More than 2,000 Australians have lost their lives to overdose for the sixth year in a row (Penington Institute)
Archives for August 2021
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Key findings from the ‘Australians’ Drug Use: Adapting to Pandemic Threats’ (ADAPT) Study Wave 4
The Australians’ Drug Use: Adapting to Pandemic Threats (ADAPT) Study is exploring the short and long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of Australians who use illicit drugs (NDARC)
Turning the tide: Growth, visibility and impact of the civil society drug policy reform movement at the UN
This briefing paper offers a historical analysis of civil society advocacy for drug policy reform at the UN, assessing the many gains made and challenges encountered over time – and ways in which reform-oriented civil society has met, resisted, and generally overcome, these challenges (idpc)
NIN on drug health harms briefing – May 2021
This briefing summarises the topics covered at the May 2021 meeting of the national intelligence network (NIN) on the health harms associated with drug use, with updated information where appropriate (Public Health England)
A joint thematic inspection of community-based drug treatment and recovery work with people on probation
Probation services are responding poorly to drugs misuse and addiction cases, according to inspectors (HM Inspectorate of Probation) download
Focused Policy Assessment of Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery
An analysis of expenditure and performance in the area of drug and alcohol misuse (Government of Ireland)
Cannabis Research in Times of Legalization: What’s on the Agenda
This report is based on a workshop of the same name that was co-organized by CCSA and the Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2020
Annual number of deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales. Data presented by cause of death, sex, age, substance(s) involved in the death, and by country and region (ONS)
Victorian Overdose Deaths 2011-2020
This report provides an overview of overdoses that have occurred in Victoria from 1 January 2011 – 31 December 2020 and includes an analysis of demographic information including age, gender and geographical data along with a discussion of observable trends in drug overdose deaths (Coroners Court, Victoria)