Published: 25 Mar 2025
Our BBFC Guides are designed to help parents facilitate important conversations and understand BBFC classification issues in an easy-to-read format.
Each bite-sized guide provides an overview of how we classify different issues in accordance with our Classification Guidelines and what it means at each age rating, alongside a collection of film case studies.

BBFC Drugs Guide
When making classification decisions we balance our objective of enabling content to reach the widest possible audience with our duty to protect audiences from harm. Our approach to classifying drugs is therefore designed to protect children and vulnerable adults from exposure to material that may encourage the misuse of potentially harmful substances.
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