This paper explores the interplay between the human rights and drug control frameworks and critiques case law on medicinal cannabis use to demonstrate that a bona fide human rights perspective allows for a broader conception of ‘health’ (Critical Public Health)
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Emergency department treatment for opioid addiction better than referrals
The first known randomized trial comparing three treatment strategies for opioid-dependent patients receiving emergency care has been conducted by researchers who found that patients given the medication buprenorphine were more likely to engage in addiction treatment and reduce their illicit opioid use (Science Daily)
The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Policy Group on Alcohol
Submission on Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 (RCPI)
The National Drug-Related Deaths Database (Scotland)
Report: Analysis of Deaths occurring in 2013 (ISD)
Emergency department treatment for opioid addiction better than referrals
The first known randomized trial comparing three treatment strategies for opioid-dependent patients receiving emergency care has been conducted by researchers who found that patients given the medication buprenorphine were more likely to engage in addiction treatment and reduce their illicit opioid use (Science Daily)
Effectiveness of Computer-Assisted Therapy for Substance Dependence Using Breaking Free Online
Subgroup Analyses of a Heterogeneous Sample of Service Users (JMIR)
Crime in England and Wales, Year Ending December 2014
The police recorded 178,719 drug offences in the year ending December 2014, a decrease of 11% compared with the previous year (ONS)
Crime in England and Wales, Year Ending December 2014
The police recorded 178,719 drug offences in the year ending December 2014, a decrease of 11% compared with the previous year (ONS)
Transnational Cocaine and Heroin Flow Networks in Western Europe: A Comparison
The analysis of drug flow networks can reveal important structural features of trafficking networks that can be useful for the allocation of scarce drug control resources (Drug Policy)
Owen Bowden-Jones: New drugs, new harms, new clinical guidance
The past five years has seen an unprecedented increase in the number of these psychoactive drugs (BMJ)
Expanding Naloxone use could reduce drug overdose deaths and save lives
Allowing more basic emergency medical service (EMS) staff to administer naloxone could reduce drug overdose deaths that involve opioids, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study
Why the high level general assembly thematic debate towards the 2016 UNGASS on drugs is important
On 7th May 2015, the UN General Assembly will hold a high-level thematic debate in support of the process towards the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS) scheduled for April 2016. The UNGASS is set to be a critical juncture for the international drug policy debate and will be an opportunity for an honest assessment of the successes and failures of global drug control policies (IDPC)
Advances in Dual Diagnosis
When 80 per cent of your clients have a dual diagnosis, asking whether the service needs a dual diagnosis worker is getting things the wrong way around (Advances in Dual Diagnosis)
Alcohol and other drug treatment services (AODTS)
Following are highlights from the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS NMDS). Further information will be released in June 2015 (AIHW)
The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Policy Group on Alcohol
Submission on Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 (RCPI)
An Innovative Drug Policy That Works
The program, launched in 2011 as the first of its kind in the country, allows law enforcement officers to direct people charged with low-level drug or sex work offenses into community-based services instead of prosecution and jail (Open Society Foundations)
Substance use and substance use disorder by industry
This report is one of several designed to update SAMHSA’s Analytic Series A–29, Worker Substance Use and Workplace Policies and Programs, published in 2007 (SAMHSA)
National opioid pharmacotherapy statistics (NOPSAD)
Highlights from the NOPSAD collection (AIHW)
Drugs action plan
A new strategy is required to address the current prevalence and nature of drug use in Ireland which needs to contain high level actions which can be broadly categorised under (1) National Substance Misuse Strategy, (2) Community Impact & Crime, (3)Health, Treatment & Rehabilitation, (4) Prevention & Early Intervention. (Fianna Fáil)
Owen Bowden-Jones: New drugs, new harms, new clinical guidance
The past five years has seen an unprecedented increase in the number of these psychoactive drugs (BMJ)