This miniguide is one of a larger set, which together comprise Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide (EMCDDA)
Bibliography: Interventions – Harm Reduction
Drug checking in Australia: how far do we have to go?
This presentation focused on drug checking or pill testing services, which have existed for over 50 years and now operate in more than 20 countries. Despite this long history, little research assessing feasibility or impact has been published in peer-reviewed journals (NDARC)
Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative (NESI)
Prevalence of blood-borne viruses and injecting risk behaviours among people who inject drugs attending injecting equipment provision services in Scotland, 2008 to 2020 (Public Health Scotland)
Recreational settings and drugs: health and social responses
This miniguide is one of a larger set, which together comprise Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide (EMCDDA)
Latest wastewater data reveal drug-taking habits in 75 European cities in a record 25 countries
Increases in detections of most drugs studied (EMCDDA)
Reducing Drug Deaths in London
London Assembly Health Committee
FACT SHEET: Addressing Addiction and the Overdose Epidemic
Drug overdose deaths have reached a historic high, devastating families and communities. More than 104,000 Americans died due to a drug overdose in the 12-month period ending in September 2021 (White House)
Universities should be more tolerant of drug use if they are to keep students safe from drug harms
A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute, Illicit drug use in universities: zero tolerance or harm reduction?
New Zealand State of the Nation 2022
The latest edition of our annual report on how New Zealand is dealing with drugs and drug harm (NZDF)
Student drug use: reducing harm and tackling supply
Universities UK (UUK) has today announced new work, in partnership with Unite Students, GuildHE and Independent HE, to set out a common approach to reduce harms from drug use and to better tackle supply (UUK)
Shooting Up: infections among people who inject drugs in the UK
This report describes the extent of infections and injecting-related harms among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the United Kingdom (UK Government)
Evaluation of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme subsidised take home naloxone pilot
This report presents the final evaluation findings, covering the pilot in NSW, SA and WA from commencement on 1 December 2019 up until 30 June 2021 (Australian Government)
Promising evidence that mobile engagement units can link hard-to-reach individuals with opioid use disorder to medication treatment
In this study, a mobile engagement unit was evaluated to see if this intervention would improve treatment utilization among a hard-to-reach population (Recovery Research Institute)
Experiences of overdose among people who inject drugs in the city of Toronto
In this report, we summarize what people who inject drugs in Toronto told us about their overdose experiences. We are interested in what happened at the time of their overdose and how others responded to their overdose (MAP)
Scoping project: A peer-based needle exchange service in London
This report explores the feasibility, acceptability, and practical considerations of developing a peer-based needle exchange service, with additional hepatitis C awareness and testing capacity, in Hackney (LJWG)
Report: Substance misuse related deaths in the criminal justice system
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)
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)
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