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Wales Drug and Alcohol Helpline

Freephone: 0808 808 2234
Or text DAN to: 81066
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Free bilingual drugs helpline
 

A free and bilingual telephone drugs helpline providing a single point of contact for anyone in Wales wanting further information or help relating to drugs or alcohol.

The drug and alcohol helpline will assist individuals, their families, carers, and support workers within the drug and alcohol field to access appropriate local and regional services.

Services available include:
 

  • Initial assessment to establish an individual's needs
  • Signposting to local and regional drug and alcohol services
  • Information on drugs and alcohol, and their effects
  • Information and contact details for local GPs, needle exchanges other associated health services
  • Information on other suitable helplines
  • A wide range of brief interventions including harm reduction and overdose management

Drug & Alcohol Helpline

Dan 24/7 is a free and confidential drugs helpline. Calls from public telephone boxes are free of charge: calls from a mobile phone may incur a charge from your network.

Dan 24/7 telephone number will NOT appear on your home itemised bill.


0808 808 2234

Getting help is the first step

Talking to somebody about your drug or alcohol problem is the first step to resolving your problems. You can call DAN 24/7 on 0808 808 2234 anytime day or night and we will give you help and advice.

If you'd rather look for an agency online then you can search through our online database of drug and alcohol agencies where you can find National and Local agencies that will be able to help you.

Remember, anything you tell DAN 24/7 or any agency you contact is confidential and you won't even need to give your real name.
 

Find out about drugs

We have compiled an A to Z of Drugs to help you understand more about drugs.

We've included information about the risks to your health and information about the legal penalties for possessing and supplying drugs.

There is also information about what various drugs look like as well as the paraphernalia used in their preparation.

Take a look to find out more

For support with gambling addiction, please visit the Gamcare website

Drinks Meter

Take the drinks meter which provides anonymous, confidential feedback on your alcohol use.

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Drugs Meter

Take the drugs meter, objective feedback on your drug use that allows you to compare your use against thousands of people across the globe.

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50p Minimum Unit Price

The Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018 will mean that it will be an offence for alcohol to be supplied below that price in Wales.

In Wales there are 60,000 admissions to hospital every year, because of alcohol. Alcohol costs the NHS £159 million annually. In 2018, there were 535 alcohol-related deaths in Wales.

The new law supports the Welsh Government's comprehensive work to tackle harmful and hazardous drinking by tackling the availability and affordability of cheap, strong alcohol, which is part of wider efforts to improve and protect the health of the population of Wales.

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More Information

 

DAN 24/7
www.onsis.co.uk