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)
Bibliography: Domestic Policy Issues
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
National intelligence network on drug health harms briefing
January 2020 (Public Health England)
Substance misuse treatment in secure settings: 2018 to 2019
Statistics for alcohol and drug misuse treatment in prisons and other secure settings from PHE’s national drug treatment monitoring system (NDTMS)
Release of First-Ever National Clinical Guidelines on Substance Use Disorders among Older Canadians
Canadian healthcare providers now have the tools they need to better support the prevention, assessment and treatment of older adults at risk of, or living with, substance use disorders Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health (CCSMH)
Left Behind: The Scale of Illegal Cannabis Use for Medicinal Intent in the UK
In this study, we used a cross-sectional national survey weighted to all adult groups in England, Wales and Scotland to identify this prevalence, and also to scale the monetary and personal costs of use (Centre for Medicinal Cannabis)
Opioids in the United States
The objective of this report is to provide timely information regarding the status of opioids including novel opioids and fentanyl analog prevalence, positivity, and discovery within the United States (NPS)
ACT Pill Testing Trial 2019 (PDF)
Program evaluation (Australian National University)
Needle Syringe Program National Minimum Data Collection Report 2019
The Needle Syringe Program National Minimum Data Collection (NSP NMDC) supports the National Strategies for blood borne and sexually transmissible infections and complements the annual Australian Needle Syringe Program Survey National Data Report (The Kirby Institute, Australia)
Cannabis-based medicinal products (PDF)
This position statement examines the existing evidence on CBMPs and how they relate to mental health (RC PSYCH, UK)
My world survey: national study of youth mental health in Ireland (PDF)
Large-scale studies that capture the mental health profile of young people help us to understand their experiences and inform service provision. To date, there is a limited body of research on the prevalence of mental health difficulties among young people aged 12-25, particularly in the Irish context (UCD School of Psychology and Headstrong, Ireland)
Circular 009/2019: third generation synthetic cannabinoids update
Amendment to the generic definition of a group of synthetic cannabinoids (‘third generation’) under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 and the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2015 (UK Government)
Toolkit containing strategies to prevent drug-related deaths in Scotland updated
A resource containing strategies to reduce drug-related deaths in Scotland has been updated and re-launched by Scottish Drugs Forum
Substance misuse treatment for adults: statistics 2018 to 2019
Statistics on alcohol and drug misuse treatment for adults from PHE’s National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)
National Drug Treatment Reporting System 2012-2018 drug data.
Health Research Board. (2019) National Drug Treatment Reporting System 2012-2018 drug data. Dublin: Health Research Board
Scottish Affairs Committee calls for decriminalisation and safe drug consumption rooms
The Scottish Affairs Committee publishes its report on Problem Drug Use in Scotland
Drugs policy
UK Parliament
Australian Drug Trends 2019: Key Findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews
In 2019, we have provided a suite of products with the most up-to-date findings from interviews conducted annually from 2000-2019 with a cross-sectional sentinel group of people who regularly inject drugs recruited from all capital cities of Australia (NDARC)
Cannabis Legalization: Year One Observations
Provides the first summary of Canada’s experience in the first year of retail sales after cannabis legalization, with a focus on the public health and safety objectives of the Cannabis Act. Canada’s relationship with legal cann bis is evolving and the market is still developing (CCSA)
Government response to ACMD report ‘Ageing cohort of drug users’
Officials from each of the 4 nations have reviewed the Council’s advice carefully and set out work underway to address each of the recommendations below (Department of Health & Social Care)
Health matters: rough sleeping
This edition of Health Matters focuses on the scale of rough sleeping in England, the causes and consequences of rough sleeping (including the links with poor physical and mental health, prevention and effective interventions) and relevant calls to action (Public Health England)
Is the UK ready for drug policy reform? (PDF)
The Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group
Is the UK ready for drug policy reform? (PDF)
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
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
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)
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)
Assessing Cannabis Supply and Demand in Washington State
This report provides detailed information about state-legal cannabis production and sales in Washington, as well as insights about the total amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) obtained from legal and illegal sources by Washington residents (RAND)
Australian NSP Survey National Data Report 2014 – 2018
The Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey (ANSPS) provides serial point prevalence estimates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) (antibody and RNA) and sexual and injecting risk behaviour among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Australia
Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2018
Statistics of drug-related deaths in 2018 and earlier years, broken down by cause of death, selected drugs reported, age and sex (National Records of Scotland)
Drugs policy: medicinal cannabis
Contents section (Parliament, UK)
Stronger evidence needed to improve confidence in medicinal cannabis
Despite the rescheduling of medicinal cannabis, very few prescriptions have been issued. One of the many reasons for this is because of the gaps in the evidence base (Parliament, UK)
Breaking the embargo: a proposal to break UK public health medicinal cannabis impasse (PDF)
Commissioning national clinical assessments of cannabis-based medicinal products in the management of chronic disease (Centre for Medicinal Cannabis)
Hard Edges
The central aim of this study was to establish a statistical profile of the extent and nature of severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD) in Scotland
Report into homelessness and drug misuse published
Safe housing key to tackling homeless drug misuse, says ACMD report
Cannabis-based products for medicinal use
In development [GID-NG10124] Expected publication date: 21 October 2019 (NICE)
Drug and alcohol services: an update
This paper provides an overview of the current position of drug and alcohol services in Scotland and summarises the progress against recommendations made in our 2009 report (Audit Scotland)
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