Help and advice about drugs

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Where to go to get help

Local services and helplines      

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and CRI give help, advice and treatment to women and men who have drug problems. You can find out more about them by visiting their websites: www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk and www.cri.org.uk   

Alternatively, please telephone for help in your local area:

Eastbourne, Wealden and Lewes Community Substance Misuse Team
Phone: Eastbourne Lewes and Wealden – 01323 410092

Hastings and Rother Community Substance Misuse Team
Phone – 01424 452580

The ‘Under 19’s Substance Misuse Service’ helps young people and their families who are affected by drugs and alcohol.
Phone: 01323 841470

National services and helplines

Talk to Frank is a national service which will give help and advice about drugs.
Phone: 0800 776600
Website: www.talktofrank.com

To find out about other places where you can go to get help advice please see the Drug and Alcohol Directory(PDF, 434Kb).

Information and drugs and their penalties


Use of illegal drugs causes serious problems in our communities.

Drug addiction can cause young people to drop out of school, and it can make parents lose interest in their children. It pushes people into lives of crime and poverty, destroys ambition and ruins lives.

Drug dealing brings crime and violence to otherwise peaceful communities, and makes people feel helpless and afraid in their own home towns.

We're working hard to limit the damage drugs do.


For your information here is a guide about the different types of drugs and their penalties for possessing or dealing these drugs:

Class A drugs:  Ecstasy, LSD, heroin, cocaine, crack, magic mushrooms, amphetamines (if prepared for injection).

Penalty for possessing Class A drugs: Up to seven years in prison or an unlimited fine or both. 

Penalty for dealing Class A drugs: Up to life in prison or an unlimited fine or both.

Class B drugs:  Amphetamines, Cannabis, Methylphenidate (Ritalin), Pholcodine.

Penalty for possessing Class B drugs: Up to five years in prison or an unlimited fine or both. 

Penalty for dealing Class B drugs: Up to 14 years in prison or an unlimited fine or both.

Class C drugs: Tranquilisers, some painkillers, Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), Ketamine.

Penalty for possessing Class C drugs: Up to two years in prison or an unlimited fine or both.

Penalty for dealing Class C drugs: Up to 14 years in prison or an unlimited fine or both.





Page last updated on 02 February 2012