Working to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat (Health Security Agency)
Bibliography: Interventions – Prevention
Cutting the head off the snake
Addressing the role technology plays in the county lines model – final report (Crest)
Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) quarterly report
The Drugs Team at Public Health Scotland (PHS) has compiled this report of drug-related indicators in order to inform action to prevent drug harms and deaths
Publication of the drug misuse prevention review
The report “Preventing drug use among vulnerable groups of people”, commissioned by the Home Office, has been published by the ACMD
Drug misuse prevention review
Advice on preventing drug misuse among vulnerable groups of people, with a focus on understanding factors that contribute to vulnerability (ACMD)
U.S. Overdose Deaths In 2021 Increased Half as Much as in 2020 – But Are Still Up 15%
Provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate there were an estimated 107,622 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2021, an increase of nearly 15% from the 93,655 deaths estimated in 2020. The 2021 increase was half of what it was a year ago, when overdose deaths rose 30% from 2019 to 2020 (CDC)
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)
Review of drugs part two: prevention, treatment, and recovery
This is Part 2 of my independent review for government, setting out a way forward on drug treatment and recovery (Department of Health & Social Care, UK)
Examination of the links between parental conflict and substance misuse and the impacts on children’s outcomes
This report is a literature review examining the links between parental conflict and substance misuse and the impacts on children’s outcomes (UK Government)
Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report
The Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission is an independent, bipartisan entity with a two-fold mission: evaluate a range of US counternarcotics programs in the Americas and then make recommendations to improve them
United Kingdom drug situation: Focal Point annual report
Annual report and data tables from the UK Focal Point on Drugs on the national prevalence, impact, prevention and treatment of drug use (PHE)
United Kingdom drug situation: Focal Point annual report
Annual report and data tables from the UK Focal Point on Drugs on the national prevalence, impact, prevention and treatment of drug use (Home Office)
Misuse of illicit drugs and medicines: applying All Our Health
Evidence and guidance to help health professionals identify, prevent or reduce drug-related harm (Public Health England)
Position of the European Society for Prevention Research on ineffective and potentially harmful approaches in substance use prevention
Prevention methods using shock tactics are proven to be ineffective. Nevertheless, strategies based on predominantly providing information about the dangers of substance use are widespread in Europe (European Society for Prevention Research)
Drug overdoses can be prevented — new resources released
The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) launches today three new resources looking at drug overdoses in Europe and the interventions in place to prevent them
Road to Recovery (PDF)
Addiction in our society – the case for reform (Centre for Social Justice)
Misuse of illicit drugs and medicines: applying All Our Health
Evidence and guidance to help health professionals identify, prevent or reduce drug-related harm (Public Health England)
National Drug Treatment Reporting System 2011-2017 drug data
Latest figures from the Health Research Board show 63,303 cases* presented for treatment for problem drug use (excluding alcohol) between 2011 and 2017. The number of treated cases increased from 8,361 in 2011 to 9,892 in 2015, and then decreased to 8,922 in 2017
National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data collection (NOPSAD) 2018
On a snapshot day in 2018, just over 50,000 clients received pharmacotherapy treatment for their opioid dependence at 2,852 dosing points across Australia. There were 3,168 authorised prescribers of opioid pharmacotherapy drugs (AIHW)
Drug prevention: exploring a systems perspective
This report considers substance use prevention in Europe through the lens of a system, highlighting the wide range of factors that need to be addressed to successfully implement substance use prevention programmes and policies (EMCDDA)
Facial recognition technology to help in fight against prison drug trafficking
Justice Secretary announces successful trial of new biometric technology (Ministry of Justice)
UNODC/WHO International Standards on Drug Use Prevention Second updated edition
This second updated edition of the Standards and has been published jointly with the World Health Organisation. As in the case of the first edition, the Standards summarize the currently available scientific evidence, describing interventions and policies that have been found to result in positive prevention outcomes and their characteristics
Rights, Respect and Recovery (PDF)
Scotland’s strategy to improve health by preventing and reducing alcohol and drug use, harm and related deaths (Scottish Government)
Preventing overdose deaths in Europe (Perspectives on drugs)
More than 9 000 lives were reported to be lost to drug overdoses in Europe (28 EU Member States, Turkey and Norway) in 2016, the latest reporting year, and this is an underestimate Download (EMCDDA)
Key Findings from RAND Health’s Research on Opioid Policy
This policy brief highlights key findings from RAND research on opioid-related issues across a spectrum of policy areas including prevention, treatment, quality of care, and supply (RAND)
Public health guidance on prevention and control of blood-borne viruses in prison settings
This evidence-based guidance aims to support the planning and implementation of effective programmes to prevent and control the transmission of infectious diseases in prison settings in the European region (EMCDDA)
Cannabis and driving: questions and answers for policymaking
With cannabis use and policy evolving internationally, drug-impaired driving has become an increasingly relevant policy issue. This briefing aims to provide those concerned with policy developments in the field of cannabis with a brief overview of current knowledge and the latest developments in the area of drivinG (EMCDDA)
Mutual aid toolkit for alcohol and drug misuse treatment
Evidence and guidance on the benefits of mutual aid in preventing and treating alcohol and drug dependency (Public Health England)
Drug misuse prevention
This quality standard covers the prevention or delay of harmful use of drugs by children, young people and adults most likely to start using drugs, or already experimenting or using drugs occasionally (NICE)
Hepatitis C in England 2018 report (PDF)
In this report, we summarise the impact of action plans in England to drive down mortality from HCV, reduce the number of new infections, and outline the actions required to make further progress (Public Health England)
Drug testing in schools
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of random testing in schools, based on studies conducted among students aged 13 to 19 years, in the United States. Although different with regard to study design and the type of testing offered, all of the studies show that testing has little or no effect on drug use (EMCDDA)
NIDA launches two adolescent substance use screening tools
These tools can be self-administered or completed by clinicians in less than two minutes. They are being offered through the NIDAMED Web Portal
Ending the opioid crisis: a practical guide for state policymakers
This guide shows state policymakers how to implement a public health approach to end the opioid epidemic (CASA)
Women who use drugs: Issues, needs, responses, challenges and implications for policy and practice (PDF)
Background paper commissioned by the EMCDDA for
Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide
Australian methamphetamine user outcomes (PDF)
This paper examines the demographics of methamphetamine users and their employment, education and health outcomes using data from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey, the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program, the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services data collection and the National Prisoner Health Data Collection (Australian Institute of Criminology)
Best practice portal
The relaunched Best practice portal is designed to help you find practical and reliable information on what works (and what doesn’t) in the areas of prevention, treatment, harm reduction and social reintegration (EMCDDA)
Changing Scotland’s relationship with alcohol (PDF)
Recommendations for further action (Alcohol Focus Scotland)
Education sector responses to the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs (PDF)
This booklet has been developed through an international consultation process led by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Health Organization (WHO)
Communities That Care (CTC): a comprehensive prevention approach for communities
In this EMCDDA Paper we make an analysis of five studies evaluating the effectiveness of CTC, mainly from outside the EU. The results of our analysis lead us to conclude that further investigation of this prevention model within the European context appears to be merited
Commission proposes a new EU Action Plan on Drugs to enhance action against drug use and trafficking
Building on the findings of the evaluation of the EU Drugs Strategy for 2013-2020 and the Action Plan for 2013-2016, the new Action Plan on Drugs provides a strengthened response to the newly-emerging health and security challenges in the area of illicit drug use and trafficking
