This study initially set out to gain a better understanding of the effect of the overdose emergency from harm reduction service providers’ perspective. However, with the onset of COVID-19, CCSA expanded the study to identify the additional effects of dual public health emergencies (CCSA)
Bibliography: All Publications
Exploring Differences between “Methamphetamine” and Other Offenders
The aim of the report was to conduct exploratory analyses on a dataset of individuals with, and without, methamphetamine offences to identify whether there were any differences between a sample of individuals with recorded methamphetamine offences and a sample of other offenders in the volume and harm of offending, victimisation, and incidents involved (New Zealand Police)
Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Workforce Programme
This programme aims to transform the lives of those affected by drug and alcohol misuse by improving the quality and capacity of the drug and alcohol treatment and recovery workforce (NHS)
Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England, 2021
This report contains results from the latest 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 wellbeing (NHS)
Minimising the harms from methamphetamine
This paper begins by providing an overview of how methamphetamine is used, by whom and why, how big the market is, what the harms are that it causes, and how it is currently regulated. We then recommend how we can reduce those harms by better implementing what the evidence tells us about how to lower demand and support people better using a (New Zealand Drug Foundation)
Actions Taken by the Biden-Harris Administration to Address Addiction and the Overdose Epidemic
At a time when overdose deaths, driven primarily by illicitly manufactured synthetic drugs, have reached a record high, the Biden-Harris Administration has significantly expanded access to evidence-based prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery support services, as well as taken action to reduce the supply of illicit drugs like fentanyl
Australia’s Annual Overdose Report
Penington Institute publishes Australia’s Annual Overdose Report, the most comprehensive and ambitious study of overdose in Australia
Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce Evidence Paper
The evidence presented and summarised in this paper is split into sections on topics relevant to the research and evidence gathered in preparation for our final report Changing Lives (Deaths Taskforce)
Delving deeper into the social health of people who use methamphetamine
A large 2019 survey estimated that 300,000 Australians aged 14 years and over had used some form of illicit meth/amphetamine in the previous year. Half had used the crystal form of methamphetamine (“ice”), and one-fifth had used the powdered form “speed” (Monash University)
People who inject drugs: HIV and viral hepatitis monitoring
Data tables and commentary for the unlinked anonymous monitoring surveys of infections and risk among people who inject drugs (UK Health Security Agency)
Naloxone administration by addiction & homeless service providers in Ireland: 2018-2020
The study reviewed data collected by service providers for each incident where naloxone was administered from 2018-2020. The number and type of naloxone products, purchase, supply, and training costs were obtained from data collected by the National Social Inclusion Office and an audit of service providers(HSI, Ireland)
Irish Syringe Analysis Pilot Project
The identication of current injecting trends in the Dublin and Midland Region through the application of syringe analysis methodology (MQI)
Commissioning quality standard: alcohol and drug services
Guidance for local authorities to support them in commissioning effective alcohol and drug treatment and recovery services in their areas (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, UK)
List of most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation
The following is a list of the most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation showing their respective classifications under both the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (MDA) and the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (MDR) Home Office, UK
European Drug Report 2022: Trends and Developments
The Trends and Developments report presents the EMCDDA’s latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe. Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report contains a comprehensive set of national data across these themes and key harm-reduction interventions (EMCDDA)
Trends in the availability and type of drugs sold on the internet via cryptomarkets, June 2021 – May 2022
This bulletin series reports on trends in the availability and types of drugs sold on the internet via cryptomarkets over a 12-month period (a new bulletin is released typically every 4 months). The current bulletin focuses on analysis of drug listings on cryptomarkets from 1st June 2021 to 31st May 2022 (NDARC)
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2021 registrations
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales from 1993 to 2021, by cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death (Office of National Statistics)
Changes in the use of Melbourne’s Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) over the COVID-19 pandemic
In this bulletin, we update findings from a previous IDRS Bulletin that included information on the use of the North Richmond MSIR in 2019 to examine responses to the 2020 and 2021 IDRS surveys of people who inject drugs in order to examine any changes in MSIR use evident in the Melbourne IDRS samples over the COVID-19 pandemic (NDARC)
Developing international consensus to address high-risk drug use and overdose
Researchers in this study established an international consensus statement to guide the prevention, treatment, and management of high-risk substance use and overdose among youth (Recovery Research Institute)
The Global Cannabis Cultivation Research Consortium (GCCRC): a transnational online survey of cannabis growers
This paper presents some of the key findings of an innovative online survey of cannabis growers in Europe, Australia and North America. The International Cannabis Cultivation Questionnaire (ICCQ) present generated important findings about cannabis cultivation, along with policy insights and methodological lessons that would likely have been unattainable through other methods (EMCDDA)
Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2021
Statistics of drug-related deaths in 2021 and earlier years, broken down by age, sex, substances implicated in the death, underlying cause of death, and NHS Board and Council areas (National Records of Scotland)
Cocaine Insights
The series Cocaine Insights, developed by UNODC in the framework of the CRIMJUST programme and in cooperation with partners and stakeholders at national, regional and international levels, delivers the latest knowledge and trends on issues related to cocaine markets in an accessible and informative format
A Report on British Columbia’s Unregulated Drug Supply
Drug checking trends across British Columbia January to December 2021 (BC Centre on Substance Use)
Urban–Rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, 2020
Drug overdose death rates, which have been rising over the past decade, differ by urban and rural counties across the United States (CDC)
Swift, Certain, Tough – New consequences for drug possession
Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Overdose death rates increased significantly for Black, American Indian/Alaska Native people in 2020
Recent increases in deaths largely driven by illicitly manufactured fentanyl (CDC)
New Problem-Solving Courts to combat drug and alcohol-fuelled crime
Ground-breaking new courts will direct drug and alcohol abusers to tackle their addiction head-on or face tough consequences (Ministry of Justice )
National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2019
This report presents key results from the 2019 National Drug Strategy Household Survey. It looks at people’s drug use throughout their lives and during the last 12 months, and examines how these patterns have changed over time. It also asks people for their opinions on a range of initiatives designed to reduce the harm caused by tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use, and for the first time provides perspectives on emerging initiatives, such as the availability of pill and other drug testing for potential drug users (AIHW)
The population of people injecting drugs in the UK is getting older
The median age of people who inject opiates and crack cocaine is increasing in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, according to a new study published in the journal Addiction. Based on survey data, the researchers concluded that the age of people currently injecting drugs, their age when they first started injecting drugs, and the number of years they had been injecting drugs have all increased (aidsmap)
Mapping prevention systems in the European Neighbourhood Policy area: a baseline for future monitoring and responses
This briefing describes the rationale and methodology of the prevention system mapping, presenting selected findings and highlighting key challenges encountered (EMCDDA)
Use, awareness and uptake of take-home naloxone among a sample of people who regularly inject drugs and use opioids in South Australia
The aims of this bulletin are to determine the extent to which a sample of people who regularly inject drugs who use opioids in Adelaide, SA (i) are aware of naloxone (2013-2021); (ii) are aware of take-home naloxone programs (2013-2021); (iii) have accessed naloxone (2020-2021); and (iv) have resuscitated peers or have been resuscitated by peers using naloxone (2020-2021) (NDARC)
Monitoring drug use in the digital age: studies in web surveys
This collection of papers aims to demonstrate the significant role that web surveys can play in drug data collection (EMCDDA)
Using the Global Drug Survey for harm reduction
This paper looks at the history of the GDS and the range of harm reduction tools that have been created using data from the survey (EMCDDA)
Multiple disadvantage and co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions.
This briefing is informed by conversations with local areas from across the MEAM Approach and Fulfilling Lives networks, providing an in-depth understanding of the difficulties faced by support services – including homelessness, drug and alcohol and mental health services – in meeting the needs of individuals with co-occurring conditions, as well as partnership-working, good practice and changes over time (MEAM)
Prohibited Plants – Environmental Justice in Drug Policy
This report, which draws on TNI’s original research, fieldwork, interviews and a broad literature review, aims to add to this burgeoning debate (TNI)
Cannabis Legalization: 2021–2022 Observations (Policy Brief)
Examines evidence on the impact and implementation of the 2018 Cannabis Act. The report explores progress toward the act’s public health and safety objectives. Policy makers, public health professionals and researchers involved in cannabis regulation will find the report informative (CCSA)
World Drug Report 2022
Consisting of five separate booklets, the World Drug Report 2022 provides an in-depth analysis of global drug markets and examines the nexus between drugs and the environment within the bigger picture of the Sustainable Development Goals, climate change and environmental sustainability (UNODC)
A review of UK public policy; regulatory stewardship of the legal cannabis industry
In February this year following a series of meetings with Ministers, advisers and senior officials in Whitehall the Centre of Medicinal Cannabis and the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry commissioned Oxford University’s Professor Christopher Hodges to oversee a comprehensive review of the UK legal cannabinoid industry with a particular regard to how public policy and regulation can support the sector’s growth and development (Hodges Review, UK)
Giving Drug Policy Decisionmakers the Data They Need
Testimony submitted to the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control on June 22, 2022 (RAND)
Feast or famine
Barriers and solutions to deploying one-year funding for the Universal Grant and Inpatient Detoxification (University of York, The Kings Fund, UK)
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