| ALAC | Alcohol Advisory Council |
| BZP | benzylpiperazine |
| CAYAD | Community Action on Youth and Drugs |
| CND | Commission on Narcotic Drugs |
| EACD | Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs |
| IDU | injecting drug user |
| IACD | Inter-Agency Committee on Drugs |
| MCDP | Ministerial Committee on Drug Policy |
| MDMA | methylenedioxymethamphetamine |
| NDP | National Drug Policy |
| NDPDGF | National Drug Policy Discretionary Grant Fund |
| NGO | non-governmental organisation |
| PIED | performance and image enhancing drug |