Harm reduction, decriminalization and zero discrimination for people who use drugs (UNAIDS)
Archives for March 2019
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WHO recommends rescheduling of cannabis
On 24 January 2019, the Director General of the World Health Organization sent a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations recommending, among other things, that cannabis and associated substances be rescheduled in the international drug control framework (EMCDDA)
Crack cocaine increase: inquiry findings
Report on the findings of a Public Health England and Home Office investigation into the increase in crack cocaine use in England
PHE publish investigative report on increasing crack use
Public Health England and the Home Office have published an investigative report on the rise in crack cocaine use in 6 areas of England
Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Fentanyl, 2011–2016 (PDF)
This report illustrates the rise in drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl from 2011 through 2016 nationally, and by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and public health region (NVSS)
Psychotropic Substances – Technical Report
On an annual basis the Psychotropics Control Section of the INCB Secretariat publishes a technical report that provides an overview of the world wide licit manufacture, export, import, stocks and consumption of substances controlled under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 (INCB)
Programming document 2019-21
This is the first Programming Document fully grounded in the EMCDDA Strategy 2025 and it sets a milestone in the strategic and operational planning framework of the EMCDDA
Drug use in Nigeria (PDF)
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health was conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse (CRISA) with technical support from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
International guidelines on human rights and drug policy (PDF)
Responding to the harms associated with drug use and the illicit drug trade is one of the greatest social policy challenges of our time. All aspects of this challenge have human rights implications ( (UNAIDS), (UNDP), (WHO)
Drug seizures and offender characteristics: 2017-2018
Statistical bulletin on drug seizures recorded by Police Scotland in 2017-2018
Current NPS Threats
a new publication, presents highlights from the UNODC Toxicology Portal
What we have learned over the last ten years:
A summary of knowledge acquired and produced by the UN system on drug-related matters (UNODC)
Supervised Drug Consumption Facilities Bill
1 Safe drug consumption facilities
2 Licence for provision of safe drug consumption facilities
3 Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
4 Annual report
5 Regulations
6 Financial provisions
7 Extent, commencement and short title
Promises to improve health outcomes for people who inject drugs remain unfulfilled as 99% do not have adequate access to harm reduction services
New report by UNAIDS highlights the urgent need to implement a human rights and evidence-informed approach to reach people who inject drugs with essential health service
Latest wastewater data reveal drug-taking habits in over 70 European cities and an increase in the detection of stimulants
The latest findings from the largest European project in the emerging science of wastewater analysis are presented today by the Europe-wide SCORE group, in association with the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA)
DrugScope Library Wellcome
This is a collection of grey literature and some archive material relating to drugs and drug policy, originally part of the library holdings at DrugScope (Wellcome)
Drug prevention: exploring a systems perspective
This report considers substance use prevention in Europe through the lens of a system, highlighting the wide range of factors that need to be addressed to successfully implement substance use prevention programmes and policies (EMCDDA)
Pain in the Nation Update (PDF)
Deaths from Synthetic Opioids Continue to Rise Sharply and Suicides Are Growing at the Fastest Pace in Years (Well Being Trust)
National Drug-Related Deaths Index 2004 to 2016 data.
Health Research Board. (2019) National Drug-Related Deaths Index 2004 to 2016 data. Dublin: Health Research Board
Facial recognition technology to help in fight against prison drug trafficking
Justice Secretary announces successful trial of new biometric technology (Ministry of Justice)