The organisation was for those working in the drugs field and its aim was to inform the public about drugs, shape policy and reduce drug-related harms.
DrugScope was formed in the year 2000 from the merger of the Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence (ISDD) and the Standing Conference on Drug Abuse (SCODA).
[1] The charity provided information on drugs and drug use, maintaining a searchable database of over 100,000 books and journals, an online directory of treatment and other drugs services in England and Wales,[2] a daily subscription drug and alcohol news service,[3] and with representatives regularly in the media contributing to articles about drugs.
[4][5][6][7][8] It published a bi-monthly magazine called Druglink,[9] geared at those working or studying in the drugs field.
It also produced a website for Key Stage 3 children (aged 11 to 14) called D-World.