This book offers a systematic assessment of the past, present, and possible futures of synthetic opioids in the United States (RAND)
Archives for August 2019
Bibliography: All Publications
Road to Recovery (PDF)
Addiction in our society – the case for reform (Centre for Social Justice)
Victorian Drug Trends 2018: Patterns of drug use in the Victorian Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews
This year, we have provided a summary report highlighting the key trends from the IDRS interviews conducted in Victoria (NDARC)
Australia’s annual overdose report 2019
Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2019 reveals that unintentional overdose continues to be a significant cause of death in Australia (Penington Institute)
Hepatitis C interventions (PDF)
Organisations providing harm reduction services in Europe – analysis and examples (European Harm Reduction Network)
Results from the 10 Prisons Project
Statistics on the level of assaults and random mandatory drug testing within the prisons taking part in the 10 Prisons Project (MoJ)
National intelligence network on drug health harms briefing: August 2019
This briefing is based on a meeting of the national intelligence network (NIN) on the health harms associated with drug use (PHE)
Latest UNODC Monitoring Report shows decline of coca cultivation in Bolivia
In 2018, the cultivation of coca crops in Bolivia decreased by six per cent compared to data from 2017, according to the latest Coca Cultivation Survey presented today in La Paz by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Reports and Detailed Tables From the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States (SAMHSA)
Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring (UAM) Survey of HIV and viral hepatitis among PWID: 2019 report (PDF)
The aim of the Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring (UAM) Survey of People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) is to monitor the prevalence and incidence of HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection, and associated injecting risk behaviour in people who inject psychoactive drugs, such as heroin, crack cocaine and amphetamines (Public Health England)
Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England 2018 [NS]
This report contains results from a biennial survey of secondary school pupils in England in years 7 to 11 (mostly aged 11 to 15), focusing on smoking, drinking and drug use. It covers a range of topics including prevalence, habits, attitudes, and for the first time in 2018, wellbeing (NHS Digital)
What America’s Users Spend on Illegal Drugs, 2006–2016
This report updates and extends estimates of the number of users, retail expenditures, and amount consumed from 2006 to 2016 for cocaine (including crack), heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine in the United States, based on a methodology developed by the RAND Corporation for the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2018 registrations
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales from 1993 onwards, by cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death (Office of National Statistics, UK)
The cost and consequences of the war on drugs (PDF)
The report’s findings suggest that, from a human rights perspective, there must be a shift from international drug policies that focus on criminalization and supply reduction, to ones that have human rights and health at their core (Human Rights Foundation)
2017-2019 Drug Trend Report
Information about the most commonly used drugs in Scotland, emerging trends and have provided context to the recently released drug-related death statistics – download (Crew)
Middle-aged generation most likely to die by suicide and drug poisoning
Now in their 40s and 50s, the so-called Generation X are dying in greater numbers by suicide or drug poisoning than any other age group (ONS)
Cannabis and Mental Health (PDF)
Priorities for research in Canada (Mentalhealth Commission)
Substance misuse: January to March 2019
Quarterly data are published on StatsWales. These include data on quarterly activity, case closures by reason for closure and the time between referral and start of treatment (Welsh Government)
Urban–rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, by Sex, Age, and Type of Drugs Involved, 2017
Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality (CDC)
Review of approaches taken in Ireland and in other jurisdictions to simple possession drug offences (PDF)
A report for the Irish Department of Justice & Equality and the Department of Health (and the working group on this issue)