The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) released new modelling projections of the number of opioid-related deaths that may occur over the course of the coming months. The results of the model suggest that, under some scenarios, the number of opioid-related deaths may remain high or may even increase through to December 31, 2021
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UNODC World Drug Report 2021
Pandemic effects ramp up drug risks, as youth underestimate cannabis dangers (UNODC)
Perceived fear of losing children major barrier to women accessing addiction treatment
A new report from Trinity College has found that there is an urgent need for the expansion of gender-sensitive drug and alcohol treatment approaches that support the needs of women
BC legal cannabis sales grow briskly: report
Cannabis products in BC are getting cheaper and more potent, and its year-over-year sales have doubled between 2019 and 2020, according to a new report from the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR)
Council approves EU Drugs Action Plan 2021–2025
The Council of the EU (Foreign Affairs) approved on 21 June the EU Drugs Action Plan for 2021–2025. The new plan presents the concrete actions needed to achieve the priorities of the EU Drugs Strategy, adopted in December 2020 (EMCDDA)
Rise in violence and sexual exploitation against children and young people ‘linked to County Lines’
New research into the criminal exploitation of children has revealed an increase in self-harm and suicide attempts among children and young people admitted into hospital with clear links to County Lines in the illegal drugs trade (University of Nottingham)
Misuse of Drugs Act
Debated on Thursday 17 June 2021 (UK Parliament)
Drug Cryptomarkets in the 2020s
Policy, Enforcement, Harm, and Resilience (gdpo)
Drug-related hospital statistics
A National Statistics publication for Scotland
The Harms of Incarceration
The evidence base and human rights framework for decarceration and harm reduction in prisons – Prisons Briefing (Harm Reduction International)
Quality Standards for Civil Society Involvement in Drug Policy
In this report, the EU Civil Society Forum on Drugs will provide you with guidelines on how to make the involvement of civil society in drug policy more meaningful
Drug Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) standards: access, choice, support
Evidence based standards to enable the consistent delivery of safe, accessible, high-quality drug treatment across Scotland – download (Scottish Government)
Trends in, and characteristics associated with, trouble accessing sterile needles and syringes among people who inject drugs in Sydney, New South Wales
This bulletin highlights the percentage of participants amongst a sample of people who regularly inject drugs in Sydney, NSW who reported having trouble accessing sterile needles in the past month, from 2011-2019 (NDARC)
Successful ‘click and deliver’ naloxone service delivers lifesaving kits in the post to reduce drug-related deaths
Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs (Scottish Families) has issued 348 naloxone kits in its first year of running its online ‘click and deliver’ service. People order online and receive their lifesaving kit in the post a few days later
Public Health England: ‘Preventable bacterial infections remain a problem’
Bacterial infections may be less likely to make the headlines than fatal overdoses and blood-borne viruses, but they are a source of considerable suffering among people who inject drugs (SSA)
New treatment standards for drug users
New standards for treatment for drug users will ensure everyone has access to the support which works best for them (Scottish Government)
50 years of the Misuse of Drugs Act and the ACMD
Despite several amendments over the past five decades, the framework of the Act remains central to drug law today (Society for the Study of Addiction)
Family Drug and Alcohol Courts
This briefing outlines what is different about Family Drug and Alcohol Courts, which uses a problem solving approach to help parents become free from substance misuse, so they can be safely reunited with their children (Centre for Justice Innovation)
Trends in cryptomarkets drug listings January 2020 – January 2021
This bulletin series reports on trends in the availability and type of substances sold on the internet via cryptomarkets over the last 13 months (NDRC)
Latest wastewater data reveal drug-taking habits in a record 82 European cities
The 2020 findings from the largest European project in the science of wastewater analysis are revealed today in Wastewater analysis and drugs — a European multi-city study (EMCDDA)
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