In 2021/22, Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) was prescribed to an estimated minimum of 29,600 people in Scotland. This was a small increase compared to the 2020/21 estimate (29,416) (Public Health Scotland)
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Results and challenges of running the Web Survey on Drugs in Luxembourg: a major contribution to understanding the drug situation
This paper shows how the second wave of the European Web Survey on Drugs (EWSD) led to a better understanding of the drug situation in Luxembourg. Until the EWSD, detailed information on the drug situation in Luxembourg was very limited, with only a few surveys, often small-scale, having been conducted in the country since the late 1990s (EMCDDA)
New report finds 171 drug-related hospitalisations per day in Australia in 2020-21
There were 62,486 drug-related hospitalisations (excluding alcohol and tobacco) among Australians in 2020-21, according to a new report released today by the Drug Trends program at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney
Global State of Harm Reduction
Now in its the eighth edition, the Global State of Harm Reduction 2022 is the most comprehensive global mapping of harm reduction responses to drug use, HIV and viral hepatitis Full report Summary (Harm Reduction International)
Afghanistan opium cultivation in 2022 up by 32 per cent: UNODC survey
The 2022 opium crop in Afghanistan is the most profitable in years with cultivation up by nearly one-third and prices soaring, even as the country is gripped by cascading humanitarian and economic crises, according to a new research brief from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Cutting the head off the snake
Addressing the role technology plays in the county lines model – final report (Crest)
Harm Reduction Database Wales: Drug related mortality
Annual Report 2021-22 – PowerPoint (Public Health Wales)
Injecting equipment provision in Scotland
This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents information on injecting equipment provision (IEP). This includes the number of outlets, attendances and the types of injecting equipment distributed to people who use illicit drugs (including Novel Psychoactive Substances and Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs) in Scotland in 2021/22
New report finds 171 drug-related hospitalisations per day in Australia in 2020-21
There were 62,486 drug-related hospitalisations (excluding alcohol and tobacco) among Australians in 2020-21, according to a new report released today by the Drug Trends program at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney
Results from Irelands first back of house drug testing
The HSE National Social Inclusion Office has launched their findings from Ireland’s first ‘back of house’ drug testing pilot programme. Download the report here
A Holistic Approach Towards International Counternarcotics Cooperation
We recently traveled together to Colombia to discuss the Biden-Harris administration’s holistic approach to counternarcotics with the newly elected Colombian government, which is informing how we address the production and trafficking of illicit drugs in our own hemisphere and around the globe (The SAIS Review of International Affairs)
Wales’ drug deaths a complex picture
A complex and evolving pattern of drug use and availability is resulting in increased drug deaths in Wales, with two thirds of deaths in 2021 involving a combination of drugs, including alcohol and prescription medicines Download (Public Health Wales)
Injecting equipment provision in Scotland
This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents information on injecting equipment provision (IEP). This includes the number of outlets, attendances and the types of injecting equipment distributed to people who use illicit drugs (including Novel Psychoactive Substances and Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs) in Scotland in 2021/22
Problematic opioid use in Ireland, 2015–2019
In this report, we present the results of a study that aimed to estimate the prevalence of problematic opioid use in Ireland from 2015 to 2019 using a four-source capture-recapture method. Three of the four data sources used for the analysis were derived from opioid substitution treatment records from the Central Treatment List (CTL) (clinics, general practitioners (GPs) and prisons) and the fourth data source was derived from the Probation Service (HRB National Drugs Library)
Minimising The Harms From Methamphetamine
How can we shift to an evidence and health based approach? (The Helen Clark Foundation and the New Zealand Drug Foundation)
Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) quarterly report
The Drugs Team at Public Health Scotland (PHS) has compiled this report of drug-related indicators in order to inform action to prevent drug harms and deaths
Ending the exclusion
Care, treatment and support for people with mental ill health and problem substance use in Scotland
New Report Recommends 34 Indicators to Improve Measuring the Impact of Drug-Impaired Driving Across Canada
A new report released today by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) recommends 34 indicators (e.g., collecting anonymous data on the potential presence and types of drugs in hospitalized drivers) to better measure the impact of DID across Canada
Interim monitoring report on statutory funded residential rehabilitation placements
Placements approved by Alcohol and Drug Partnerships between 01 April 2021 to 30 June 2022 (Public Health Scotland)
Australian Drug Trends 2022: Key Findings from the National Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews
his includes:
A report overviewing the key findings in 2022;
An infographic summarising key findings in 2022;
A methods document highlighting approaches to collating and presenting estimates; and
The executive summary, summarising key findings in 2022.
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