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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2017) Drug misuse prevention: targeted interventions. London: NICE. NICE guideline [NG64].

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This guideline covers targeted interventions to prevent misuse of drugs, including illegal drugs, ‘legal highs’ and prescription-only medicines. It aims to prevent or delay harmful use of drugs in children, young people and adults who are most likely to start using drugs or who are already experimenting or using drugs occasionally.

Item Type
Report
Publication Type
International, Guideline, Report
Drug Type
All substances, Substances (not alcohol/tobacco), Cannabis, CNS depressants / Sedatives, CNS stimulants, Cocaine, Inhalents and solvents, Opioid, New psychoactive substance, Prescription/Over the counter
Intervention Type
Prevention
Date
February 2017
Identification #
NICE guideline [NG64]
Pages
50 p.
Publisher
NICE
Corporate Creators
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Place of Publication
London
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Accession Number
HRB (Electronic Only)
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Subjects
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances
E Concepts in biomedical areas > Medical substance > Prescription drug (medicine / medication)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Substance use prevention > Targeted prevention
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Prevention approach > Early intervention (young children)
T Demographic characteristics > Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)
T Demographic characteristics > Young adult
VA Geographic area > International

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