Data tables and commentary for the unlinked anonymous monitoring surveys of infections and risk among people who inject drugs (UK Health Security Agency)
Bibliography: All Publications
Naloxone administration by addiction & homeless service providers in Ireland: 2018-2020
The study reviewed data collected by service providers for each incident where naloxone was administered from 2018-2020. The number and type of naloxone products, purchase, supply, and training costs were obtained from data collected by the National Social Inclusion Office and an audit of service providers(HSI, Ireland)
Irish Syringe Analysis Pilot Project
The identication of current injecting trends in the Dublin and Midland Region through the application of syringe analysis methodology (MQI)
Commissioning quality standard: alcohol and drug services
Guidance for local authorities to support them in commissioning effective alcohol and drug treatment and recovery services in their areas (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, UK)
List of most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation
The following is a list of the most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation showing their respective classifications under both the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (MDA) and the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (MDR) Home Office, UK
European Drug Report 2022: Trends and Developments
The Trends and Developments report presents the EMCDDA’s latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe. Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report contains a comprehensive set of national data across these themes and key harm-reduction interventions (EMCDDA)
Trends in the availability and type of drugs sold on the internet via cryptomarkets, June 2021 – May 2022
This bulletin series reports on trends in the availability and types of drugs sold on the internet via cryptomarkets over a 12-month period (a new bulletin is released typically every 4 months). The current bulletin focuses on analysis of drug listings on cryptomarkets from 1st June 2021 to 31st May 2022 (NDARC)
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2021 registrations
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales from 1993 to 2021, by cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death (Office of National Statistics)
Changes in the use of Melbourne’s Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) over the COVID-19 pandemic
In this bulletin, we update findings from a previous IDRS Bulletin that included information on the use of the North Richmond MSIR in 2019 to examine responses to the 2020 and 2021 IDRS surveys of people who inject drugs in order to examine any changes in MSIR use evident in the Melbourne IDRS samples over the COVID-19 pandemic (NDARC)
Developing international consensus to address high-risk drug use and overdose
Researchers in this study established an international consensus statement to guide the prevention, treatment, and management of high-risk substance use and overdose among youth (Recovery Research Institute)
The Global Cannabis Cultivation Research Consortium (GCCRC): a transnational online survey of cannabis growers
This paper presents some of the key findings of an innovative online survey of cannabis growers in Europe, Australia and North America. The International Cannabis Cultivation Questionnaire (ICCQ) present generated important findings about cannabis cultivation, along with policy insights and methodological lessons that would likely have been unattainable through other methods (EMCDDA)
Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2021
Statistics of drug-related deaths in 2021 and earlier years, broken down by age, sex, substances implicated in the death, underlying cause of death, and NHS Board and Council areas (National Records of Scotland)
Cocaine Insights
The series Cocaine Insights, developed by UNODC in the framework of the CRIMJUST programme and in cooperation with partners and stakeholders at national, regional and international levels, delivers the latest knowledge and trends on issues related to cocaine markets in an accessible and informative format
A Report on British Columbia’s Unregulated Drug Supply
Drug checking trends across British Columbia January to December 2021 (BC Centre on Substance Use)
Urban–Rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, 2020
Drug overdose death rates, which have been rising over the past decade, differ by urban and rural counties across the United States (CDC)
Swift, Certain, Tough – New consequences for drug possession
Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Overdose death rates increased significantly for Black, American Indian/Alaska Native people in 2020
Recent increases in deaths largely driven by illicitly manufactured fentanyl (CDC)
New Problem-Solving Courts to combat drug and alcohol-fuelled crime
Ground-breaking new courts will direct drug and alcohol abusers to tackle their addiction head-on or face tough consequences (Ministry of Justice )
National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2019
This report presents key results from the 2019 National Drug Strategy Household Survey. It looks at people’s drug use throughout their lives and during the last 12 months, and examines how these patterns have changed over time. It also asks people for their opinions on a range of initiatives designed to reduce the harm caused by tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use, and for the first time provides perspectives on emerging initiatives, such as the availability of pill and other drug testing for potential drug users (AIHW)
The population of people injecting drugs in the UK is getting older
The median age of people who inject opiates and crack cocaine is increasing in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, according to a new study published in the journal Addiction. Based on survey data, the researchers concluded that the age of people currently injecting drugs, their age when they first started injecting drugs, and the number of years they had been injecting drugs have all increased (aidsmap)
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