The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC) and the Royal College of General Practitioners Secure Environments Group (RCGP SEG) have highlighted the need for a whole-systems approach to tackle substance misuse in the criminal justice system – in order to prevent substance misuse-related deaths amongst prisoners and those released back into the community (IAPDC)
Bibliography: Interventions – Harm Reduction
From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives
A 10-year plan to cut crime and save lives by reducing the supply and demand for drugs and delivering a high-quality treatment and recovery system (Home Office)
Combining medication and adjunct services for opioid use disorder
Identifying cost-saving combinations that reduce risk of overdose and death (Recovery Research Institute)
Drug-related infectious diseases: health and social responses
This miniguide on responding to drug-related infectious diseases is one of a larger set, which together comprise Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide 2021 (EMCDDA)
GDS 2021 Global Report
We wanted to focus on how COVID-19 changed people’s drug using behaviours especially with regard to alcohol, cannabis and cocaine, how people balance reducing harm and maximizing pleasure when using drugs, and whether microdosing has moved beyond those seeking to improve creativity and work performance to self-treatment for mental health issue (Global Drugs Survey)
Women’s Report
In February 2021, the Taskforce had a discussion about the particular issues facing women who use drugs and their families – download (Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce)
Opioid overdose: An opportune time to link individuals to treatment?
he current study described initial outcomes of an assertive outreach method for opioid use disorder patients who had a recent nonfatal overdose, revealing its potential for enhancing treatment engagement and retention (Recovery Research Institute)
SAMHSA Extends the Methadone Take-Home Flexibility for One Year While Working Toward a Permanent Solution
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is extending the methadone take-home flexibilities for one year, effective upon the eventual expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (SAMHSA)
Report and Recommendations of the NYSBA Task Force on Attorney Well-Being
NYSBA Attorney Well-Being Task Force, we expect this Report to be illuminating, sobering, and, ultimately galvanizing, acting as both a platform and a call to action (New York State Bar Association)
Improving outcomes among patients on medications for opioid use disorder is challenging, but incentivizing patients may be a path forward
In this study, researchers test a novel clinical intervention that incentivizes patients to adhere to treatment and remain abstinent from opioids (Recovery Research Institute)
Caught in the Crossfire
Health and human rights impacts of COVID-19 measures on people who use drugs in Indonesia and the Philippines (Harm Reduction International)
A Review of the Existing Literature and Evidence on Young People Experiencing Harms from Alcohol and Drugs in Scotland
This report provides a review of the existing literature and evidence base relating to alcohol and drug harms experienced by children and younger people (<25 years) in Scotland. It provides an up-to-date overview of the latest data on prevalence and harms related to alcohol and drug use among children and younger people (Scottish Government)
Safer drug consumption facilities: evidence paper
This paper highlights the evidence in support of safer drug consumption facilities (Scottish Government)
Drug Deaths Taskforce Recommendations
These recommendations relate to a wide range of topics that the Taskforce believe would have a positive impact on tackling the drug problem faced in Scotland and ultimately save lives
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)
Effective practice guide Substance misuse
Based on: a joint thematic inspection of community-based drug treatment and recovery work with people on probation (HM Inspector of Probation)
Report of the Emerging Drug Trends and Drug Checking Working Group 2021
Report prepared for Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing and National Drugs Strategy by the HSE National Social Inclusion (Ireland)
New report highlights public health and social risks posed by synthetic cannabinoids in Europe
Synthetic cannabinoids come under the spotlight today in a new report released by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA)
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)
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