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<p>In prison, patients presenting with problematic psychoactive substance use are
assessed in the same way as other drug users and offered an appropriate range of psychosocial
interventions.</p><p>In April 2018, NHS England and NHS Improvement published its
updated service specification on ‘Integrated Substance Misuse Treatment Service in
Prisons in England’. This is fully aligned to ‘Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines
on Clinical Management’, which sets out how clinicians should treat people with drug
misuse and drug dependence problems.</p><p>The service specification describes a fully
recovery orientated, integrated prison substance misuse treatment service, which covers
traditional drugs of abuse, psychoactive substances (including synthetic cannabis),
illicit abuse of prescribed and over the counter drugs and alcohol.</p><p>This improved
substance misuse service offer is now being commissioned across all prisons and secures
integration with mental health services so that growing numbers of people in prisons
can access services to support their recovery and wellbeing.</p>
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