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Suspected drug deaths in Scotland: April to June 2021

15th September 2021

This new report focusses on Police Scotland management information as a key indicator of recent drug death trends in Scotland (Scottish Government)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Legal Regulation of drugs through a social justice lens

14th September 2021

15 key priorities to be included in legal regulation policy that will directly impact and strengthen sustainable development and global equity (Health Poverty Action)

Categories: Bibliography, International Policy Issues, Production and Supply

Categories: International Policy Issues, Production and Supply

New report highlights public health and social risks posed by synthetic cannabinoids in Europe

10th September 2021

Synthetic cannabinoids come under the spotlight today in a new report released by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA)

Categories: Bibliography, International Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Prevalence

Categories: International Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Prevalence

A Strategic Framework to Tackle the Harm from Substance Use (2021-31)

9th September 2021

This strategy sets out our proposals for tackling the harms caused by substance use over the next ten years (DoH, Ireland)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Interventions - Treatment

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Interventions - Treatment

National survey results on drug use 1975–2020

9th September 2021

College Students & Adults Ages 19–60 (The National Institute on Drug Abuse at The National Institutes of Health)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Drug-related deaths in Ireland: key patterns and trends 2008-2017

9th September 2021

Drug insights report 1 (Health Research Board)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Drug Law Reform Report

7th September 2021

It explores how existing legislation and its use impacts on the current situation amid the changing landscape of Scotland’s unique drug deaths challenge (Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Interventions - Law Enforcement, Interventions - Treatment

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Interventions - Law Enforcement, Interventions - Treatment

Drug-related deaths in Ireland: key patterns and trends 2008-2017. Drug insights report 1

3rd September 2021

In Ireland, since 2004, the Health Research Board (HRB) have produced the National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI). This compiles information on drug related deaths (National Social Inclusion Office)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2021

31st August 2021

More than 2,000 Australians have lost their lives to overdose for the sixth year in a row (Penington Institute)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Key findings from the ‘Australians’ Drug Use: Adapting to Pandemic Threats’ (ADAPT) Study Wave 4

20th August 2021

The Australians’ Drug Use: Adapting to Pandemic Threats (ADAPT) Study is exploring the short and long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of Australians who use illicit drugs (NDARC)

Categories: Bibliography, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Interventions - Treatment

Categories: Interventions - Harm Reduction, Interventions - Treatment

Turning the tide: Growth, visibility and impact of the civil society drug policy reform movement at the UN

20th August 2021

This briefing paper offers a historical analysis of civil society advocacy for drug policy reform at the UN, assessing the many gains made and challenges encountered over time – and ways in which reform-oriented civil society has met, resisted, and generally overcome, these challenges (idpc)

Categories: Bibliography, International Policy Issues

Categories: International Policy Issues

NIN on drug health harms briefing – May 2021

20th August 2021

This briefing summarises the topics covered at the May 2021 meeting of the national intelligence network (NIN) on the health harms associated with drug use, with updated information where appropriate (Public Health England)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction

A joint thematic inspection of community-based drug treatment and recovery work with people on probation

19th August 2021

Probation services are responding poorly to drugs misuse and addiction cases, according to inspectors (HM Inspectorate of Probation)  download

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Law Enforcement, Interventions - Treatment

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Law Enforcement, Interventions - Treatment

Focused Policy Assessment of Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery

16th August 2021

An analysis of expenditure and performance in the area of drug and alcohol misuse (Government of Ireland)

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Economics, Interventions - Harm Reduction

Cannabis Research in Times of Legalization: What’s on the Agenda

10th August 2021

This report is based on a workshop of the same name that was co-organized by CCSA and the Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Law Enforcement

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Law Enforcement

Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2020

3rd August 2021

Annual number of deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales. Data presented by cause of death, sex, age, substance(s) involved in the death, and by country and region (ONS)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Prevalence

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Prevalence

Victorian Overdose Deaths 2011-2020

2nd August 2021

This report provides an overview of overdoses that have occurred in Victoria from 1 January 2011 – 31 December 2020 and includes an analysis of demographic information including age, gender and geographical data along with a discussion of observable trends in drug overdose deaths (Coroners Court, Victoria)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2020

30th July 2021

Statistics of drug-related deaths in 2020 and earlier years, broken down by age, sex, substances implicated in the death, underlying cause of death, and NHS Board and Council areas

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

People who inject drugs: HIV and viral hepatitis monitoring

29th July 2021

Data tables and commentary for the unlinked anonymous monitoring surveys of infections and risk among people who inject drugs (Public Health England)

Categories: Bibliography, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Prevalence

Categories: Interventions - Harm Reduction, Prevalence

2014 – 2020 Drug Treatment Data

21st July 2021

National Drug Treatment Reporting System 2014 – 2020 Drug Treatment Data (HRB, Ireland)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Treatment

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Treatment

Differences in Cannabis Perceptions among Canadian Adolescent Boys and Girls

19th July 2021

Examines how gender differences in cannabis perceptions and behaviours can increase the risk of cannabis-related harm among adolescent boys and girls. It also outlines how adults can provide support – download (CCSA)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Nearly Half of State Incarcerees Suffer From Substance Abuse: Survey

19th July 2021

Despite recommendations by the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare to provide access to behavioral or medical treatment for incarcerees struggling with addiction, only 33 percent of state inmates and 46 percent of federal incarcerees participated in any alcohol or drug treatment program while they were behind bars, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Full report

Categories: Bibliography, Interventions - Law Enforcement, Interventions - Treatment

Categories: Interventions - Law Enforcement, Interventions - Treatment

Heroin-Assisted Treatment and the United Nations international drug control apparatus

19th July 2021

This working paper examines the present situation regarding Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT), in addition to the early history (in the 1990s and early 2000s) of HAT as a contemporary drug treatment intervention (GDPO)

Categories: Bibliography, Interventions - Treatment

Categories: Interventions - Treatment

Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts

15th July 2021

This data visualization presents provisional counts for drug overdose deaths based on a current flow of mortality data in the National Vital Statistics System (CDC)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Improving drug treatment services in England

12th July 2021

Models for commissioning and accountability (King’s Fund)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Treatment

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Treatment

Canadian Opioid Use Disorder Guideline

8th July 2021

Opioid Agonist Therapy: A Synthesis of Canadian Guidelines for Treating Opioid Use Disorder is a national clinical guideline that harmonizes existing provincial and national guidelines, evidence-based practices and expert opinions into one document aimed at providing consistent and high-quality care to people with opioid use disorder (camh)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Interventions - Treatment

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Interventions - Treatment

Review of drugs part two: prevention, treatment, and recovery

8th July 2021

This is Part 2 of my independent review for government, setting out a way forward on drug treatment and recovery (Department of Health & Social Care, UK)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Prevention, Interventions - Treatment

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Prevention, Interventions - Treatment

Australia’s youth

7th July 2021

This report brings together a wide range of data on the wellbeing of young people aged 12–24 (AIHW)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Prevalence

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Prevalence

Drug use monitoring in Australia

2nd July 2021

Drug use among police detainees, 2020

Categories: Bibliography, Interventions - Law Enforcement, Prevalence

Categories: Interventions - Law Enforcement, Prevalence

Latest wastewater report builds on drug consumption data

2nd July 2021

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) today released the thirteenth report of its National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program (the Program). For the first time the report includes ketamine excretion levels

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Report detailing the work and further progress of the Drug Deaths Taskforce

2nd July 2021

Summarising its work in terms of innovation projects, research projects, and interventions through ADP direct funding under the categories of Emergency Response, Reducing Risk and Reducing Vulnerability, the Report offers an appraisal of how and when these will impact ( Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Prevalence

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Harm Reduction, Prevalence

Unprecedented increase in overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic – with substantial regional variation

1st July 2021

Findings from this study can quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on drug overdose deaths and identify which areas have been most impacted and provide vital resources (Recovery Research Institute)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues

ONDCP Releases Data on Coca Cultivation and Potential Cocaine Production in the Andean Region

1st July 2021

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the results of the annual United States Government estimates measuring coca cultivation and potential cocaine production for the Republic of Colombia, the Republic of Peru, and the Plurinational State of Bolivia

Categories: Bibliography, Production and Supply

Categories: Production and Supply

Trends in drug-related hospitalisations in Australia, 1999-2019

29th June 2021

National Illicit Drug Indicatiors Project (NIDIP) Bulletins (NDARC)

Categories: Bibliography, Interventions - Treatment, Prevalence

Categories: Interventions - Treatment, Prevalence

Prison and drugs in Europe: current and future challenges

28th June 2021

This publication provides an overview of current knowledge and the latest developments in the field of drug use and prison in Europe. The report explores in depth the epidemiology of drug use and drug-related problems among the prison population, the available social and health service responses to drug-related problems in prison, including the most recent evidence of effectiveness, and the drug supply and markets inside prison (EMCDDA)

Categories: Bibliography, Interventions - Law Enforcement, Prevalence

Categories: Interventions - Law Enforcement, Prevalence

Summary of Residential Rehabilitation in Scotland

28th June 2021

We write this to give an outline of residential rehabilitation services in Scotland, how they are accessed and funded, with any concerns outlined. It outlines our findings when searching publicly accessible sources and so facts may differ slightly (Favour)

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Treatment

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Treatment

Opioid- and Stimulant-related Harms in Canada

25th June 2021

The COVID-19 outbreak is worsening the already deadly and ongoing public health crisis of opioid overdoses and death (Government of Canada)

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

Modelling projections for opioid-related deaths during the COVID-19 outbreak

25th June 2021

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) released new modelling projections of the number of opioid-related deaths that may occur over the course of the coming months. The results of the model suggest that, under some scenarios, the number of opioid-related deaths may remain high or may even increase through to December 31, 2021

Categories: Bibliography, Prevalence

Categories: Prevalence

UNODC World Drug Report 2021

25th June 2021

Pandemic effects ramp up drug risks, as youth underestimate cannabis dangers (UNODC)

Categories: Bibliography, International Policy Issues

Categories: International Policy Issues

Perceived fear of losing children major barrier to women accessing addiction treatment

25th June 2021

A new report from Trinity College has found that there is an urgent need for the expansion of gender-sensitive drug and alcohol treatment approaches that support the needs of women

Categories: Bibliography, Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Treatment

Categories: Domestic Policy Issues, Interventions - Treatment
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