In 2017/18 there were 3,121 people arrested for drug related offences, this is 15.5% higher than 2016/17 and equates to 419 more arrests than the previous year Police Service of Northern Ireland
Bibliography: Interventions – Law Enforcement
Our Life, Our Voice, Our Say (PDF)
Applying a Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty Approach to the Human Rights and Equality Issues Identified by Service Users of Opioid Treatment Services (CAN)
Drug seizures & offending, England & Wales
In year ending March 2017, police recorded 136,352 drug offences in England and Wales, a decrease of 8% on the previous year (House of Commons, UK)
Legal Guidance, Drug offences
Addition of section on Fentanyl (Crown Prosecution Service)
Inquiry into drug law reform
The key objective of the inquiry was to investigate the effectiveness of drug control laws and procedures in minimising drug‑related harms, as well as drug law reform in other Australian and overseas jurisdictions (Parliament of Victoria)
Drug Courts in the Americas
Drug Courts in the Americas by the SSRC’s Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) Program reviews key findings from the United States’ experience with drug courts that may be useful to inform debates in other countries about drug courts and other alternatives to incarceration for low-level drug crimes. Although major institutional, legal, and cultural differences exist, the United States’ long experience with drug courts offers an important source of information for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that have either established, or are looking to establish, drug courts (SSRC)
Secure setting drug and alcohol treatment business definitions
Business definitions for secure setting drug and alcohol treatment providers to input data onto the national drug treatment monitoring system (NDTMS)
Balancing Treaty Stability and Change (PDF)
Inter se modification of the UN drug control conventions to facilitate cannabis regulation (GDPO)
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences
Global Overview 2017 (HRI)
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
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