This report explores how data on drug use are captured through surveys of targeted populations in recreational settings. The benefits and challenges of monitoring drug use in recreational settings are identified, as are emergent data sources and methodological innovations (EMCDDA)
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Criminal exploitation and ‘county lines’: learn from past mistakes, report finds
Report finds that local agencies must learn lessons from past sexual exploitation cases to respond to ‘county lines’ and other child criminal exploitation (Ofsted, Care Quality Commission, HM Inspectorate of Probation, and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services)
EMCDDA International Cooperation Framework
This document is an update of the International Cooperation Strategy adopted in 2007. It sets priorities in the area of the international cooperation aligned with the Centre’s Strategy 2025
Opioid harm in Australia: and comparisons between Australia and Canada
This report shows that opioid harms are an issue in both Australia and Canada. Rates of opioid deaths and opioid poisoning hospitalisations in Australia increased in the last 10 years. In 2016, pharmaceutical opioids were involved in more opioid deaths and opioid poisoning hospitalisations than heroin (AIHW)
Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2018
Contains figures for seizures of drugs made by local police forces and the UK Border Force (Home Office)
Substance misuse treatment for adults: statistics 2017 to 2018
Statistics on alcohol and drug misuse treatment for adults from PHE’s national drug treatment monitoring system (Public Health England)
Cannabis-based products for medicinal use: Guidance to clinicians
Following the Government’s announcement to reschedule certain cannabis-based products for medicinal use, NHS England has provided guidance to clinicians
20 years of the Methadone Treatment Protocol in Ireland
This is an overview of the ICGP Substance Misuse Programme as it has developed with particular reference to the 20 years of the Methadone Treatment Protocol which came into effect October 1998 (Irish College of General Practitioners)
Global Drug Survey
Global Drug Survey runs the largest drug survey in the world. Over half a million people have taken part in our last 5 surveys. This year, GDS2019 is translated into 20 languages and with partners in over 35 countrie.
Police powers and procedures, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2018 (PDF)
This release contains statistics on the use of various police powers in England and Wales up to the year ending 31 March 2018 (Home Office)
Australian Drug Trends 2018
Key Findings from the National Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews (NDARC)
Expecting Better (PDF)
Improving Health and Rights for Pregnant Women Who Use Drugs (Improving Health and Rights for Pregnant Women Who Use Drugs)
Taking stock: A decade of drug policy – A civil society shadow report
International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) has produced this Shadow Report, to contribute constructively to high-level discussions on the next decade in global drug policy
Crime in England and Wales: year ending June 2018
Crime against households and adults, also including data on crime experienced by children, and crimes against businesses and society (Office for National Statistics)
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)
Pregabalin and gabapentin to be controlled as class C drugs
New controls over prescription drugs pregabalin and gabapentin following rising fatalities (Home Office)
The Responsible Control of Drugs
Examines in detail how governments can take control of currently illegal drug markets through responsible regulation, thereby weakening criminal organizations that now profit from them (Global Commission on Drug Policy)
Review of self-inflicted deaths in prison custody 2016
This report summarises the findings of a review of self-inflicted deaths in prison custody in 2016 (Ministry of Justice)
Rescheduling of cannabis-based products for medicinal use:Written statement
Today, the Government is laying the Misuse of Drugs (Amendments) (Cannabis and Licence Fees) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2018 (“the 2018 Regulations”) in the House. These regulations reschedule cannabis-based products for medicinal use and will come into force on 1 November 2018 (Parliament, UK)
National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program
The National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program provides leading-edge, coordinated national research and intelligence on illicit drugs and licit drugs that can be abused, with a specific focus on methylamphetamine and other substances (Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission)
Australian Drug Trends 2018: Key Findings from the National Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Interviews
This year, we have provided a suite of products with the most up-to-date findings from interviews conducted annually from 2000-2018 with a cross-sectional sentinel group of people who regularly inject drugs recruited from all capital cities of Australia (IDRIS, NDARC)
Preventing overdose deaths in Europe (Perspectives on drugs)
This analysis describes some of the factors that increase the risk of fatal and non-fatal overdoses and a number of interventions developed to prevent these events (EMCDDA)
Use of cocaine and higher purity forms of ecstasy and methamphetamine increases among people who use drugs
Useof cocaine and higher purity forms of ecstasy and methamphetamine is increasing among samples of people who use drugs, according to the 2018 Drug Trends Reports from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco: commissioning support pack
Annual guidance on smoking, drinking and drug misuse for commissioners of tobacco control, drug and alcohol services for adults and young people (Public Health England)
Drug-related bloodborne viruses in Ireland (PDF)
The main risk factor for transmission of bloodborne viruses (BBVs) in drug users in Ireland is injecting opioids, particularly heroin (HPSC)
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)
Drug policy and the sustainable development agenda (PDF)
It is time to make special efforts to provide public services and support to people who use drugs and communities that have been harmed by the so-called war on drugs. It is time to rethink the overall goals of drug policies to ensure that they are aligned with the Sustainable Development Agenda (GCDP)
European evidence-based guidance on prevention and control of HCV in prison settings (poster)
Prisons are settings of increased risk for HCV transmission, while representing a unique opportunity to address the healthcare needs of those people in prison who belong to hard-to-reach and medically underserved groups in the community, such as people who inject drugs – download (EMCDDA)
Regulation – The Responsible Control of Drugs
The report identifies key questions that, in the Commission’s experience, have become particular stumbling blocks in the progress of the public dialogue on regulation (Global Commission on Drug Policy)
Government’s response to the ACMD report on Medicinal cannabis
Eleven recommendations (Home Office)
5-Point Strategy To Combat the Opioid Crisis
HHS has a comprehensive strategy to empower local communities on the frontlines. The opioid epidemic is one of the Department’s top priorities. In 2017, HHS launched a 5-point Opioid Strategy
Coca Crops in Colombia at all-time high, UNODC Report finds
The area under coca cultivation in Colombia reached the highest ever recorded figure of 171,000 hectares (ha) in 2017, according to UNODC’s Coca Cultivation Survey Report for Colombia, launched in Bogota today. This represents an increase of 25,000 hectares, or 17 per cent in 2017 compared to 2016 – Executive Summary (UNODC)
Prevalence of Drug Use and Gambling in Ireland and Drug use in Northern Ireland 2014/15 Drug Prevalence Survey
Prescription Drugs Results (NACD)
Prevalence of Drug Use and Gambling in Ireland and Drug use in Northern Ireland 2014/15 Drug Prevalence Survey
Polydrug and New Psychoactive Substances Results (NACD)
Criminal exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: county lines
Guidance for frontline professionals on dealing with county lines, part of the government’s approach to ending gang violence and exploitation (Home Office)
People who inject drugs: non-fatal overdose monitoring
Report on non-fatal overdose monitoring data collected from the unlinked anonymous monitoring survey of HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C in people who inject drugs (Public Health England)
A model drug law for west Africa
Some governments are willing to consider reform and the WACD wants to further support this ongoing work with the Model Drug Law, which provides concrete templates that countries can adapt to reform their drug laws: legal provisions and how they relate to international legal obligations as well as useful commentary that explains different options and reasons for choosing the proposed legal solution ( Global Commission on Drug Policy)
Further advice on scheduling of cannabis-derived medicinal products
Further advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to the Home Office about the scheduling of cannabis-derived medicinal products
Best Practices across the Continuum of Care for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (PDF)
disorder in Canada should have access to comprehensive treatment options that meet all their needs. Best Practices across the Continuum of Care for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder presents services that should be available to individuals experiencing or at risk of experiencing harms from opioid use (CCSA)
Monitoring the Future – Key Findings on Adolescent Drug Use (PDF)
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is a long-term study of substance use and related factors among U.S. adolescents, college students, and adult high school graduates through age 55
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