This report provides an updated harms assessment to the ACMD’s previous reports on synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists
Bibliography: Domestic Policy Issues
Police powers and procedures, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2020
Statistics on stop and search, arrests for notifiable offences, detentions under the Mental Health Act 1983, fixed penalty notices for motoring offences, breath tests, and other PACE powers (Home Office)
Response to the ACMD report on the misuse of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues
The following is a partial response to your recommendations as further work is required to implement some of these. I have indicated below where this applies (Home Office)
COVID-19: guidance for commissioners and providers of services for people who use drugs or alcohol
This guidance outlines COVID-19 advice for commissioners and service providers involved in assisting people who are dependent on drugs or alcohol or both (Public Health England)
Recommendations from the Labour Campaign for Drug Policy Reform (LCDPR)
Compiled by its Expert Working Group
Problem-solving courts pilot announced
On 16 September 2020, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published a white paper, A smarter approach to sentencing (Legal Action Group)
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)
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)
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)
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
Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce: One Year Report
This report details the work and achievements of the Drug Deaths Taskforce following its establishment in July 2019
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)
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