This report details the work and achievements of the Drug Deaths Taskforce following its establishment in July 2019
Bibliography: Domestic Policy Issues
Care for Veterans with Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Requires Improvement
Veterans who have served in the U.S. military since the 9/11 attacks have a high level of need for both substance use treatment and mental health care, yet many do not receive appropriate help for their co-occurring disorders, according to a new RAND Corporation report
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 (AIHW)
Saving Lives in the time of COVID-19
Case Study of Harm Reduction, Homelessness and Drug Use in Dublin, Ireland (LSE)
Key findings from the ‘Australians’ Drug Use: Adapting to Pandemic Threats’ (ADAPT) Study
The Australians’ Drug Use: Adapting to Pandemic Threats (ADAPT) Study is exploring the short and long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of Australians who use illicit drugs (NDARC)
Addiction Services in Northern Ireland
This report provides an overview of the scale of alcohol and drug addiction in Northern Ireland, the structures and systems in place within the health sector for tackling addiction, and the challenges faced by those accessing addiction services (NIAO)
Philippines: New report reveals deliberate killings of children during “war on drugs”
A new report, published today, documents 122 killings of children, from 1 to 17 years old, throughout the Philippines, between July 2016 and December 2019 (OMCT)
Impacts of COVID-19 and associated restrictions on people who use illicit stimulants in Australia
Preliminary findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System 2020 (NDARC)
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia, 2018–19
In 2018–19, 1,283 publicly funded alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services provided just under 220,000 treatment episodes to an estimated 137,000 clients (AIHW)
Medical use of cannabis
This briefing provides an overview on the recent change in the law and debate on medicinal cannabis products (House of Commons Library UK)
Family Drug and Alcohol Courts under Covid-19: A Practice Briefing
This briefing examines how the nine existing FDACs across England are adapting to service delivery during the current crisis. It highlights the practical challenges facing practitioners, judges and families, and shines a light on specific solutions that have been developed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic (Centre for Justice Innovation)
Safety of low dose cannabidiol
The review identified that there were potential conditions for low dose cannabidiol that would not require oversight by a medical practitioner. (Australian Government)
Novel benzodiazepines: prevalence and harms in the UK
This report examines the evidence of prevalence and harms in the UK of several novel benzodiazepines and provides advice to the government (ACMD)
Gender and Irish Drug Policy
Report submitted to the working group as part of the ‘Implementing a gender approach in different drug policy areas: from prevention, care and treatment service to law enforcement’ project (UCD)
Standard Operating Procedure for using evidence in ACMD reports
A document developed by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to outline the governing process for preparing evidence-based advice
Delivering health and care for people who sleep rough (PDF)
This research starts to answer the question of what needs to be in place for the delivery of joined-up services to a population of people sleeping rough – as a system, rather than a discrete collection of services (King’s Fund)
Scottish drug misuse database
Overview of Initial Assessments for Specialist Drug Treatment 2018/19 – A National Statistics publication for Scotland
Review of drugs: phase one report
The first part of Dame Carol Black’s independent review of drugs (Home Office)
Trump Administration Seeks Increased Funding to Continue Curbing Drug Crisis
Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 National Drug Control Budget, which requests $35.7 billion for counter-drug efforts, an increase of $94 million from the previous year
National Drug Control Strategy 2020 (PDF)
A Report by the Office of National Drug Control Policy
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