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The care of individuals with substance misuse problems detained in police custody

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Hamid Ghodse ,
Margaret Stark  and
Ralph Lawrence
Hamid Ghodse*
Affiliation:
Hunter Wing, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE
Margaret Stark
Affiliation:
South London
Ralph Lawrence
Affiliation:
Derbyshire
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∗Correspondence
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Substance misuse is a substantial and growing problem. Forensic physicians are increasingly being asked by the police to assess substance misusers' fitness to detained, the need for treatment and fitness for interview. Many substance misusers come into contact with the police either for drug offences or for offences committed to maintain their habit, such as shop-lifting and burglary, and a forensic physician will then be called under the guidance given in the Codes of Practice 1991 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (1991).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , March 1995 , pp. 181 - 182
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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