The factors behind new Sentencing Council guidelines for drug offences (Work with Offenders)
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Substance misuse treatment in secure settings: 2019 to 2020
Statistics for alcohol and drug misuse treatment in prisons and other secure settings from PHE’s National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)
Statistics on Drug Misuse, England 2020
This report presents newly published information on hospital admissions attributable to drug-related mental health and behavioural disorders and on hospital admissions attributable to poisoning by illicit drugs (NHS)
Western Australian Drug Trends 2020: Key Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews
In 2020, we have provided a suite of products with the most up-to-date findings from interviews conducted annually from 2003-2020 with a cross-sectional sentinel group of people who regularly use ecstasy and other stimulants recruited from Perth, Western Australia (EDRS)
Drug offences sentencing guidelines revised as offending changes
A comprehensive package of revised sentencing guidelines for drugs offences that reflect a change in the nature of offending and additional offences in relation to psychoactive substances has been published today by the Sentencing Council following consultation (Sentencing Council, UK)
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 (Public Health England)
Debts, Threats, Distress and Hope
Towards Understanding Drug-Related Intimidation in Dublin’s North East Inner City (ALDP)
UK government Drug Recovery Champion annual report
The first annual report from the UK Recovery Champion outlines the work he has undertaken since his appointment and sets out his future work programme (Home Office)
GDS 2020 Key Findings
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CCSA and Health Canada Invest $1.8 Million in Cannabis Research Projects
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) is investing $1.8 million dollars in research on non-therapeutic cannabis and the impacts of its legalization on public health and safety throughout the country
ICER Publishes Final Evidence Report and Policy Recommendations for Supervised Injection Facilities
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) today released a Final Evidence Report and Report-at-a-Glance assessing the comparative clinical effectiveness and value of supervised injection facilities (SIFs), as a means to reduce harm among people who inject drugs
£148 million to cut drugs crime
Multimillion pound investment and ‘Project ADDER’ to protect communities from crime caused by illegal drugs (UK Government)
Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2020
Contains figures for seizures of drugs made by local police forces and the UK Border Force (Home Office)
Low-THC cannabis products in Europe
An increase in the open sale of cannabis products in Europe has raised questions around the possible legal and commercial status of these products – download (EMCDDA)
Emerging evidence of Afghanistan’s role as a producer and supplier of ephedrine and methamphetamine
This paper provides an analysis of the available data that suggest that a methamphetamine industry is rapidly being established in Afghanistan (EMCDDA)
Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report
The Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission is an independent, bipartisan entity with a two-fold mission: evaluate a range of US counternarcotics programs in the Americas and then make recommendations to improve them