At the RCGP 20th National alcohol and drugs conference last week there was evidence that a number of shared care schemes are being decommissioned following changes in tenders during the process of re-commissioning services (SMMGP)
Bibliography: All Publications
Drugs policy and the city in Europe
Illicit drug problems and responses and the different forms they can take in the city environment are explored in this paper. It addresses four areas: urban spaces and drug use, responses to city-level drug problems, city-level drugs strategies, and the coordination and funding of city-level policies (EMCDDA)
Estimating trends in injecting drug use in Europe using national data on drug treatment admissions
Results indicate that current drug injection, including its incidence, has declined in recent years in Europe. While heroin remains the drug most frequently involved in drug injection, data show how drug injectors are now more likely to be using stimulants than in the past (EMCDDA)
New guidelines to support people bereaved by alcohol or drugs
A set of practice guidelines aimed at providing meaningful support to people who have lost a relative or friend to alcohol or drugs (university of Bath)
National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2015
Drugs on page 23 (National Crime Agency)
Inhalant misuse
The information below has been developed through a partnership between the Australian Drug Foundation and the Central Australian Youth Link-Up Service (CAYLUS), and will be regularly updated to reflect new developments and case studies on this topic
Countering narcotics: Afghanistan Drug Reporting System launched
UNODC and the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics have launched the Afghanistan Drug Reporting System (ADRS), the latest project in their partnership of more than three years
A year in review: Highlights from the EMCDDA’s General Report of Activities 2014
The series ‘A year in review’ contains the essence of the EMCDDA’s General Report of Activities. It is designed to provide interested audiences with a brief, four-page summary of the agency’s achievements for the year concerned with a focus on key topics (EMCDDA)
Preliminary results of the IDHDP global naloxone survey
Slideshare of conference presentation (IDHDP)
Psychoactive Substances Bill
Lord’s Amendments (Parliament UK)
Glasgow University drugs and alcohol training course to close
A leading university course for drug and alcohol workers is to close after the Scottish Government withdrew funding (Herald Scotland)
Opioid Overdose Prevention Programs Providing Naloxone to Laypersons — United States, 2014
Organizations providing naloxone kits to laypersons receive many reports of overdose reversals and can reach large numbers of potential overdose bystanders (CDC)
National opioid pharmacotherapy statistics 2014
On a snapshot day in 2014, over 48,000 clients received pharmacotherapy treatment for their opioid dependence at 2,432 dosing points around Australia (AIHW)
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2013–14
Over the 5 years from 2009–10, there has been an increase in the proportion of episodes where amphetamines were the principal drug on concern (from 7% to 17%) and an increase in smoking/inhaling as the method of administration for amphetamines. A majority of treatment episodes had a duration of three months or less, and counselling remains the most common treatment type (AIHW)
The Effects of Cannabis Use during Adolescence
This report presents an immediate opportunity to enhance youth drug use prevention and intervention programs, as well as emerging policy frameworks, with factual information and in a fashion that has been shown to work (CCSA)
Afghan heroin now also being trafficked through Africa
New UNODC report
Position paper on the provision of low threshold residential stabilisation services in Ireland
(Ana Liffey drug project)
The potential effects of policy changes on drug markets in the UK and Australia
Estimates from a survey of drug users
Social bias in the policing of illicit drug users in the UK and Australia
Findings from a self-report study (University of Kent)
Methadone Dose-capping Still Continues in Practice, If Not in Policy
Dose-capping – limiting the amount of methadone a patient can take on a daily basis – was ruled “contrary to the current state of the medical literature and the principle of individualized treatment” in 2007 by SAMHSA in the Federal Guidelines for Opioid Treatment. So it’s surprising that it still goes on (ATF)
Prison health: health and justice annual report
Public Health England (PHE) annual report on health trends in prisons and other prescribed places of detention
Methadone Dose-capping Still Continues in Practice, If Not in Policy
Dose-capping – limiting the amount of methadone a patient can take on a daily basis – was ruled “contrary to the current state of the medical literature and the principle of individualized treatment” in 2007 by SAMHSA in the Federal Guidelines for Opioid Treatment. So it’s surprising that it still goes on (ATF)
IMO launches major policy paper on Addiction and Dependency
The paper addresses a range of issues including prevention and treatment issues (Irish Medical Organisation)
Getting Drug Policy Right for Women and Girls
When most people picture the illicit drug trade – the traffickers, the gangs, the kingpins – they picture a world comprised of men. But drugs and drug-related crime affect women uniquely. Understanding how women fit into this dynamic is crucial to getting drug policy right ( Open Society Foundations)
20 year report on Needle and Syringe Program attendees in Australia
The report presents national and jurisdictional data from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey from 1995 to 2014. Around two thirds of Australia’s primary Needle and Syringe Program services participate in the survey and program attendees have participated on more than 45,000 occasions (The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia)
20 year report on Needle and Syringe Program attendees in Australia
The report presents national and jurisdictional data from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey from 1995 to 2014. Around two thirds of Australia’s primary Needle and Syringe Program services participate in the survey and program attendees have participated on more than 45,000 occasions (The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia)
20 year report on Needle and Syringe Program attendees in Australia
The report presents national and jurisdictional data from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey from 1995 to 2014. Around two thirds of Australia’s primary Needle and Syringe Program services participate in the survey and program attendees have participated on more than 45,000 occasions (The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia)
Getting Drug Policy Right for Women and Girls
When most people picture the illicit drug trade – the traffickers, the gangs, the kingpins – they picture a world comprised of men. But drugs and drug-related crime affect women uniquely. Understanding how women fit into this dynamic is crucial to getting drug policy right ( Open Society Foundations)
20 year report on Needle and Syringe Program attendees in Australia
The report presents national and jurisdictional data from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey from 1995 to 2014. Around two thirds of Australia’s primary Needle and Syringe Program services participate in the survey and program attendees have participated on more than 45,000 occasions (The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia)
Increase in Reported Adverse Health Effects Related to Synthetic Cannabinoid Use
United States, January–May 2015 (CDC)
General Report of Activities 2014
The General Report of Activities is an annual publication providing a detailed progress report of the EMCDDA’s activities over a 12-month period. It catalogues the Centre’s achievements in each area of its annual work programme. The report is a useful information source for all those seeking comprehensive information on the Centre and its work (EMCDDA)
Drug decriminalisation in Portugal
Setting the record straight (TDPF)
HIV in Ireland – 2014 Report
HSE-Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Position paper on the provision of medically supervised injecting centres in Dublin
ANA Liffey Drug Project
Drug decriminalisation in Portugal
Setting the record straight (TDPF)
Empowering communities: an interactive tobacco and alcohol outlet density webmap for Scotland
An interactive webmap that allows users to map tobacco and alcohol outlet density, and related health outcomes, for neighbourhoods (‘datazones‘) across Scotland (CRESH)
Physician Waivers to Prescribe Buprenorphine Increase Potential Access to Effective Treatment Options to Address Opioid Overdose Crisis
Published in the June issue of the journal Health Affairs, the study shows that the increased number and geographic distribution of physicians obtaining waivers to prescribe buprenorphine has widened potential access to effective treatment for those with addiction to heroin or prescription painkillers (RAND)
IMO launches major policy paper on Addiction and Dependency
The paper addresses a range of issues including prevention and treatment issues (Irish Medical Organisation)
Models for the legal supply of cannabis
Recent developments (EMCDDA)
Physician Waivers to Prescribe Buprenorphine Increase Potential Access to Effective Treatment Options to Address Opioid Overdose Crisis
Published in the June issue of the journal Health Affairs, the study shows that the increased number and geographic distribution of physicians obtaining waivers to prescribe buprenorphine has widened potential access to effective treatment for those with addiction to heroin or prescription painkillers (RAND)
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