Tackling substance use: Derbyshire
Report drug use
Contact us via our main reporting page if you want to report substance use in your community.
Support
If you are concerned that you or someone you know is affected by drugs or alcohol use, please visit the links below for further information and support:
Cranstoun
Cranstoun and Intuitive Thinking Skills (ITS) will be delivering Derby City’s Adult Drug and Alcohol Service, commencing 1 April 2026.
Their mission is to deliver high-quality, evidence-based interventions that reduce the harms caused by substance use and promote recovery for individuals and communities across Derby.
1625 Outreach
1625 Outreach is a drug and alcohol service providing free advice, information and signposting for 16-25-year-olds across Derbyshire. The service is also available for concerned parents or professionals involved with young people to access information about drugs and alcohol. Contact them via: 01773 303 648 or https://www.changegrowlive.org/1625-outreach/info
Derbyshire Recovery Partnership
This service offers advice, support and treatment to adults in Derbyshire who need help with their drug or alcohol use: Recovery :: Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
1625 Outreach
1625 Outreach is a drug and alcohol service providing free advice around drugs and alcohol. The service is also available for concerned parents or professionals involved with young people to access information about drugs and alcohol. Contact them via: 01773 303 648 or Young People's Service, Derbyshire - Referrals
Derby and Derbyshire Drug and Alcohol Strategic Partnership
Derby and Derbyshire's Drug and Alcohol Strategic Partnership was formed in 2022 and works to implement the four aims of national drug strategy across the whole of the county, but more importantly looks at what is needed locally to reduce these harms and build communities.
Drug and alcohol harm is wide-ranging and includes all aspects of drug-related crime - from crime used to fund drug taking, to the supply of drugs by organised gangs and ‘county lines’. It similarly includes avoidable deaths and illness from drug and alcohol use, and the preventable risks that children and young people face growing up with increasing access to substances.
A great deal of the work of the partnership is aimed at improving drug and alcohol treatment, reducing the number of deaths locally caused by overdose, reducing drug supply and reducing alcohol-related illness.
The following video made by the partnership’s senior leaders details key progress highlight for 2025/26. It is intended to update local residents and key organisations across Derbyshire on the work of our Drug and Alcohol Strategic Partnership.
What we do to reduce harm caused by substance use
- To find out about our latest work in tackling drug supply, exploitation, and other drug related crimes in Derbyshire, please visit the news page of our website.
- Drug testing on arrest – In 2024 we introduced a drug testing programme to help identify people who might need support from substance use services. This gives people access to a qualified drug support worker who can help people to begin their recovery journey and a life free from substance use.
- Police officers carrying naloxone – A lifesaving drug that can prevent people from overdosing on heroin and other opiates. Our officers have undertaken training, so they are better able to respond and since June 2024 we have saved six lives by using naloxone.
National Drug Strategy: From Harm to Hope
In 2021, the Government launched the National Drug Strategy: From Harm to Hope.
The strategy aims to combat illegal drugs by reducing the supply of drugs, changing attitudes towards drug use and providing people with high-quality support to achieve a drug-free life. The priorities of the national strategy are:
Priority 1: Break drug supply chains.
Priority 2: Deliver a world-class treatment and recovery system.
Priority 3: Achieve a generational shift in the demand for drugs.
Derbyshire Constabulary is part of the Derby and Derbyshire Drug and Alcohol Strategic Partnership which is a multi-agency partnership that aims to tackle drug and alcohol-related harm and support the delivery of the national strategy at a local level.
Supporting materials
Additional posters are linked below for personal or business use from Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.