Executive summary
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - The scale of the problem: illicit drug use in the UK
• Chapter 3 - The burden of illicit drug use
• Chapter 4 - Influences on illicit drug use
• Chapter 5 - Drug policy in the UK: from the 19th century to the present day
• Chapter 6 - Controlling illicit drug use
• Chapter 7 - Delaying initiation and minimising the use of illicit drugs
• Chapter 8 - Medical management of drug dependence: the doctor's role in managing heroin addiction
• Chapter 9 - Medical management of drug dependence: reducing secondary health harms
• Chapter 10 - Medical management of drug dependence in the context of criminal justice: illicit drug use, courts and prison
• Chapter 11 - The role of healthcare professionals

Appendix 1: Membership of the BMA Board of Science Reference Group
Appendix 2: The nature and addictiveness of commonly used illicit drugs
Appendix 3: Health-related harms of emerging and established licit and illicit drugs commonly used in the UK
Appendix 4: UK illicit drug usage data
Appendix 5: Overview of drug adulterants
Appendix 6: UK government strategies for reducing illicit drug use
Appendix 7: Societal measures to restrict drug influences
References

This publication contains a very useful glossary of terms.