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Home Office: Dangerous Drugs (DDA Symbol Series) and Drugs Record Cases (DRC Symbol...

Catalogue reference: HO 319

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HO 319

Files from the Home Office DDA (Dangerous Drugs) series and the DRC (Drugs Record Cases) series.They relate to Home Office functions and responsibilities with regard to dangerous drugs, as defined by the Dangerous Drugs Act 1951 and the Dangerous...

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Reference

HO 319

Title
Home Office: Dangerous Drugs (DDA Symbol Series) and Drugs Record Cases (DRC Symbol Series) Files
Date

1943-2007

Description

Files from the Home Office DDA (Dangerous Drugs) series and the DRC (Drugs Record Cases) series.

They relate to Home Office functions and responsibilities with regard to dangerous drugs, as defined by the Dangerous Drugs Act 1951 and the Dangerous Drugs Regulations 1953. The DRC series consisted of case files on individual addicts: the three files included in this series contain minor policy arising out of the case.

Arrangement
Arrangement

The inclusion of a date preceding a file number (eg. DDA (1959) 2/14/8) or following the DDA symbol series heading (eg. DDA 67) indicates the year in which the file was supposed to have been created, but often it only indicates the year in which the first subfile was raised on a particular subject.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

DDA and DRC Symbol file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Home Office, 1782-1782
Physical description

779 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1986 Home Office

Accruals

Series is accruing

Administrative / biographical background

The Home Office had wide-ranging responsibilities with regard to dangerous drugs, including: manufacture, supply, stocks, control and disposal of both new and existing drugs; import and export, illicit traffic and smuggling; drugs branch inspectors; liaison with police; use by hospitals, chemists, doctors, dentists, nursing homes, health centres, first aid and emergency; and all aspects of addiction.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9183/

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Home Office: Dangerous Drugs (DDA Symbol Series) and Drugs Record Cases (DRC Symbol Series) Files