strategy.
	European Union Select Committee (HL) report [Lords]
21.03.2011	Drink and drug driving law.
	Government response. Department for Transport report [Commons]
24.03.2010	Tackling problem drug use.
	Public Accounts Committee report [Commons]

Early Day Motions

Date	Description
09.11.2011	EVIDENCE-BASED DRUGS POLICY
	That this House notes the serious harm caused by drugs; recognises the need for evidence-based policy making with a clear focus on prevention and harm-reduction; and calls on the Government ...
05.09.2011	DEATHS FROM METHADONE ABUSE
	That this House deeply regrets the loss of four young lives to methadone abuse in recent months in Gateshead; notes that this has occurred thanks to a loophole identified by the police ...
20.12.2010	DRUGS POLICIES
	That this House regrets that the national debate on drugs is trivialised and bedevilled by postures of party political advantage; believes that all parties accept that most Government ...
06.12.2010	SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE MISUSE OF DRUGS
	That this House expresses its concern that the proposed changes in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill to the membership of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs ...
09.09.2010	2010 DRUG STRATEGY CONSULTATION
	That this House is concerned at the duration of the Home Office's consultation on the Government's drug strategy 2010 published on 20 August 2010 which closes to submissions on 30 September ...

Lords Library Notes

Date	Description
07.04.2011	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill (HL Bill 62 of 2010-11)
	This Library Note provides background reading for the second reading debate of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill.

POST Papers

Date	Description
01.06.2009	Treatments for heroin and cocaine dependency, June 2009
	This note looks at the treatments currently available for heroin and cocaine dependency, assesses the prospects for new treatments, and examines the issues these raise.