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:

• Drug Advice for Schools – DfE and ACPO advice to schools on managing drug incidents and developing a drug policy.
• 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.

Statistics:

• Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England – an annual government survey of pupils between 11 and 15 year olds.

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.
• PSHE in Schools – an evaluation of subject specific inspections of schools provision of PSHE education.

Government Strategy:

• ‘Reducing demand, restricting supply, building recovery: supporting people to live a drug-free life’ – the government’s drug strategy

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.