The first report, based on interviews with 774 people (median age 24) from across Australian capital cities who regularly use ecstasy and other illicit stimulants, revealed several significant changes in drug use in 2021 (NDARC)
Bibliography: Domestic Policy Issues
Proposed Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill
A proposal for a Bill to enable people addicted to drugs and/or alcohol to access the necessary addiction treatment they require (Scottish Government)
Injecting equipment provision in Scotland
Includes the number of outlets, attendances and the types of injecting equipment distributed to people who inject illicit drugs (including Novel Psychoactive Substances and Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs) in Scotland in 2020/21 (Public Health Scotland)
Lord Advocate statement on Diversion from Prosecution
The Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC made this statement to the Scottish Parliament on Diversion from Prosecution (Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service, Scotland)
A Strategic Framework to Tackle the Harm from Substance Use (2021-31)
This strategy sets out our proposals for tackling the harms caused by substance use over the next ten years (DoH, Ireland)
Drug Law Reform Report
It explores how existing legislation and its use impacts on the current situation amid the changing landscape of Scotland’s unique drug deaths challenge (Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce)
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)
2014 – 2020 Drug Treatment Data
National Drug Treatment Reporting System 2014 – 2020 Drug Treatment Data (HRB, Ireland)
Improving drug treatment services in England
Models for commissioning and accountability (King’s Fund)
Canadian Opioid Use Disorder Guideline
Opioid Agonist Therapy: A Synthesis of Canadian Guidelines for Treating Opioid Use Disorder is a national clinical guideline that harmonizes existing provincial and national guidelines, evidence-based practices and expert opinions into one document aimed at providing consistent and high-quality care to people with opioid use disorder (camh)
Review of drugs part two: prevention, treatment, and recovery
This is Part 2 of my independent review for government, setting out a way forward on drug treatment and recovery (Department of Health & Social Care, UK)
Australia’s youth
This report brings together a wide range of data on the wellbeing of young people aged 12–24 (AIHW)
Report detailing the work and further progress of the Drug Deaths Taskforce
Summarising its work in terms of innovation projects, research projects, and interventions through ADP direct funding under the categories of Emergency Response, Reducing Risk and Reducing Vulnerability, the Report offers an appraisal of how and when these will impact ( Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce)
Unprecedented increase in overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic – with substantial regional variation
Findings from this study can quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on drug overdose deaths and identify which areas have been most impacted and provide vital resources (Recovery Research Institute)
Summary of Residential Rehabilitation in Scotland
We write this to give an outline of residential rehabilitation services in Scotland, how they are accessed and funded, with any concerns outlined. It outlines our findings when searching publicly accessible sources and so facts may differ slightly (Favour)
Perceived fear of losing children major barrier to women accessing addiction treatment
A new report from Trinity College has found that there is an urgent need for the expansion of gender-sensitive drug and alcohol treatment approaches that support the needs of women
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