This fourth NTI report provides 2012–2013 fiscal-year data from six provinces, one territory and one provincial association and has expanded its scope to include information on the primary substance for which treatment was sought. The report also includes information on the total number of hospital stays related to substance use disorders and their associated costs. (CCSA)
Bibliography: All Publications
Demystifying ‘Narcoterrorism’
This policy brief considers the way in which the term has evolved since the early 1980s and the main official and academic attempts at defining it (Global Drug Policy Observatory)
DIP Merseyside Drug Testing Report
This report focuses on the seven Merseyside custody suites which carried out drug tests between April 2013 and March 2014, the demographic details captured during the drug testing process and the times at which drug tests were carried out (Centre for Public Health)
The Australian life in recovery survey
A total of 573 forms were completed and entered directly online or subsequently entered by the research team at Turning Point (Turning Point,)
Review of Needle Exchange Provision in Ireland
This report on Needle Exchange Provision in Ireland is aimed at improving needle exchange coverage and enhancing service delivery as a way of reducing rates of new HCV and HIV infection and charts a way forward in identifying potential care pathways for drug and alcohol services in this country (HSE)
The new drug warriors
As one side of the world softens its line against illegal drugs, another is getting tougher – and more vocal (Economist)
England & Wales: Breaking Down 2014 Drug Policing Data
Past-year data in England and Wales shows a drop off in drug policing. But, with figures still well above where they were a decade ago, and an abundance of evidence showing that policing possession has little impact on use rates, why is the government still funneling resources into this futile practice? (Talking Drugs)
Human rights, public health and medicinal cannabis use
This paper explores the interplay between the human rights and drug control frameworks and critiques case law on medicinal cannabis use to demonstrate that a bona fide human rights perspective allows for a broader conception of ‘health’ (Critical Public Health)
Emergency department treatment for opioid addiction better than referrals
The first known randomized trial comparing three treatment strategies for opioid-dependent patients receiving emergency care has been conducted by researchers who found that patients given the medication buprenorphine were more likely to engage in addiction treatment and reduce their illicit opioid use (Science Daily)
The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Policy Group on Alcohol
Submission on Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 (RCPI)
The National Drug-Related Deaths Database (Scotland)
Report: Analysis of Deaths occurring in 2013 (ISD)
Emergency department treatment for opioid addiction better than referrals
The first known randomized trial comparing three treatment strategies for opioid-dependent patients receiving emergency care has been conducted by researchers who found that patients given the medication buprenorphine were more likely to engage in addiction treatment and reduce their illicit opioid use (Science Daily)
Effectiveness of Computer-Assisted Therapy for Substance Dependence Using Breaking Free Online
Subgroup Analyses of a Heterogeneous Sample of Service Users (JMIR)
Crime in England and Wales, Year Ending December 2014
The police recorded 178,719 drug offences in the year ending December 2014, a decrease of 11% compared with the previous year (ONS)
Crime in England and Wales, Year Ending December 2014
The police recorded 178,719 drug offences in the year ending December 2014, a decrease of 11% compared with the previous year (ONS)
Transnational Cocaine and Heroin Flow Networks in Western Europe: A Comparison
The analysis of drug flow networks can reveal important structural features of trafficking networks that can be useful for the allocation of scarce drug control resources (Drug Policy)
Owen Bowden-Jones: New drugs, new harms, new clinical guidance
The past five years has seen an unprecedented increase in the number of these psychoactive drugs (BMJ)
Expanding Naloxone use could reduce drug overdose deaths and save lives
Allowing more basic emergency medical service (EMS) staff to administer naloxone could reduce drug overdose deaths that involve opioids, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study
Why the high level general assembly thematic debate towards the 2016 UNGASS on drugs is important
On 7th May 2015, the UN General Assembly will hold a high-level thematic debate in support of the process towards the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS) scheduled for April 2016. The UNGASS is set to be a critical juncture for the international drug policy debate and will be an opportunity for an honest assessment of the successes and failures of global drug control policies (IDPC)
Advances in Dual Diagnosis
When 80 per cent of your clients have a dual diagnosis, asking whether the service needs a dual diagnosis worker is getting things the wrong way around (Advances in Dual Diagnosis)
Alcohol and other drug treatment services (AODTS)
Following are highlights from the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS NMDS). Further information will be released in June 2015 (AIHW)
The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Policy Group on Alcohol
Submission on Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 (RCPI)
An Innovative Drug Policy That Works
The program, launched in 2011 as the first of its kind in the country, allows law enforcement officers to direct people charged with low-level drug or sex work offenses into community-based services instead of prosecution and jail (Open Society Foundations)
Substance use and substance use disorder by industry
This report is one of several designed to update SAMHSA’s Analytic Series A–29, Worker Substance Use and Workplace Policies and Programs, published in 2007 (SAMHSA)
National opioid pharmacotherapy statistics (NOPSAD)
Highlights from the NOPSAD collection (AIHW)
Drugs action plan
A new strategy is required to address the current prevalence and nature of drug use in Ireland which needs to contain high level actions which can be broadly categorised under (1) National Substance Misuse Strategy, (2) Community Impact & Crime, (3)Health, Treatment & Rehabilitation, (4) Prevention & Early Intervention. (Fianna Fáil)
Owen Bowden-Jones: New drugs, new harms, new clinical guidance
The past five years has seen an unprecedented increase in the number of these psychoactive drugs (BMJ)
The gender dimension of non-medical use of prescription drugs in Europe and the Mediterranean region
This study aims to explore the gender dimension of non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) in Europe and the Mediterranean region and continues to build on the corpus of knowledge on the subject and also help identify gaps (Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit trafficking in Drugs)
An Innovative Drug Policy That Works
The program, launched in 2011 as the first of its kind in the country, allows law enforcement officers to direct people charged with low-level drug or sex work offenses into community-based services instead of prosecution and jail (Open Society Foundations)
Maximizing Health, Minimizing Harm: The Role of Public Health Programs in Drug User Health
Impact of Preventable HIV and Hepatitis Outbreaks in States (NASTAD)
Alcohol and other Drug Use
The Roles and Capabilities of Social Workers (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Global prison trends 2015
Drugs and imprisonment (Penal Reform International)
Advances in Dual Diagnosis
When 80 per cent of your clients have a dual diagnosis, asking whether the service needs a dual diagnosis worker is getting things the wrong way around (Advances in Dual Diagnosis)
Protection or Harm? Suppressing Substance-Use Data
We believe that the federal government’s short-sighted policy will harm the very people it was meant to protect (NEJM)
Drugs and The Internet
This bulletin is the fourth in a series by the Drug Trends Unit that provides analysis of trends over time in the availability and type of substances sold via the internet to Australia. The current bulletin reports for the time period July 2014 to December 2014 (NDARC)
Global prison trends 2015
Drugs and imprisonment (Penal Reform International)
Understanding the health and service needs of diverse populations of pharmaceutical opioid users
Cohort studies of dependent users in treatment, and people who inject drugs (NDARC)
Maximizing Health, Minimizing Harm: The Role of Public Health Programs in Drug User Health
Impact of Preventable HIV and Hepatitis Outbreaks in States (NASTAD)
Sentencing reform for drug trafficking in England and Wales
This paper discusses recent changes to sentencing in England and Wales, which aim to recognise drug couriers as a distinct category, and so attribute lesser, more proportionate punishment (IDPC)
Drug users should be able to get heroin from the health system
Politicians may not like it, but evidence shows that giving heroin to some users reduces harm, argues Martin T Schechter (BMJ)
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