This publication looks at the co-occurrence of drug use problems and mental health disorders, taking in the theoretical background of psychiatric comorbidity, the tools for clinical diagnosis and the prevalence and clinical relevance of the problem in Europe (EMCDDA)
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The extent and nature of addiction to medicines in Cheshire and Merseyside
The aim of this study was, therefore, twofold: (1) to investigate health professionals’ experiences of ATM and (2) their understanding of optimally identifying and addressing ATM (CPH)
Four charts — property crime and the availability of drug treatment
Today the ONS have produced an analysis of property crime. As the chart above shows the long term trend in falls for these crimes continues. One of the theories as to why there have been such sustained falls is about the prevalence of problematic drug use. Analysis of available data for the Home Office found that heroin and crack use (Andrew Brown)
Drug Money: the illicit proceeds of opiates trafficked on the Balkan route
This study focuses on a vital aspect of illicit drug trafficking: the huge profits that flow from this trade into the hands of criminals and their networks. South-Eastern Europe, through the so-called Balkan route, is a key pathway for the delivery of opiates from Afghanistan into Western and Central Europe (UNODC)
Drug health harms – national intelligence
Notes reflecting presentations and discussion from the eighth meeting of the National Intelligence Network on the health harms associated with drug use (PHE)
How can opioid substitution therapy be optimised to maximise recovery outcomes for service users?
The second and concluding report on opioid substitution therapy from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD)
National Naloxone Programme Scotland
Monitoring Report 2014/15 (ISD)
Wales – Substance misuse statistics
These reports include statistics from the Welsh National Database for Substance Misuse and additional substance misuse related information available from routinely published sources in Wales (Welsh Government)
What Comes After the War on Drugs
What Comes After the War on Drugs (United Nations University)
Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2015
This release contains the number of drug seizures made and quantity of drugs seized (Home Office)
Drugs and Illicit Practices
Assessing their impact on development and governance (Christian Aid)
Drug Policy Reform in Latin America: Discourse and Reality
This investigation seeks to give an update on the situation of people incarcerated for drug crimes and also aims to propose alternatives to incarceration (CEDD)
Widening the availability of naloxone
Guidance (Department of Health)
Shooting Up: infections among people who inject drugs in the UK
This Public Health England report describes the extent of infections among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the United Kingdom
National Student Drug Survey
Participants of various third level institutions around Ireland took part in a national online anonymous and randomised survey about their substance use between October and December 2014
HIV and young people who inject drugs
Technical brief (WHO)
Smoking, drinking and drug use amongst young people in England
Survey Consultation Findings (HSCIC)