This guidance is to help researchers understand the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, which comes into effect on 26 May 2016. The act bans psychoactive substances, also known as ‘legal highs’, in the UK (home Office)
Bibliography: Domestic Policy Issues
Circular 004/2016: Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
Provides information about the Psychoactive Substances Act, which comes into effect on Thursday 26 May 2016 (Home Office)
Scottish Drug Misuse Database
[PDF] Overview of Initial Assessments for Specialist Drug Treatment 2014/15 (ISD Scotland)
Reviewing the indicators in the Public Health Outcome Framework
See section 5 (Parliament UK)
Landmark law to tackle legal highs commences later this month
The UK will be the first country in the world to put in place a rigorous system of testing to demonstrate that a substance is capable of having a psychoactive effect, providing evidence to support civil action and prosecutions (Home Office)
Deaths from ‘legal highs’
A blanket ban of so-called ‘legal highs’ is due to come into effect this spring, following long-running concerns over how quickly they are being created and the potential harms they pose (Office of National Statistics)
ACMD work programme for 2016
Letter to the Home Secretary from the chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, outlining their work programme for 2016 (AMCD)
Marijuana Legalization in Colorado: Early Findings
A Report Pursuant to Senate Bill 13-283 (Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice)
Precursor chemical licensing
Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals (Home Office)
Public Health England Strategic Plan
Includes alcohol and drug use (Public Health England)
The Challenge of Being Young in Modern Britain
Includes substance abuse (YMCA)
Controlled drugs: safe use and management
Providers of services where controlled drugs are used, for example, substance misuse services, ambulance services, home care providers, community pharmacies, community health providers, GPs and other independent prescribers, dispensing doctors, voluntary agencies and charities (NICE)
An evaluation of the CAD Family Focused Drug Education Programme and Tutor Training Programme
This report presents the results of a pilot training evaluation in the North East region to assess (1) the training and delivery of the CAD Family Focus Tutor Training programme and (2) the impact of the CAD Family Focus Drug Education programme on participants (North East Regional Drug & Alcohol Task Force)
National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016
Progress Report to End 2015 (Drugs.ie)
Effect of policy, economics, and the changing alcohol marketplace on alcohol related deaths in England and Wales
The economic downturn and rises in alcohol taxation seem to have stemmed the persistent rise in alcohol related deaths in England and Wales (BMJ)
5 countries experimenting with liberal drug laws
Uruguay, Portugal, Czech Republic, Switzerland, USA (Tech Insider)
Views on alcohol and drug related issues
Findings from the September 2015 Northern Ireland Omnibus Survey (Department of Justice (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency)
Modern crime prevention strategy
The modern crime prevention strategy builds on new research, techniques and technology to update the way we think about crime prevention (Home Office)
A regulated cannabis market for the UK
This groundbreaking report sets out how the legal production and supply of cannabis could work in the UK. It was established in the autumn by Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Norman Lamb MP. The expert panel was chaired by Steve Rolles, Senior Policy Analyst from Transform Drug Policy Foundation
Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy
Final Annual Report (NHS Health Scotland)
United Kingdom Drug Situation
Annual Report to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (UK Focal Point On Drugs)
The absorption of recovery in English drug policy
This is an excerpt of a recent NDARC seminar presentation by Professor Alex Stevens (NDARC)
PHILTRE Annual Report 2014-15
WEDINOS provides a mechanism for the anonymous submission and testing of samples of new psychoactive substances and the dissemination of pragmatic harm reduction advice (NHS Wales)
The Association of Directors of Public Health: Position Statement – Take home naloxone
This position statement:
1. provides Directors of Public Health with the ADPH position statement on Naloxone use
2. provides a briefing on take home naloxone schemes and issues for Directors of Public Health to
consider, and
3. provides references and sources for key resources and information
A simple (ish) guide to the Psychoactive Substances Act
The Psychoactive Substances Act will come into force on the 6th April 2016. The Act will make it an offence to produce, supply or offer to supply any psychoactive substance if the substance is likely to be used for its psychoactive effects and regardless of its potential for harm (DrugWatch)
Psychoactive Substances Act 201
This is the original version (as it was originally enacted). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format (UK Government)
The Psychoactive Substances Bill 2015-16: Report on Committee Stage
This briefing paper is produced prior to the Report Stage of the Psychoactive Substances Bill 2015-16
Psychoactive substances bill, as amended
This document includes all amendments tabled to date, arranged in the order they relate to the Bill (Parliament UK)
Integrated Monitoring System Annual Report
Cheshire and Merseyside 2014/15
Social supply of cannabis in Australia
The findings have implications for the policing of social supply drug markets, the public education of participants in the social supply market and how social supply offences are dealt with in law (NDLERF)
Ice report marks a welcome shift in thinking towards prevention and treatment
The federal government on Sunday released the final report of, and its response to, the taskforce established in response to growing community concern around crystal methamphetamine, or ice (The Conversation)
Naloxone – what the new legislation changes mean
Kate Halliday, SMMGP Programme Lead, discusses the recent legislation changes which make naloxone more readily available for those that need it (SMMGP)
Drug misuse and dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management
Feedback received (Public Health England)
Helping local areas address public health issues relating to alcohol, drug and tobacco use
Public Health England
David Best: Why the UK lags behind in recovery for drug users
It’s rare that you’ll see Blackpool praised by a professor of criminology, but when it comes to leading the way in changing how the powers that be handle recovery from substance abuse and dependency, it is certainly a shining example of success
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment resources for alcohol, drugs and tobacco
PHE has published the latest alcohol, drugs and tobacco joint strategic needs (JSNA) resource pack to help local areas develop joint strategic needs assessments and local joint health and wellbeing strategies that effectively address public health issues relating to alcohol, drug and tobacco use
Breaking boundaries: Towards a ‘Troubled Lives’ programme for people facing multiple and complex needs
Reviewing previous reforms to public services for socially excluded groups, this report makes the case for a locally-led and coordinated programme to support people with multiple and complex needs (IPPR)
International experts back Irish drug injection centre plan
An international group of experts has welcomed plans to introduce medically supervised injection centres in Ireland, saying the move will help to tackle the problem of public injecting as well as facilitating access to treatment (The Journal Ireland)
French Senate Gives Green Light to Drug Consumption Rooms
After a heated debate, Senators have decided to approve an experimental project to provide a safer environment for drug users, in order to prevent death and disease (Drug Reporter)
Oral evidence: Psychoactive substances, HC 361
Tuesday 15 September 2015 (Home Affairs Committee – Parliament UK)
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