Useful Documents

This is a list of (and links to) key documents for drug education for England.

Guidance:

Drugs: Guidance for Schools - The DfES guidance to schools about drug education and drug issues in school

Joining Forces - Guidance for the police about working with schools on drug education and drug issues. This document also applies to the police service in Wales and Northern Ireland.

Drugs; Guidance for the Youth Service - a document produced by DrugScope and Alcohol Concern for those working in informal education settings.

Drugs: Guidance for Further Education Institutions - a DrugScope document.

Safe, Sensible, Social: Alcohol strategy local implementation toolkit - the government’s suggestions on how to develop a local strategy.

Statistics:

Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England in 2006 - an annual government survey of pupils between 11 and 15 year olds.

Statistics on Young People and Drug Misuse: England, 2006

Trends in Death Associated With Abuse of Volatile Substances 1971 - 2005 - this is an annual report and includes data on deaths amongst young people.

Underage drinking: findings from the 2004 Offending, Crime and Justice Survey - Findings paper from the Home Office.

Ofsted:

Drug Education in Schools - 2005 report evaluating the quality of drug education programmes observed in schools.

Healthy Schools Healthy Children? - an evaluation of the contribution of education to pupils’ health and well-being.

Time for change? Personal, social and health education - an evaluation of the provision of PSHE.

Every Child Matters / National Drug Strategy:

Every Child Matters: Change for Children Young People and Drugs

Updated Drug Strategy 2002

The National Drug Strategy - a guide for local partnerships - London Drug Policy Forum’s guide to the national drug strategy.

Drugs: Our Community, Your Say - A Consultation Paper - runs until 19 October 2007

Safe. Sensible. Social - the alcohol strategy.

Aiming high for young people - 10 year strategy for positive activities for young people.

QCA

Units of work - useful materials for teachers.

PSHE curriculum - Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4

ACMD

Pathways to Problems: Hazardous use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs by young people in the UK and its implications for policy - the 2006 report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.

RSA

Drugs - facing facts - The report of the RSA Commission on Illegal Drugs, Communities and Public Policy.