But researchers and physicians, assisted by IT-derived diagnostic data, have come to understand that comorbidity is essential to understanding and managing population health, especially among vulnerable populations challenged by mental illness and addiction (HIT)
Bibliography: All Publications
Statistics from the NI Drug Misuse Database: 1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016
The bulletin summarises information on people presenting to services with problem drug misuse and relates to the 12-month period ending 31 March 2016 ( Northern Ireland Executive)
Review of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services for Adult Offenders in Prison and in the Community (PDF)
The review explores current provision and provides recommendations based on the evidence collected. It sets out a model of effective practice for the treatment of adult offenders which facilitates a continuum of care from prison to the community (Irish Prison Service)
Substance Misuse delivery plan / Annual report 2016 – 2018
State estimates of past year cocaine use among young adults: 2014 and 2015
Based on data from the combined 2014–2015 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, 1.7 million young adults aged 18 to 25 in the United States used cocaine in the past year (4.98 percent of the young adult population). This equates to about 1 out of every 20 young adults across the nation using cocaine in the past year (SAMHSA)
WEDINOS Annual Report
This third annual report highlights new developments such as testing of festival samples sold as MDMA, in-reach support in prisons and increased engagement with those affected by severe adverse effects from use (WEDINOS)
Harm Reduction Database Wales (PDF)
Needle and syringe provision(Public Health Wales)
Alcohol/Drug-Involved Family Violence in Australia
This project sought to investigate:
• the relationship between AOD use and FDV in the Australian population;
• key demographic and environmental factors associated with different types of FDV;
• differences between AOD-involved and non-AOD-involved cases; and
• major trends in FDV incidents attended by police
(NDLERF)
‘What Works’ in Drug Education and Prevention?
This literature review examines the evidence of effectiveness of different types of drug prevention and education for children and young people, principally that which is delivered in schools (Scottish Government)
Plant cannabinoids: ACMD report
ACMD chair Les Iversen writes to Sarah Newton, Minister for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism, about phytocannabinoids
Health Survey for England 2015 Adult alcohol consumption (PDF)
This report examines alcohol consumption among adults in England in 2015. It explores the proportion of men and women drinking at increasing and higher risk levels on a weekly and daily basis. Analysis also focuses on variations in alcohol consumption by household income and across regions in England
Diversion & illicit supply of medicines
The ACMD’s report on diversion and illicit supply of medicines (DISM) is in response to the Home Office’s commissioning letter of September 2013, in which the then Home Secretary requested the ACMD to explore the potential for medical and social harms arising from the illicit supply of medicines – predominantly controlled medicines (ACMD)
Medicines supplementing use of other illicit drugs, says ACMD
Report finds prescription-only medicines are being used to supplement the use of other illicit drugs, including cocaine and heroin (ACMD)
A change to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
The policy is to permanently control a further range of synthetic cannabinoids as Class B drugs and the steroid dienedione as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (“1971 Act”) (AMCD)
A framework for the legalisation and regulation of cannabis in Canada (PDF)
mandate was to consult and provide advice on the design of a new legislative and regulatory framework for legal access to cannabis, consistent with the Government’s commitment to “legalize, regulate, and restrict access (Government of Canada)
Latest data reveal drug-taking habits in over 50 European cities
The latest findings from the largest European project in the emerging science of wastewater analysis (EMCDDA)
Integrated Monitoring System Annual Report (PDF)
Cheshire and Merseyside 2015/16 (Public Health Institute)
Structural racism as UK drugs policy (PDF)
This report explores the issues around structural racism and its connection around the failure of drugs policy development and prevention for the black community (Operation Black Vote)
New guidelines have improved reviews of fatal and non-fatal drug poisonings
New guidelines have ensured quicker and more effective responses to fatal and non-fatal drug poisonings (NHS Wales)
Monitoring the Future Study: Trends in Prevalence of Various Drugs
Monitoring the Future Study: Trends in Prevalence of Various Drugs for 8th Graders, 10th Graders, and 12th Graders; 2013 – 2016 (NIH)
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