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Guidance for licensing authorities, club managers and promoters.Published by the Home Office and London Drugs Policy Forum in partnershipwith Release.

Overall co-ordination of drug strategy in the UK is the responsibility ofthe Home Office Drug Strategy Directorate, which commissioned thisguidance through its Drug Prevention Advisory Service, in partnershipwith the London Drug Policy Forum.The Drugs Prevention Advisory ServiceThe Drugs Prevention Advisory Service (DPAS) was launched on 1 April1999 by the Home Secretary as the replacement body for the DrugsPrevention Initiative. It forms the operational and regional arm of theHome Office Drugs Strategy Directorate. The DPAS remit is topromote effective community-based drugs prevention at local, regionaland national level in line with the aims and objectives of theGovernment’s national drugs strategy.DPAS provides information, advice and support to local Drug ActionTeams to encourage good drugs prevention practice based on availableand emerging evidence, as well as to local communities andpractitioners. It aims to help foster links with other Governmentinitiatives such as crime and disorder partnerships, Health ActionZones and other initiatives all aimed at tackling social exclusion. DPASalso provides funding and expertise to assist in the development andevaluation of demonstration programmes to help further knowledgeabout effective practice in drugs prevention. It publishes a series ofdetailed research reports about drugs prevention to inform evidence-basedpolicy and practice.The London Drug Policy Forum was established in 1991 to co-ordinateLondon local authority policy and practice and to encourage joint working. It is funded by the Corporation of London.

The Corporation of London is the local authority for the City ofLondon. In addition to the usual services provided by a local authority,such as housing, social services, education and town planning, theCorporation is involved in a wide range of activities extending beyondthe boundaries of the Square Mile for the benefit of the nation. Thefunding and support of the London Drug Policy Forum underlines theCorporation’s commitment to the fight against illicit drug abuse in thecapital.AcknowledgementsThe authors are very grateful to the Drug Prevention Advisory Serviceand the London Drug Policy Forum for commissioning and steeringthis guidance. We would especially like to thank all those individualswho gave up their time to attend interviews and focus groups.Special thanks go to Peter Jones, Penny Mellor, Ciaran O’Haganand Andy Walker. In particular, we would like to thank all thoseclubbers who interrupted their evenings out to express their views.It is to the safety of these people and all the other people who go outto clubs every week to whom this publication is dedicated.Russell WebsterMike Goodman, ReleaseGrainne Whalley, ReleaseWritten by Russell Webster in partnership with ReleaseISBN Number: 1840827807For further copies of this document, please contact theDrug Prevention Advisory Service at www.drugs.gov.uk