A guide to the complex world of prescribed drugs that explains the key provisions and how they interact. It also explains the key terminology; and is suitable for police, courts, prosecutors, defence advocates, drugs and crime prevention workers and students, researchers and others.

Misuse of Drugs is a much needed and highly-accessible guide to the complex world of drugs. Expertly written by lecturer Leonard Jason-Lloyd, the book explains key provisions and terminology in short readable chapters. The text is enhanced by tables, notes, appendices, definitions, and explanations about how the various UK drug laws interact with each other, and it includes comprehensive lists of drugs, their classifications, and penalties. The book concludes with a chapter on developments that are likely to affect UK drug laws in the future. It will be of interest to a wide range of people including the police, judges and other court practitioners, people from the prison and probation services, drugs workers, penal reformers, students, researchers, and others.