Six-monthly update of class A, B and C drug seizure incidents and arrests by PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland)
Bibliography: Interventions – Law Enforcement
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)
Results from the 10 Prisons Project
Statistics on the level of assaults and random mandatory drug testing within the prisons taking part in the 10 Prisons Project (MoJ)
Review of approaches taken in Ireland and in other jurisdictions to simple possession drug offences (PDF)
A report for the Irish Department of Justice & Equality and the Department of Health (and the working group on this issue)
NIH establishes network to improve opioid addiction treatment in criminal justice settings
Ten clinical research centers will address gaps in accessing high-quality care
Classification of Drugs: when science was left behind,
The first-ever comprehensive report providing a political reading of the current evaluation and classification, or “scheduling” of drugs according to their harms (The Global Commission on Drug Policy)
Criminal Justice Project: Class A drug tests in Merseyside Police custody
This report presents data on drug tests carried out across Merseyside’s custody suites between April 2016 and March 2019, with a particular focus given to positive tests in 2018/19 (PHI)
ACMD: avoid Friday prison release to prevent drug relapse and deaths
Prison services could reduce drug-related harms by avoiding releasing vulnerable prisoners on a Friday, the ACMD has today advised the Home Secretary
ACMD report: Custody-community transitions
Report from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on how to reduce drug-related harms that occur when people move between custody and the community
Penalties for drug law offences in Europe at a glance
On this page you can examine and compare the penalties, or rehabilitative responses, for the core offences of drug use, possession for personal use, and supply-related offences, across countries in Europe (EMCDDA)
The Criminal Justice System and More Lenient Drug Policy
Three Case Studies on California’s Changes to How Its Criminal Justice System Addresses Drug Use (RAND)
Prison Drugs Strategy (PDF)
This strategy has been developed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), working with other partners across government. It sets out our plans to reduce the misuse of drugs in our prisons, and will provide direction to assist all stakeholders in this
National Prison Drugs Strategy
Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Prison Drugs Strategy
Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2017/18: Main Findings (PDF)
This summary presents a range of key findings from the 2017/18 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (Scottish Government)
Control of pregabalin and gabapentin under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
This circular draws attention to the contents of the below Statutory Instruments (SIs), S.I. 2018/1356 and 2018/1383, which will come into force at 00.01 on 1 April 2019 (Home Office)
Health, rights and drugs (PDF)
Harm reduction, decriminalization and zero discrimination for people who use drugs (UNAIDS)
WHO recommends rescheduling of cannabis
On 24 January 2019, the Director General of the World Health Organization sent a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations recommending, among other things, that cannabis and associated substances be rescheduled in the international drug control framework (EMCDDA)
Drug seizures and offender characteristics: 2017-2018
Statistical bulletin on drug seizures recorded by Police Scotland in 2017-2018
Supervised Drug Consumption Facilities Bill
1 Safe drug consumption facilities
2 Licence for provision of safe drug consumption facilities
3 Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
4 Annual report
5 Regulations
6 Financial provisions
7 Extent, commencement and short title
The nature of violent crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2018
A summary of violent crime from the year ending March 2018 Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime (Office of National Statistics)
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