chapter 1 An introduction to the book: context, aims and definitions / chapter 2 Opiate addiction and the British System: looking back on the twentieth century and trying to see its shape in the future / chapter 3 Drug misuse and the community pharmacist: a historical overview / chapter 4 Reviewing the situation: pharmacists and drug misuse services in England and Wales / chapter 5 Drug misuse and community pharmacy in Scotland / chapter 6 Drug misuse in Northern Ireland: the role of the community pharmacist / chapter 7 The services provided by community pharmacists to prevent, minimise and manage drug misuse: an international perspective / chapter 8 Drug users and pharmacists: the clients perspective / chapter 9 Legal and ethical considerations for community pharmacists in the United Kingdom / chapter 10 The history and operation of pharmacy needle exchanges / chapter 11 Professional conflicts for the front-line pharmacist / chapter 12 New approaches to dispensing controlled drugs: supervised consumption of methadone / chapter 13 Misuse of over-the-counter medicines in the UK: the prevention and management role for community pharmacists / chapter 14 Providing health care for drug users / chapter 15 Psychology and addiction: the talking therapies / chapter 16 Shared care at the primary and secondary interface: GPs and specialist drug services / chapter 17 Training for pharmacists about drug misuse: supporting new developments of the role of community pharmacists / chapter 18 The way forward greater specialism or more generalism?