This report presents a summary of the key findings from drug treatment facility surveys carried out in 2017 in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and the territory of Kosovo. The results provide insight into the characteristics and capacity of the treatment systems, as well as the availability and provision of treatment intervention (EMCDDA)
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Drug Policy in India: Key developments since the UNGASS 2016 (PDF)
The International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) has conducted assessments of progress over the past decade both at the global level and at the regional level in Asia
Magnitude of substance use in India 2019 (PDF)
This report presents the major findings of the National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use in India, commissioned by the Ministry, in terms of proportion of Indian population affected by substance use (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Government of India )
EMCDDA intensifies its cooperation with the European Neighbourhood Policy countries
This year, the EMCDDA has launched a three-year project — EU4Monitoring Drugs (EU4MD) — which will intensify its cooperation with the countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)
Increased Methamphetamine, Injection Drug, and Heroin Use Among Women and Heterosexual Men with Primary and Secondary Syphilis — United States, 2013–2017
Morbidity and Mortality Report (CDC)
National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program
The National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program provides leading-edge, coordinated national research and intelligence on illicit drugs and licit drugs that can be abused, with a specific focus on methylamphetamine and other substances (Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission)
Cannabis-based products for medicinal use in humans: commission to the ACMD
The Home Secretary has formally commissioned the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to conduct a longer-term review of cannabis-based products for medicinal use
Widening the availability of naloxone
Explains regulations that widen the availability of naloxone, a drug used as an antidote for heroin (or other opiate) overdoses (Public Health England)
The nature of violent crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2018
A summary of violent crime from the year ending March 2018 Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime (Office of National Statistics)
Western Australia Drug Trends 2018: Key findings from the WA Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews
A suite of products with the most up-to-date findings from interviews conducted annually from 2000-2018 with a cross-sectional sentinel group of people who regularly inject drugs recruited from all capital cities of Australia
Survivors of Multiple Disadvantage Discuss Service & Support (PDF)
A report by Peer Researchers for the National Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence and Multiple Disadvantage
EMCDDA Budget 2019
The EMCDDA receives stable funding under Commission budget line B3-441 of the general budget of the European Union. Each year, a preliminary draft budget is presented by the Centre’s Director to the Management Board, which may modify the draft before adopting it and submitting it to the European Commission. The Commission, in turn, makes its recommendations (which may again alter the draft) and presents the result to the European Council and Parliament. Download
Drug-related deaths in England (PDF)
Drug-related deaths (DRDs) are at their highest level since records began in 1993 with 3,756 DRDs in England and Wales last year, 53% of which related to opiate use (Transform)
Reformulation of OxyContin to Discourage Abuse Linked to Higher Rates of Hepatitis C Infections
Reformulation of the pain medicine OxyContin in 2010 to make it more difficult to abuse directly led to a large rise in hepatitis C infections as drug abusers switched from the prescription medication to injectable heroin, according to a new RAND Corporation study (RAND)
Drug misuse in over 16s: opioid detoxification
2019 surveillance of drug misuse in over 16s: opioid detoxification (NICE guideline CG52)
National Drug Control Strategy (PDF)
A Report by the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Rough sleeping in England: autumn 2018
Of the 2,039 people (62% of total) sleeping rough who had a support needs assessment recorded, 41% had alcohol support needs, 43% drug support needs, and 50% mental health support needs, with 18% having all three needs, and 18% having none of these three needs (Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, UK)