Our Illicit Drug Data Report (IDDR), now in its 13th edition, informs Australia’s understanding of the illicit drug threat and focuses collective efforts by bringing together data from a wide range of sources into the one unique report (Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission)
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Data intelligence summary: Alcohol consumption and harm among under 18 year olds
This report examines the available data on alcohol use and harm among those aged under 18 years of age to investigate trends and highlight any areas for public health action (Public Health England)
Dual Dilemma
The impact of living with mental health issues combined with drug and alcohol misuse (Turning Point)
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) resource pack
A resource pack on new psychoactive substances for educators and practitioners working with young people (Home Office)
Drug misuse: findings from the 2015 to 2016 CSEW
Examines the extent and trends in illicit drug use among a sample of 16 to 59 year old residents in households in England and Wales (Home Office)
Hepatitis C among drug users in Europe: epidemiology, treatment and prevention
A state of the art review of the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Europe and an overview of the way preventive measures are currently implemented in European countries set the scene (EMCDDA)
Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (UK)
(1)This Act contains provision about psychoactive substances.
(2)Section 2 defines what is meant by a “psychoactive substance”.
(3)Sections 4 to 10 contain provision about offences relating to psychoactive substances.
(4)Section 11 provides for exceptions to those offences.
(5)Sections 12 to 35 contain powers for dealing with prohibited activities in respect of psychoactive substances, in particular powers to give prohibition notices and make prohibition orders.
(6)Sections 36 to 54 contain enforcement powers.
Statistics on Drugs Misuse: England, 2016
This annual statistical report presents information on drug misuse among both adults and children (HSCIC)
Marijuana exposure in kids rose after recreational use legalized in Colorado
Findings in this report are annual averages based on combined 2012 to 2014 NSDUH data from approximately 204,000 respondents in the civilian noninstitutionalized population aged 12 or older (SAMHSA)
Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 is passed by the Oireachtas
Substances to be controlled under EU and UN obligations (Ireland)
Drug misuse prevention
Draft guidance consultation (NICE)
Crime in England and Wales: year ending Mar 2016
Crime against households and adults, also including data on crime experienced by children, and crimes against businesses and society (Office for National Statistics)
The Opiate Epidemic – Free Access Article Collection
The abuse of prescription and non-prescription opioids is rampant across the globe. This collection aims to highlight various issues within the subject of opiate abuse (Taylor & Francis)
‘Third generation’ synthetic cannabinoids
Report presented to the crime prevention mini ter recommends a revised generic description, designed to control a broad-range of ‘third generation’ synthetic cannabinoids (Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs)
Families Affected by Parental Substance Use
The purposes of this clinical report are to review some of the short-term effects of maternal substance use during pregnancy and long-term implications of fetal exposure; describe typical medical, psychiatric, and behavioral symptoms of children and adolescents in families affected by substance use; and suggest proficiencies for pediatricians involved in the care of children and adolescents of families affected by substance use, including screening families, mandated reporting requirements, and directing families to community, regional, and state resources that can address needs and problems (Pediatrics)
Association between trajectories of buprenorphine treatment and emergency department and in-patient utilization
Buprenorphine (often prescribed with naloxone, as “suboxone”) is an evidence-based medication for people with opioid use disorder. Clinical wisdom suggests staying on the medication consistently is important to patient outcomes. But does consistent adherence really make a difference? (Recovery Research Review)
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 (Public Health England)
Reagan’s Militarisation of the ‘War on Drugs’
Here Emily Crick, PhD student at Bristol University and GDPO Research Associate draws on her doctoral research to discuss US President Ronald Reagan’s engagement with the issue in the 1980s (GDPO)
Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (Continued)
Dáil Éireann Debate
Public attitudes towards people with drug dependence and people in recovery (PDF)
The overall aim of the research was to provide data on the current extent and nature of stigma amongst the Scottish general public towards people with drug dependence and people who have recovered from drug dependence (Scottish Government)
UNAIDS warns that after significant reductions, declines in new HIV infections among adults have stalled and are rising in some regions
Globally, new HIV infections among adults and children were reduced by 40% since the peak in 1997. However, new analysis from UNAIDS shows that new HIV infections among adults have stalled, failing to decline for at least five years. The report outlines what is needed to step up prevention efforts (UNAIDS)
What drug types drove increases in drug use and possession offences over the past decade?
Australia – Victoria: Interactive map: rate of drug types for use and possession offences by LGA (Crime Statistics Agency)
Information exchange, risk assessment and control of new psychoactive substances (PDF)
This report presents the key activities performed by the EMCDDA and Europol in 2015 and the results of the implementation of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA on the information exchange, risk assessment and control of new psychoactive substances, including new psychoactive substances notified in 2015, Joint Reports produced, risk assessments conducted and public health-related alerts and advisories issued to the EU Early Warning System Network (EMCDDA)
Statistics on Alcohol, England 2016
This statistical report acts as a reference point for health issues relating to alcohol use and misuse, providing information obtained from a number of sources in a user-friendly format (HSCIC)
Turkey successfully legalised and regulated its opium production. Could Mexico?
That’s the question asked by the governor of the biggest opium-producing state in Mexico – a state which, unsurprisingly, is also one of the most violent (open Democracy)
Toward the Legalization, Regulation and Restriction of Access to Marijuana – Discussion Paper
This Discussion Paper is designed to support consultations led by the Task Force. Its goal is to support a focussed dialogue (Government of Canada)
Taking a New Line on Drugs
Assesses the situation in the UK as regards rising health harm from illegal drugs, with reference to their context within the wider ‘drugscape’ of legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco, and sets out a new vision for a holistic public health-led approach to drugs policy at a UK-wide level (RSPH)
Statistics on Alcohol
This note provides a summary of statistics on drinking alcohol among adults in Great Britain and children in England. Data on alcohol related hospital admissions in England and Scotland and alcohol related deaths in England is also shown (Parliament UK)
Widening the availability of naloxone
(Department of Health)
Health responses to new psychoactive substances
This short report provides an overview of the current situation in terms of NPS use and harms across Europe and reviews the available health- and drug-related interventions in that area (EMCDDA)
Delivering alcohol IBA in housing, probation and social work settings: opportunities and constraints (PDF)
Three case studies to examine the issues that arise in attempting to introduce and sustain the delivery of IBA into everyday practice in housing, probation and social work contexts (Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Middlesex University)
People who inject drugs have other priorities ahead of PrEP
With limited availability of harm reduction services, poor access to HIV treatment and little progress on legal reform, respondents suggested that people who inject drugs have more pressing needs than PrEP (aidsmap)
Alcohol in Ireland: consumption, harm, cost and policy response
The purpose of this Overview is to compile and analyse the available data on alcohol use and its consequences in Ireland, and to describe alcohol policy (HRB)
New Psychoactive Drugs: No Easy Answer
This paper will advance policymakers’ knowledge and thinking about this developing issue (Policy Talk)
Cannabis Policy Reform
This project page aims to provide a useful resource for those interested in the latest policy developments around cannabis within the Americas and beyond – including the broader historical context in which they are taking place (GDPO)
Bootleggers, Baptists, bureaucrats, and bongs
How special interests will shape marijuana legalization (Brookings)
Shedding light on a vaping trend: Researchers study the use of e-cigarettes for illicit drugs
An interdisciplinary team of VCU researchers led by Peace received a roughly $339,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice in the U.S. Department of Justice to launch one of the first studies exploring how drug users are increasingly using e-cigarette devices to vape illicit drugs
AMA Delegates Vote to Add Naloxone to Opioid Rx
Move is seen as a way to prevent accidental overdose from opioids by widening who would receive the live-saving medication (Practical Pain Management)
EMCDDA–Europol Joint Report on acetylfentanyl
In September 2015, the EMCDDA and Europol examined the available information on a new psychoactive substance N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]acetamide (acetylfentanyl), through a joint assessment. The two organisations concluded that sufficient information had been accumulated to merit the production of a Joint Report on acetylfentanyl as stipulated by Article 5.1 of the Council Decision
Understanding the relationship between poverty and alcohol misuse
This rapid review of the evidence on poverty and alcohol misuse was commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as part of their programme to develop Anti-Poverty Strategies for the UK (Centre for Public Health)
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