Statistics of drug-related deaths in 2020 and earlier years, broken down by age, sex, substances implicated in the death, underlying cause of death, and NHS Board and Council areas
Archives for July 2021
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People who inject drugs: HIV and viral hepatitis monitoring
Data tables and commentary for the unlinked anonymous monitoring surveys of infections and risk among people who inject drugs (Public Health England)
2014 – 2020 Drug Treatment Data
National Drug Treatment Reporting System 2014 – 2020 Drug Treatment Data (HRB, Ireland)
Differences in Cannabis Perceptions among Canadian Adolescent Boys and Girls
Examines how gender differences in cannabis perceptions and behaviours can increase the risk of cannabis-related harm among adolescent boys and girls. It also outlines how adults can provide support – download (CCSA)
Nearly Half of State Incarcerees Suffer From Substance Abuse: Survey
Despite recommendations by the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare to provide access to behavioral or medical treatment for incarcerees struggling with addiction, only 33 percent of state inmates and 46 percent of federal incarcerees participated in any alcohol or drug treatment program while they were behind bars, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Full report
Heroin-Assisted Treatment and the United Nations international drug control apparatus
This working paper examines the present situation regarding Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT), in addition to the early history (in the 1990s and early 2000s) of HAT as a contemporary drug treatment intervention (GDPO)
Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts
This data visualization presents provisional counts for drug overdose deaths based on a current flow of mortality data in the National Vital Statistics System (CDC)
Improving drug treatment services in England
Models for commissioning and accountability (King’s Fund)
Canadian Opioid Use Disorder Guideline
Opioid Agonist Therapy: A Synthesis of Canadian Guidelines for Treating Opioid Use Disorder is a national clinical guideline that harmonizes existing provincial and national guidelines, evidence-based practices and expert opinions into one document aimed at providing consistent and high-quality care to people with opioid use disorder (camh)
Review of drugs part two: prevention, treatment, and recovery
This is Part 2 of my independent review for government, setting out a way forward on drug treatment and recovery (Department of Health & Social Care, UK)
Australia’s youth
This report brings together a wide range of data on the wellbeing of young people aged 12–24 (AIHW)
Drug use monitoring in Australia
Drug use among police detainees, 2020
Latest wastewater report builds on drug consumption data
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) today released the thirteenth report of its National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program (the Program). For the first time the report includes ketamine excretion levels
Report detailing the work and further progress of the Drug Deaths Taskforce
Summarising its work in terms of innovation projects, research projects, and interventions through ADP direct funding under the categories of Emergency Response, Reducing Risk and Reducing Vulnerability, the Report offers an appraisal of how and when these will impact ( Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce)
Unprecedented increase in overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic – with substantial regional variation
Findings from this study can quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on drug overdose deaths and identify which areas have been most impacted and provide vital resources (Recovery Research Institute)
ONDCP Releases Data on Coca Cultivation and Potential Cocaine Production in the Andean Region
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the results of the annual United States Government estimates measuring coca cultivation and potential cocaine production for the Republic of Colombia, the Republic of Peru, and the Plurinational State of Bolivia