Key Findings on Adolescent Drug Use – 2019
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Cannabis farms are a modern slavery ‘blind spot’ for UK police, study suggests
Migrants arrested for tending plants in the flats, houses and attics where cannabis is grown in bulk are often victims of trafficking and “debt bondage” – yet many are not recognised as such by police, according to a new study (Cambridge University)
Preventable injecting-related injuries and diseases reported by many people who inject drugs
In a new report by researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney, data from 897 face-to-face interviews with PWID from the 2019 Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) were analysed
Principles for the responsible legal regulation of cannabis
This Advocacy Note proposes twenty principles that should inform any regulatory framework for cannabis markets, whether for medical or for adult non-medical use. They are arranged in five categories (IDPC)
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health: 2019 (PDF)
NSDUH is a comprehensive household interview survey of substance use, substance use disorders, mental health, and the receipt of treatment services for these disorders in the United States (SAMHSA)
GDS: the world’s largest drug survey
The GDS Special Edition on COVID-19 was developed as part of a global effort to better understand the impact of the pandemic on people’s lives with a specific focus on the use of alcohol and other drugs, mental health and relationships
Cancard: backed by police, designed with doctors, made for patients
From 1 November this year, over 1 million adults will be eligible to apply for a new exemption card, Cancard, which has been designed by medical cannabis patients to protect them from prosecution (CDPRG)
Recreational cannabis regulation and harm reduction
BERL advice to the Ministry of Justice (New Zealand)
Problem drug use in Scotland
Government response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2019
Support and informational needs of ‘at-risk’ groups highlighted in new SDF report
A new report that identifies specific risks and informational needs of certain ‘at-risk’ groups in Scotland has been published today by Scottish Drugs Forum
Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2020
Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2020 reveals that for the fifth year running, more than 2,000 Australians lost their lives to overdose in a single calendar year (Penington Institute)
Does it matter where you get medication for opioid use disorder? A comparison of three types of clinics
Do substance-related outcomes vary across different types of community clinics? (Recovery Research Institute)
Substance use disorder recovery – there’s an app for that… but who uses it and who benefits?
To begin to address this gap in the clinical literature, the authors conducted an analysis of Sober Grid, a popular substance use disorder (SUD) recovery smartphone application (Recovery Research Institute)
Managing drug and alcohol misuse at work
Our report, written with input from charities and experts in the space, examines the management and prevention of drug and alcohol misuse at work (CIPD)
Prescription Opioid Misuse and Use of Alcohol and Other Substances Among High School Students
Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019 (CDC)
Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Within Syringe Service Programs — United States, 2019
In 2019, among 263 SSPs responding to an online survey, 247 (94%) had implemented OEND. The number of persons who received naloxone per opioid overdose death and the number of naloxone doses distributed per opioid overdose death during the previous year varied by census division (CDC)
Access to take-home naloxone increased through paramedic supply
Ambulance paramedics are to supply to patients at risk of an opiate overdose take-home naloxone as part of a pilot scheme in Glasgow (SDF)
WHO cannabis rescheduling and its relevance for the Caribbean
Following its first-ever critical review of cannabis, in January 2019 the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a collection of formal recommendations to reschedule cannabis and cannabis-related substances. 53 member states of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), two of which are Caribbean states, are set to vote on these recommendations in December 2020 (tni)
ACMD work programme 2020 to 2022: commissioning letter
The Home Secretary’s commissioning letter to the chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) for the period 2020 to 2022
National Naloxone programme Scotland
This release by Public Health Scotland presents information on the number of take-home naloxone kits issued by the National Naloxone Programme in Scotlan
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