Global Overview 2017 (HRI)
Bibliography: Interventions – Law Enforcement
Link Between Medical Marijuana and Fewer Opioid Deaths Is More Complex Than Previously Reported
The association between medical marijuana and lower levels of opioid overdose deaths—identified previously in several studies—is more complex than previously described and appears to be changing as both medical marijuana laws and the opioid crisis evolve, according to a new RAND Corporation study
Substance misuse treatment in secure settings: statistics 2016 to 2017
Alcohol and drug misuse treatment in prisons and other secure settings from PHE’s national drug treatment monitoring system (NDTMS)
What we learned about alcohol and drug treatment in prisons from the 2016-17 statistics
The report is only the second of its kind meaning it’s too early to see trends but we can compare to the previous year. Below is a summary of the main points from this year’s numbers: (Public Health England)
Legitimate use of controlled drugs: research and healthcare
Interim advice to the Home Office regarding the legitimate use of controlled drugs in research and healthcare (ACMD)
Substance misuse treatment in secure settings: statistics 2015 to 2016
Alcohol and drug misuse treatment in prisons and other secure settings from PHE’s national drug treatment monitoring system (NDTMS)
Searching for cannabis (PDF)
Are grounds for search associated with outcomes? (College of Policing)
Minimizing Harm: Public Health and Justice System Responses to Drug Use and the Opioid Crisis (PDF)
How government and communities should respond to drug use is a perennial question that has gained a renewed sense of urgency in the face of the current opioid overdose crisis. More than 52,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2015, a number that has grown nearly ninefold since 1980 (Vera Institute of Justice)
How illegal drugs sustain organised crime in the EU (PDF)
Drug markets remain the largest criminal markets in the EU. More than one third of the criminal groups active in the EU are involved in the production, trafficking or distribution of various types of drugs (Europol, Belgium)
The effects of sentencing policy on re-offending
Includes: Drug courts’ effects on criminal offending for juveniles and adults (Campbell Collaboration)
Preventing Opioid Overdose: Understanding Good Samaritan Laws
This tool supports these efforts by providing an overview of this overdose prevention strategy, including the aims of Good Samaritan laws and types of protections they can offer (SAMHSA)
Drugs and the darknet: perspectives for enforcement, research and policy
A joint publication by the EMCDDA and Europol, presents the latest understanding of how darknet markets function, the threats they pose to health and security and how Europe can respond
Latest threat update estimates at least 720 County Lines drug dealing lines
The 2017 report brings together data from across UK law enforcement, and is the first to include returns from every police force in England and Wales, in addition to Police Scotland and British Transport Police (National Crime Agency)
New Psychoactive Substances: the response by probation and substance misuse services in the community in England
A joint inspection by HM Inspectorate of Probation and the Care Quality Commission – download 59 page PDF
The impact of community-based drug and alcohol treatment on re-offending (PDF)
Joint experimental statistical report from the Ministry of Justice and Public Health England
Criminal Justice Project: Drug Interventions Programme (PDF)
Re-offending of clients testing positive for class A drugs across Merseyside (Public Health Institute)
The Evaluation of the Drug Recovery Wing Pilots (PDF)
In 2012, the Department of Health commissioned an evaluation of these pilots, which has been undertaken by researchers at the University of York, the Centre for Drug Use Research in Glasgow and the University of Cambridge
Psychoactive substances in secure mental health settings
This review summarises the latest evidence and makes recommendations for secure mental health service commissioners and providers (Public Health England)
Drug driving law evaluation
Evaluation of the new drug driving legislation, one year after its introduction (Department for Transport)
Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2017
Includes a section o drugs (Office of National Statistics)
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