Health and social care professionals are well placed to provide interventions targeted at all substances. This tool will help you to identify risky drug and alcohol use and tobacco smoking, and respond in an evidence-based way. This will contribute to reducing premature mortality and morbidity (PHE)
Bibliography: All Publications
Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists
This report provides an updated harms assessment to the ACMD’s previous reports on synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists
Police powers and procedures, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2020
Statistics on stop and search, arrests for notifiable offences, detentions under the Mental Health Act 1983, fixed penalty notices for motoring offences, breath tests, and other PACE powers (Home Office)
Drug crime: Statistics for England and Wales
This briefing paper looks at drug crime prevalence in England and Wales and the criminal justice outcomes for those found guilty of drug offences. It also covers the impacts of drug misuse (UK Parliament)
Drug-related hospital statistics
A National Statistics publication for Scotland
Characteristics of people who used the Melbourne and Sydney medically supervised injecting facilities surveyed in the Illicit Drug Reporting System 2019
In this bulletin, we summarise findings from the Sydney and Melbourne survey samples who report use of the supervised injecting facilities in their city (NDARC)
Expanded Access to Naloxone Can Curb Opioid Overdose Deaths
Changes to prescribing laws to improve availability of the overdose reversal drug can reduce fatalities (PEW)
Response to the ACMD report on the misuse of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues
The following is a partial response to your recommendations as further work is required to implement some of these. I have indicated below where this applies (Home Office)
How and why vendors sell on cryptomarkets
Cryptomarkets represent a growing component of the global illicit drugs trade. Australia is over-represented in the proportion of online vendors who use these platforms to reach drug consumers (Australian Institute of Criminology)
Chief constable’s annual report 2019—2020
The report contains an overview of the work that the Constabulary undertook during the year that ended on 31st March 2020; it also contains simple data charts, an interpretation of that data, an assessment of some important emerging issues and it casts an eye to the immediate future (Isle of Man)
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2019 registrations
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales from 1993 to 2019, by cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death (Office for National Statistics)
Trends in the availability and type of drugs sold on the internet via cryptomarkets, May 2019 – May 2020
This bulletin series reports on trends in the availability and type of substances sold on the internet via cryptomarkets over the last 13 months (a new bulletin is released typically every four months). The current bulletin focuses on analysis of listings from 1 May 2019 to 31 May 2020 (NDARC)
The impact of arrest and seizure on drug crime and harms: A systematic review
Drawing on the Global Policing Database (GPD), this review assesses the impact of supplier arrests and seizures on drug crime, drug use, drug price, drug purity, and drug harm outcomes (Australian Crime Commission)
Increase in Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine: United States, 2009–2018
This Data Brief provides additional information on drug overdose deaths involving cocaine by examining trends in rates by sex, age group, race and Hispanic origin, and by concurrent involvement of opioids from 2009 through 2018 (CDC)
Drug-related homicide in Europe: data protocol
This report is part of the EMCDDA activity around the development and improvement of drug supply indicators, which are designed to reflect developments in drug markets as well as the markets’ wider harms and impact
Illicit Drug Data Report 2018–19
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s Illicit Drug Data Report 2018–19 provides a comprehensive snapshot of the Australian illicit drug market and is the 17th edition in the series
NSW Drug Court reduces risk of reconviction in the long term, new research finds
Treating drug related offenders is far more effective than sending them to prison according to new research conducted jointly by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney
Trends in the availability and type of drugs sold on the internet via cryptomarkets, May 2019 – May 2020
This bulletin series reports on trends in the availability and type of substances sold on the internet via cryptomarkets over the last 13 months – a new bulletin is released typically every four months (NDARC)
EMCDDA releases study findings on the impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, use and services in the eastern ENP region
The expansion of contactless drug dealing, the increase in the use of licit drugs and the adaptation of drug treatment protocols during lockdown are among the findings highlighted today in a new EMCDDA report: Impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, drug use, drug-related harms and responses in east European Neighbourhood Policy countries
How has COVID-19 changed the use of illegal drugs?
An overview of the results so far (Society for the Study of Addiction)
Young Persons Behaviour and Attitudes Survey 2019: Substance Use (Smoking, Alcohol & Drugs)
Initial results from the 2019 Young Persons Behaviour and Attitudes Survey (Department of Health (Northern Ireland) )
COVID-19: guidance for commissioners and providers of services for people who use drugs or alcohol
This guidance outlines COVID-19 advice for commissioners and service providers involved in assisting people who are dependent on drugs or alcohol or both (Public Health England)
Recommendations from the Labour Campaign for Drug Policy Reform (LCDPR)
Compiled by its Expert Working Group
European Drug Report 2020
2020 European Drug Report, our annual overview of the drug situation in Europe (EMCDDA)
Problem-solving courts pilot announced
On 16 September 2020, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published a white paper, A smarter approach to sentencing (Legal Action Group)
Monitoring the Future
Key Findings on Adolescent Drug Use – 2019
Cannabis farms are a modern slavery ‘blind spot’ for UK police, study suggests
Migrants arrested for tending plants in the flats, houses and attics where cannabis is grown in bulk are often victims of trafficking and “debt bondage” – yet many are not recognised as such by police, according to a new study (Cambridge University)
Preventable injecting-related injuries and diseases reported by many people who inject drugs
In a new report by researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney, data from 897 face-to-face interviews with PWID from the 2019 Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) were analysed
Principles for the responsible legal regulation of cannabis
This Advocacy Note proposes twenty principles that should inform any regulatory framework for cannabis markets, whether for medical or for adult non-medical use. They are arranged in five categories (IDPC)
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health: 2019 (PDF)
NSDUH is a comprehensive household interview survey of substance use, substance use disorders, mental health, and the receipt of treatment services for these disorders in the United States (SAMHSA)
GDS: the world’s largest drug survey
The GDS Special Edition on COVID-19 was developed as part of a global effort to better understand the impact of the pandemic on people’s lives with a specific focus on the use of alcohol and other drugs, mental health and relationships
Cancard: backed by police, designed with doctors, made for patients
From 1 November this year, over 1 million adults will be eligible to apply for a new exemption card, Cancard, which has been designed by medical cannabis patients to protect them from prosecution (CDPRG)
Recreational cannabis regulation and harm reduction
BERL advice to the Ministry of Justice (New Zealand)
Problem drug use in Scotland
Government response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2019
Support and informational needs of ‘at-risk’ groups highlighted in new SDF report
A new report that identifies specific risks and informational needs of certain ‘at-risk’ groups in Scotland has been published today by Scottish Drugs Forum
Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2020
Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2020 reveals that for the fifth year running, more than 2,000 Australians lost their lives to overdose in a single calendar year (Penington Institute)
Does it matter where you get medication for opioid use disorder? A comparison of three types of clinics
Do substance-related outcomes vary across different types of community clinics? (Recovery Research Institute)
Substance use disorder recovery – there’s an app for that… but who uses it and who benefits?
To begin to address this gap in the clinical literature, the authors conducted an analysis of Sober Grid, a popular substance use disorder (SUD) recovery smartphone application (Recovery Research Institute)
Managing drug and alcohol misuse at work
Our report, written with input from charities and experts in the space, examines the management and prevention of drug and alcohol misuse at work (CIPD)
Prescription Opioid Misuse and Use of Alcohol and Other Substances Among High School Students
Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019 (CDC)
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