In mid-May 2015, Ross, Dave and I left the relatively comfortable climate of Bogotá and headed to the humidity of South East Colombia and the Department of Guaviare to conduct fieldwork … (Global Drug Policy Observatory)
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Australian NSP Survey Data Reports
The survey forms the basis of Australia’s human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C surveillance among injecting drug users, and monitors behavioural indices of risk in addition to prevalence of infection (Kirby Institute)
Two new “legal highs” to be banned under temporary order
Two new so-called “legal highs” have been banned by the Government (Home Office)
Methylphenidate-based novel psychoactive substances: temporary class drug order report
This report advises on a temporary class drug order report on a number of methylphenidate-based novel psychoactive substances (ACMD)
New psychoactive substances in Europe: Innovative legal responses
This short report provides an overview of how European countries are developing innovative legal responses to the challenges presented to public health and drug policy by the rapidly evolving market for new psychoactive substances (EMCDDA)
World Drug Report 2015
UNODC
Fight for the future of shared care
At the RCGP 20th National alcohol and drugs conference last week there was evidence that a number of shared care schemes are being decommissioned following changes in tenders during the process of re-commissioning services (SMMGP)
Drugs policy and the city in Europe
Illicit drug problems and responses and the different forms they can take in the city environment are explored in this paper. It addresses four areas: urban spaces and drug use, responses to city-level drug problems, city-level drugs strategies, and the coordination and funding of city-level policies (EMCDDA)
Estimating trends in injecting drug use in Europe using national data on drug treatment admissions
Results indicate that current drug injection, including its incidence, has declined in recent years in Europe. While heroin remains the drug most frequently involved in drug injection, data show how drug injectors are now more likely to be using stimulants than in the past (EMCDDA)
New guidelines to support people bereaved by alcohol or drugs
A set of practice guidelines aimed at providing meaningful support to people who have lost a relative or friend to alcohol or drugs (university of Bath)
National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2015
Drugs on page 23 (National Crime Agency)
Inhalant misuse
The information below has been developed through a partnership between the Australian Drug Foundation and the Central Australian Youth Link-Up Service (CAYLUS), and will be regularly updated to reflect new developments and case studies on this topic
Countering narcotics: Afghanistan Drug Reporting System launched
UNODC and the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics have launched the Afghanistan Drug Reporting System (ADRS), the latest project in their partnership of more than three years
A year in review: Highlights from the EMCDDA’s General Report of Activities 2014
The series ‘A year in review’ contains the essence of the EMCDDA’s General Report of Activities. It is designed to provide interested audiences with a brief, four-page summary of the agency’s achievements for the year concerned with a focus on key topics (EMCDDA)
Preliminary results of the IDHDP global naloxone survey
Slideshare of conference presentation (IDHDP)
Psychoactive Substances Bill
Lord’s Amendments (Parliament UK)
Glasgow University drugs and alcohol training course to close
A leading university course for drug and alcohol workers is to close after the Scottish Government withdrew funding (Herald Scotland)
Opioid Overdose Prevention Programs Providing Naloxone to Laypersons — United States, 2014
Organizations providing naloxone kits to laypersons receive many reports of overdose reversals and can reach large numbers of potential overdose bystanders (CDC)
National opioid pharmacotherapy statistics 2014
On a snapshot day in 2014, over 48,000 clients received pharmacotherapy treatment for their opioid dependence at 2,432 dosing points around Australia (AIHW)
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2013–14
Over the 5 years from 2009–10, there has been an increase in the proportion of episodes where amphetamines were the principal drug on concern (from 7% to 17%) and an increase in smoking/inhaling as the method of administration for amphetamines. A majority of treatment episodes had a duration of three months or less, and counselling remains the most common treatment type (AIHW)
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