Assesses the situation in the UK as regards rising health harm from illegal drugs, with reference to their context within the wider ‘drugscape’ of legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco, and sets out a new vision for a holistic public health-led approach to drugs policy at a UK-wide level (RSPH)
Archives for June 2016
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Statistics on Alcohol
This note provides a summary of statistics on drinking alcohol among adults in Great Britain and children in England. Data on alcohol related hospital admissions in England and Scotland and alcohol related deaths in England is also shown (Parliament UK)
Widening the availability of naloxone
(Department of Health)
Health responses to new psychoactive substances
This short report provides an overview of the current situation in terms of NPS use and harms across Europe and reviews the available health- and drug-related interventions in that area (EMCDDA)
Delivering alcohol IBA in housing, probation and social work settings: opportunities and constraints (PDF)
Three case studies to examine the issues that arise in attempting to introduce and sustain the delivery of IBA into everyday practice in housing, probation and social work contexts (Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Middlesex University)
People who inject drugs have other priorities ahead of PrEP
With limited availability of harm reduction services, poor access to HIV treatment and little progress on legal reform, respondents suggested that people who inject drugs have more pressing needs than PrEP (aidsmap)
Alcohol in Ireland: consumption, harm, cost and policy response
The purpose of this Overview is to compile and analyse the available data on alcohol use and its consequences in Ireland, and to describe alcohol policy (HRB)
New Psychoactive Drugs: No Easy Answer
This paper will advance policymakers’ knowledge and thinking about this developing issue (Policy Talk)
Cannabis Policy Reform
This project page aims to provide a useful resource for those interested in the latest policy developments around cannabis within the Americas and beyond – including the broader historical context in which they are taking place (GDPO)
Bootleggers, Baptists, bureaucrats, and bongs
How special interests will shape marijuana legalization (Brookings)
Shedding light on a vaping trend: Researchers study the use of e-cigarettes for illicit drugs
An interdisciplinary team of VCU researchers led by Peace received a roughly $339,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice in the U.S. Department of Justice to launch one of the first studies exploring how drug users are increasingly using e-cigarette devices to vape illicit drugs
AMA Delegates Vote to Add Naloxone to Opioid Rx
Move is seen as a way to prevent accidental overdose from opioids by widening who would receive the live-saving medication (Practical Pain Management)
EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on acetylfentanyl
In September 2015, the EMCDDA and Europol examined the available information on a new psychoactive substance N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]acetamide (acetylfentanyl), through a joint assessment. The two organisations concluded that sufficient information had been accumulated to merit the production of a Joint Report on acetylfentanyl as stipulated by Article 5.1 of the Council Decision
Understanding the relationship between poverty and alcohol misuse
This rapid review of the evidence on poverty and alcohol misuse was commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as part of their programme to develop Anti-Poverty Strategies for the UK (Centre for Public Health)
Taking a new line on drugs
Assesses the situation in the UK as regards rising health harm from illegal drugs, with reference to their context within the wider ‘drugscape’ of legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco, and sets out a new vision for a holistic public health-led approach to drugs policy at a UK-wide level (RSPH)
Global Drug Survey
See what over 100,000 people said about the drugs they take
Injecting Equipment Provision in Scotland 2014/15
This publication reports on details of Injecting Equipment Provision (IEP) to People Who Inject Drugs (PWIDs) across Scotland (An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland)
Cocaine and methamphetamine related drug-induced deaths in Australia 2012
This bulletin provides interpretation of (1) final data on accidental drug-induced deaths in which methamphetamine and cocaine were mentioned in Australia in 2012, and (2) estimated data for 2013 and 2014 (NDARC)
Report on Supervised Injection Facilities Released
In the midst of growing debate and public interest in supervised injection facilities, Harm Reduction Coalition has released a meeting summary of a consultation on alternatives to public injecting
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six types of health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults (CDC)