SMART UK: The Substance Misuse Acupuncture Register and Training

The Substance Misuse Acupuncture Register and Training (SMART UK) teaches people who work in the substance misuse field the application of a five point auricular acupuncture formula treatment as part of their approach to substance misuse. Over the last nine years it has trained three thousand people in the technique which is used to enhance already existing recovery programmes. The SMART programme is now being used in around four hundred community drug and alcohol treatment centres and hospital units and eighty-seven prisons. The protocol is widely accepted for its supportive role in the treatment of addiction and has boosted the profile of acupuncture throughout the world. The course is accredited by the UK’s National Health Service and the Home Office.