DrugScope aims to encourage informed debate on drugs, a subject that attracts considerable media attention.
Our Press Office deals with hundreds of calls every year from journalists working across the full range of media outlets, at local, regional, national and international level.DrugScope provides journalists with a reliable and authoritative source of information and comment.
The DrugScope Press Office provides many services to media, including arranging interviews with DrugScope spokespeople, providing up-to-date statistics and drug information, assisting researchers with programme development, providing comment and opinion articles and advising on drama storylines and scripts.
As a membership, information and policy charity we are unable to provide service users or individuals experiencing problems with drugs as spokespeople or as 'case studies'.However, we are able to direct the media to organisations that work directly with service users and others.
DrugScope covers most issues relating to drugs and drug use although our main focus is on drugs of misuse, including illicit drugs and the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter medications.
The DrugScope Press Office operates an out of hours call service at all times, so journalists can always get in touch with us.We aim to respond to media enquiries as quickly as possible.
See our policy pages for more Information on DrugScope's views.
For more information please contact Ruth Goldsmith in the DrugScope Press Office on 020 7940 7517 (07736 895563 out of hours) or at press@drugscope.org.uk
