A bit about Substance Misuse Resources.

We are a public health creative practice: a collective of public health practitioners, writers, designers, and social marketing know-it-alls, based in Liverpool city centre. We write and design substance misuse resources and social marketing campaigns. 

We use creativity, imagination and balanced, non-judgemental information to persuade, cajole, prod and nudge people who use drugs and alcohol to take specific action that will reduce associated health risks and make more positive health choices for themselves.

Our approach to legal and illegal drug use follows the model set by the health sector for smoking and obesity: we believe in providing essential health information to people who use drugs and alcohol so they can reduce any associated harms.

We’ve lived by this philosophy since the early ‘80s when we created many of the HIT’s drug and alcohol leaflets, worked on some of the earliest AIDs awareness campaigns and began producing ecstasy harm reduction resources.

With that knowledge and experience as our foundation, we’ve grown over the years to develop a range of drug and alcohol resources that reflect what’s going on in the real world. Our resources are available directly from the Substance shop. Or, you can commission us to create a bespoke resource  targeted at your specific service users and branded with your organisation's logo and contact details.

If you need to order substance misuse resources for your organisation, pop over to the Substance shop.

If you want to commission a resource, or talk to us about a campaign or project or find out more about what we do, don’t hesitate to get in touch on 07532 214 432 or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.