Useful Documents

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

Advisory Group on Drug and Alcohol Education

• Drug Education; an entitlement for all - the report of the Advisory Group on Drug and Alcohol Education
• Government Response to the Advisory Group on Drug and Alcohol Eduction 
• Effective Drug Education Survey - Drug Education Forum 
• Drugs and Alcohol Education Report - Parentline Plus

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

Statistics:

• Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England - an annual government survey of pupils between 11 and 15 year olds.
• Volatile Substance Abuse Mortality Reports - annual reports which includes data on deaths as a result of VSA 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.

Government Strategy:

• The Children's Plan - the overarching plan for children and young people's services.
• Drugs: protecting families and communities - the drug strategy 2008 - 2018
•  Safe. Sensible. Social - the alcohol strategy.
• Aiming high for young people - 10 year strategy for positive activities for young people.
• Youth Alcohol Action Plan - the actions that the government want to take in relation to young people's use of alcohol.

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.

EMCDDA

• Prevention and Evaluation Resource - evidence-based prevention principles, planning rules and evaluation tips.