This analysis provides the first significant body of evidence on drug use among students in Ireland and will help policymakers, professionals, and practitioners when considering responses to the challenge of reducing harms arising from drug use in higher education (DUHEI)
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Expanding overdose prevention sites in Vancouver, Canada, has beneficial health impacts
Overdose prevention sites are a type of supervised injection service that are less regimented and have fewer barriers than traditional supervised injection services. The researchers in this study investigated the impact of this implementation in Vancouver on health outcomes (Recovery Research Institute)
New explorer tool offers access to over 20 years of ESPAD data
European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) is launching a new data explorer tool, allowing access to over 20 years of ESPAD data on substance use among 15-16-year-old student
Five drug-induced deaths per day among Australians in 2020, report finds
The latest Drug Trends report from UNSW’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre shows more than 1800 drug-induced deaths in Australia in 2020 (UNSW)
Take Home Naloxone Programme
Annual report on the supply and use of Take Home Naloxone to reverse an overdose April 2020 – March 2021 (PHA Ireland)
EU Drug Markets: In-depth analysis
In-depth analysis’ is a strategic and action-oriented analysis of the information available on Europe’s illicit drug markets. It takes a broad view of these markets from production and trafficking, to distribution and use. It provides a holistic and systemic perspective, capturing key aspects of the wider security and public health consequences of drug markets, as well as the main factors driving change and new threats (EMCDDA)
Publication of the drug misuse prevention review
The report “Preventing drug use among vulnerable groups of people”, commissioned by the Home Office, has been published by the ACMD
Scottish drug misuse database
Overview of Initial Assessments for Specialist Drug Treatment 2020/21: Final Report
Drug misuse prevention review
Advice on preventing drug misuse among vulnerable groups of people, with a focus on understanding factors that contribute to vulnerability (ACMD)
U.S. Overdose Deaths In 2021 Increased Half as Much as in 2020 – But Are Still Up 15%
Provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate there were an estimated 107,622 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2021, an increase of nearly 15% from the 93,655 deaths estimated in 2020. The 2021 increase was half of what it was a year ago, when overdose deaths rose 30% from 2019 to 2020 (CDC)
Civil society monitoring of harm reduction in Europe 2021 data report
This is the third and last civil society-led C-EHRN Monitoring Report which is produced within the framework of the Operating Grant of the EU Health Programme1 (2018-2021). It is time to stand still and look at what we have achieved so far, what still needs to be done and where we see room for improvement (Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network)
Europe’s changing role in expanding cocaine and methamphetamine markets
In an in-depth look at the cocaine and methamphetamine markets, the agencies point to increased production activities in Europe and how collaboration between criminal groups worldwide is creating new security threats and expanding the market (EMCDDA)
National naloxone programme Scotland: annual Monitoring report 2019/20 and 2020/21 An Official Statistics publication for Scotland
This release by Public Health Scotland presents information on the number of take-home naloxone (THN) kits issued by the National Naloxone Programme in Scotland