Drugs and alcohol
How we're working to solve the problem.
The Home Office is working hard to deal with the serious problems caused by illegal drug use. It is also the government department responsible for alcohol policy and licensing.
Latest on the topic
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Drug strategy 2010 consultation
This targeted consultation sets out the coalition government's vision for drugs policy.
Published 20 August 2010
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Decriminalisation the wrong approach
The Home Office restates its position on drugs following a call for a review of the law.
Published 17 August 2010
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Alcohol licensing - tell us your views
We've launched a consultation to ask for your opinions on government plans to overhaul the current licensing regime, to give more power to local authorities and police to help them fight alcohol-related crime.
Published 28 July 2010
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Naphyrone NRG-1 latest
The 'legal high' naphyrone was brought under control as a Class B drug with effect from 23 July 2010.
Published 19 July 2010
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency consultation
Consultation MLX 370: intention to further amend the Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing by EEA Practitioners) Regulations 2008
In agreement with the Home Office, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is currently consulting on:
- guidance for community pharmacists as a result of forthcoming amendments to medicines legislation to enable the dispensing of EEA prescriptions for schedule 4 and 5 controlled drugs
- proposals to allow the emergency sale of phenobarbitone or phenorbarbitone sodium for the treatment of epilepsy
You can respond to this consultation online at the MHRA website (new window). Published on 25 August, the consultation closes on 24 September 2010.
Can't find what you're looking for?
If you are looking for information held on the drugs section of the website site prior to 7 May 2010, you can now find it on the archived version of the Home office website (new window) kept by The National Archives.
The Tackling Drugs Changing Lives website (new window) has also been archived by the National Archives.
The effect of illegal drugs use
Use of illegal drugs causes serious problems in our communities.
Drug addiction causes young people to drop out of school, and it makes parents lose interest in their children. It pushes people into lives of crime and poverty, destroys ambition and ruins lives.
Drug dealing brings crime and violence to otherwise peaceful communities, and makes people feel helpless and afraid in their own home towns.
We're working hard to limit the damage drugs do.
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