The Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group (CDPRG) exists to educate and inform the debate around drug policy reform. We are here to act as a forum where all parts of the debate can interact based on the evidence
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Healthy, prosperous lives for all: the European Health Equity Status Report (PDF)
This report identifies five essential conditions needed to create and sustain a healthy life for all: good quality and accessible health services; income security and social protection; decent living conditions; social and human capital and decent work and employment conditions. Policy actions are needed to address all five conditions (WHO)
Drugs policy and medicinal cannabis report: government response
The government’s response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s report
CDC Awards New Funds to Stop Drug Overdoses, Deaths
As the drug overdose crisis evolves and becomes more complex, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing $301 million in new Overdose Data to Action funds to states and jurisdictions
Frequently asked questions (FAQ): drug overdose deaths in Europe
This page provides an update on drug-related deaths in Europe, presenting and analysing the latest data on and trends in drug-induced deaths in the European Union, Norway and Turkey. It draws on contributions from specialists from these countries, as well as on information provided by European countries in the annual reporting exercise to the agency (EMCDDA)
Drug overdoses can be prevented — new resources released
The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) launches today three new resources looking at drug overdoses in Europe and the interventions in place to prevent them
Briefing paper: Opioids in the UK
Opioid related deaths in England and Wales are considerably higher than the OECD average. Addressing opioid dependence, misuse and overdoses in the UK requires policy coordination across health, social and criminal justice systems (CDPRG)
The Future of Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids
This book offers a systematic assessment of the past, present, and possible futures of synthetic opioids in the United States (RAND)
Road to Recovery (PDF)
Addiction in our society – the case for reform (Centre for Social Justice)
Victorian Drug Trends 2018: Patterns of drug use in the Victorian Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews
This year, we have provided a summary report highlighting the key trends from the IDRS interviews conducted in Victoria (NDARC)
Australia’s annual overdose report 2019
Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2019 reveals that unintentional overdose continues to be a significant cause of death in Australia (Penington Institute)
Hepatitis C interventions (PDF)
Organisations providing harm reduction services in Europe – analysis and examples (European Harm Reduction Network)
Results from the 10 Prisons Project
Statistics on the level of assaults and random mandatory drug testing within the prisons taking part in the 10 Prisons Project (MoJ)
National intelligence network on drug health harms briefing: August 2019
This briefing is based on a meeting of the national intelligence network (NIN) on the health harms associated with drug use (PHE)
Latest UNODC Monitoring Report shows decline of coca cultivation in Bolivia
In 2018, the cultivation of coca crops in Bolivia decreased by six per cent compared to data from 2017, according to the latest Coca Cultivation Survey presented today in La Paz by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Reports and Detailed Tables From the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States (SAMHSA)
Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring (UAM) Survey of HIV and viral hepatitis among PWID: 2019 report (PDF)
The aim of the Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring (UAM) Survey of People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) is to monitor the prevalence and incidence of HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection, and associated injecting risk behaviour in people who inject psychoactive drugs, such as heroin, crack cocaine and amphetamines (Public Health England)
Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England 2018 [NS]
This report contains results from a biennial survey of secondary school pupils in England in years 7 to 11 (mostly aged 11 to 15), focusing on smoking, drinking and drug use. It covers a range of topics including prevalence, habits, attitudes, and for the first time in 2018, wellbeing (NHS Digital)
What America’s Users Spend on Illegal Drugs, 2006–2016
This report updates and extends estimates of the number of users, retail expenditures, and amount consumed from 2006 to 2016 for cocaine (including crack), heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine in the United States, based on a methodology developed by the RAND Corporation for the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2018 registrations
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales from 1993 onwards, by cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death (Office of National Statistics, UK)
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