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Results from the 10 Prisons Project

27th August 2019

Statistics on the level of assaults and random mandatory drug testing within the prisons taking part in the 10 Prisons Project (MoJ)

Categories: Interventions - Harm Reduction, Interventions - Law Enforcement

National intelligence network on drug health harms briefing: August 2019

27th August 2019

This briefing is based on a meeting of the national intelligence network (NIN) on the health harms associated with drug use (PHE)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues

Latest UNODC Monitoring Report shows decline of coca cultivation in Bolivia

23rd August 2019

In 2018, the cultivation of coca crops in Bolivia decreased by six per cent compared to data from 2017, according to the latest Coca Cultivation Survey presented today in La Paz by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia

Categories: Bibliography, Production and Supply

Categories: Production and Supply

Reports and Detailed Tables From the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)

22nd August 2019

Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States (SAMHSA)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring (UAM) Survey of HIV and viral hepatitis among PWID: 2019 report (PDF)

21st August 2019

The aim of the Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring (UAM) Survey of People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) is to monitor the prevalence and incidence of HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection, and associated injecting risk behaviour in people who inject psychoactive drugs, such as heroin, crack cocaine and amphetamines (Public Health England)

Categories: Interventions - Harm Reduction, Interventions - Treatment, Prevalence

Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England 2018 [NS]

21st August 2019

This report contains results from a biennial survey of secondary school pupils in England in years 7 to 11 (mostly aged 11 to 15), focusing on smoking, drinking and drug use. It covers a range of topics including prevalence, habits, attitudes, and for the first time in 2018, wellbeing (NHS Digital)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

What America’s Users Spend on Illegal Drugs, 2006–2016

20th August 2019

This report updates and extends estimates of the number of users, retail expenditures, and amount consumed from 2006 to 2016 for cocaine (including crack), heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine in the United States, based on a methodology developed by the RAND Corporation for the Office of National Drug Control Policy

Categories: Bibliography, Economics, Prevalence, Production and Supply

Categories: Economics, Prevalence, Production and Supply

Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2018 registrations

16th August 2019

Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales from 1993 onwards, by cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death (Office of National Statistics, UK)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

The cost and consequences of the war on drugs (PDF)

14th August 2019

The report’s findings suggest that, from a human rights perspective, there must be a shift from international drug policies that focus on criminalization and supply reduction, to ones that have human rights and health at their core (Human Rights Foundation)

Categories: Bibliography, Economics, Production and Supply

Categories: Economics, Production and Supply

2017-2019 Drug Trend Report

14th August 2019

Information about the most commonly used drugs in Scotland, emerging trends and have provided context to the recently released drug-related death statistics – download (Crew)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Middle-aged generation most likely to die by suicide and drug poisoning

13th August 2019

Now in their 40s and 50s, the so-called Generation X are dying in greater numbers by suicide or drug poisoning than any other age group (ONS)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Cannabis and Mental Health (PDF)

12th August 2019

Priorities for research in Canada (Mentalhealth Commission)

Categories: Bibliography, Interventions - Harm Reduction

Categories: Interventions - Harm Reduction

Substance misuse: January to March 2019

8th August 2019

Quarterly data are published on StatsWales. These include data on quarterly activity, case closures by reason for closure and the time between referral and start of treatment (Welsh Government)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Urban–rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, by Sex, Age, and Type of Drugs Involved, 2017

7th August 2019

Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality (CDC)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Review of approaches taken in Ireland and in other jurisdictions to simple possession drug offences (PDF)

7th August 2019

A report for the Irish Department of Justice & Equality and the Department of Health (and the working group on this issue)

Categories: Bibliography, Interventions - Law Enforcement

Categories: Interventions - Law Enforcement

Deaths registered in England and Wales: 2018

7th August 2019

Mortality statistics on deaths registered in England and Wales by age-group, sex and underlying cause of death (National Statistics, UK)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Assessing Cannabis Supply and Demand in Washington State

5th August 2019

This report provides detailed information about state-legal cannabis production and sales in Washington, as well as insights about the total amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) obtained from legal and illegal sources by Washington residents (RAND)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Production and Supply

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Production and Supply

Latest update on drug-related deaths and mortality in Europe

31st July 2019

The information provided in the report is collected through the EMCDDA’s expert network on drug-related deaths (DRD)

Categories: Bibliography, International Policy Issues, Prevalence

Categories: International Policy Issues, Prevalence

Drug related deaths and suicides in prison custody

26th July 2019

Analysis of drug-related deaths and suicides in England and Wales, 2008 to 2016 (Office for National Statistics, UK)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Australian NSP Survey National Data Report 2014 – 2018

26th July 2019

The Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey (ANSPS) provides serial point prevalence estimates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) (antibody and RNA) and sexual and injecting risk behaviour among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Australia

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction

NIH establishes network to improve opioid addiction treatment in criminal justice settings

25th July 2019

Ten clinical research centers will address gaps in accessing high-quality care

Categories: Bibliography, Interventions - Law Enforcement, Interventions - Treatment

Categories: Interventions - Law Enforcement, Interventions - Treatment

Report calls for radical rethink on support given to released prisoners recovering from addiction

18th July 2019

A major new report examining the help given to prisoners recovering from addiction has set out a series of “blueprints” which its authors say could “transform” the way prisoners are supported once they have served their sentence (University of York)

Categories: Bibliography, Interventions - Harm Reduction

Categories: Interventions - Harm Reduction

Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2018

17th July 2019

Statistics of drug-related deaths in 2018 and earlier years, broken down by cause of death, selected drugs reported, age and sex (National Records of Scotland)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Prevalence

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Prevalence

Trends in Drug-Induced Deaths in Australia, 1997-2017

15th July 2019

Each year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) makes available to Drug Trends in-depth data on drug-induced deaths in Australia. This year, we have produced a suite of products to summarise trends in drug-induced deaths in Australia from 1997 to 2017 (NDARC)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

National Drug Treatment Reporting System 2011-2017 drug data

15th July 2019

Latest figures from the Health Research Board show 63,303 cases* presented for treatment for problem drug use (excluding alcohol) between 2011 and 2017 (HRB, Ireland)

Categories: Bibliography, Interventions - Treatment, Prevalence

Categories: Interventions - Treatment, Prevalence

Serbia — Early warning system profile

10th July 2019

The profile presents the structure, objectives and working methods of the Serbian national early warning system (EMCDDA)

Categories: Bibliography, International Policy Issues

Categories: International Policy Issues

Drugs policy: medicinal cannabis

3rd July 2019

Contents section (Parliament, UK)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues

Stronger evidence needed to improve confidence in medicinal cannabis

3rd July 2019

Despite the rescheduling of medicinal cannabis, very few prescriptions have been issued. One of the many reasons for this is because of the gaps in the evidence base (Parliament, UK)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues

New psychoactive substances in Australia: Who uses them, how prevalent are they, and where are they sourced?

1st July 2019

In this article, NDARC’s Dr Rachel Sutherland provides an in-depth overview of new psychoactive substances (NPS) in Australia that covers what they are, who uses them and which specific NPS are being consumed (NDARC)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Drug-related infectious diseases in Europe: update from the EMCDDA expert network

1st July 2019

This report presents an overview of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs in Europe, both in the community and in prison settings, covering disease surveillance, outbreak investigations, and prevention and control, for the period up to the end of February 2019 (EMCDDA)

Categories: Bibliography, International Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Interventions - Treatment, Prevalence

Categories: International Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Interventions - Treatment, Prevalence

Breaking the embargo: a proposal to break UK public health medicinal cannabis impasse (PDF)

1st July 2019

Commissioning national clinical assessments of cannabis-based medicinal products in the management of chronic disease (Centre for Medicinal Cannabis)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues

World Drug Report 2019

27th June 2019

Presented in five separate parts that divide the wealth of information and analysis contained in the report into individual reader-friendly booklets in which drugs are grouped by their psychopharmacological effect for the first time in the report’s history (UNODC)

Categories: Bibliography, International Policy Issues

Categories: International Policy Issues

Classification of Drugs: when science was left behind,

26th June 2019

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)

Categories: Bibliography, International Policy Issues, Interventions - Law Enforcement

Categories: International Policy Issues, Interventions - Law Enforcement

Developments in the European cannabis market

26th June 2019

This paper provides an overview of established and emerging cannabis products in Europe. For each type of product, major issues in its production, distribution, use and effects on health are detailed. In doing so, the paper seeks to inform a discussion of the new challenges that may emerge in the monitoring of these products and the consequences of their use (EMCDDA)

Categories: Bibliography, International Policy Issues

Categories: International Policy Issues

Hard Edges

26th June 2019

The central aim of this study was to establish a statistical profile of the extent and nature of severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD) in Scotland

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues

Report into homelessness and drug misuse published

20th June 2019

Safe housing key to tackling homeless drug misuse, says ACMD report

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues

The International Narcotics Control Board on cannabis: A critique of the report for 2018

19th June 2019

As can be seen over the past 45 years or so, the potency of the Report has arguably shifted away from the public and more towards influencing opinion within the UN’s central policy-making body on the issue of drugs, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs  (IDPC)

Categories: Bibliography, International Policy Issues

Categories: International Policy Issues

Cannabis-based products for medicinal use

19th June 2019

In development [GID-NG10124] Expected publication date: 21 October 2019 (NICE)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues

National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program

17th June 2019

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission has commissioned the University of Queensland, and through it the University of South Australia, to undertake the data collection and analysis that underpins the report. This is the seventh in a series of nine public reports

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

General Report of Activities 2018 – Key achievements and governance: a year in review

17th June 2019

The General Report of Activities is an annual publication providing a detailed progress report of the EMCDDA’s activities over a 12-month period. It catalogues the Centre’s achievements in each area of its annual work programme (EMCDDA)

Categories: Bibliography, International Policy Issues

Categories: International Policy Issues
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