Preventing arbitrary detention through the promotion of human rights in drug control (International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy)
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Human rights, drug control and the UN special procedures
Preventing arbitrary detention through the promotion of human rights in drug control (International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy)
New report on use of ‘payment by results’ for people with multiple needs
Adding Value? Reflections on payment by results for people with multiple and complex needs [Report] considers how a range of different PbR schemes have been applied to services working with individuals facing multiple and complex problems, including a combination of poor mental health, offending, substance misuse, and homelessness (Revolving Doors)
New EMCDDA trendspotter study explores online supply of drugs
The speed with which the Internet is transforming drug markets poses a major challenge to law enforcement, public health, research and monitoring agencies. This is according to Internet and drug markets (EMCDDA)
£400k ‘club drugs’ project gets go ahead
Second phase of NEPTUNE project will improve delivery of evidence-based treatment for ‘club drugs’ by providing new resources for clinicians (NHS)
Illegal Drugs Laws: Clearing a 50-Year-Old Obstacle to Research
The United Nations drug control conventions of 1960 and 1971 and later additions have inadvertently resulted in perhaps the greatest restrictions of medical and life sciences research. These conventions now need to be revised to allow neuroscience to progress unimpeded and to assist in the innovation of treatments for brain disorders (PLoS)
HIV sweeps across eastern Europe amid economic crisis
HIV is spreading at a dangerous rate in nations around the Black Sea, passing a record 100,000 new cases yearly (EU Observer)
Understanding the Costs and Savings to Public Services of Different Treatment Pathways for Clients Dependent on Opiates
This paper presents a summary of analysis that considered the costs and savings to public services that might be generated from those receiving treatment for opiate dependence (Department for Work and Pensions, UK)
A multi-faceted approach to new psychoactive substances
Slides from presentations at yesterday’s event in Birmingham (Public Health England)
Crime in England and Wales, Year Ending September 2014
Information on drug offences from page 78 (ONS)
Drug seizures and arrests in Northern Ireland, period ending 31 December 2014
Monthly update of class A, B and C drug seizure incidents and arrests by (Police Service of Northern Ireland)
New EMCDDA review studies the effectiveness of overdose antidote, naloxone
Can naloxone provided in the community help reduce the thousands of drug-induced deaths recorded in Europe every year? This is the question explored by the EMCDDA in a new paper
Understanding the Costs and Savings to Public Services of Different Treatment Pathways for Clients Dependent on Opiates
This paper presents a summary of analysis that considered the costs and savings to public services that might be generated from those receiving treatment for opiate dependence (Department for Work and Pensions, UK)
Trends in Opioid Analgesic Abuse and Mortality in the United States
Postmarketing surveillance indicates that the diversion and abuse of prescription opioid medications increased between 2002 and 2010 and plateaued or decreased between 2011 and 2013. These findings suggest that the United States may be making progress in controlling the abuse of opioid analgesics (NEJM)
Drug seizures and arrests in Northern Ireland, period ending 31 December 2014
Monthly update of class A, B and C drug seizure incidents and arrests by (Police Service of Northern Ireland)
Local and National Alcohol Policy: how do they interact?
The specific aim of this seminar was to explore the interaction between the local and the national in the making of alcohol policy in the past and in the present, focusing on continuities and changes over time (LSE)
Drugs and Development: The Great Disconnect
This report argues that ‘drugs’ are a development issue and must be recognised as such by development agencies (GDPO)
Census of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services in Northern Ireland 2014
This bulletin summarises information collected in the fifth census of statutory and non-statutory drug and alcohol treatment services in Northern Ireland to establish the number of persons in treatment for drug and/or alcohol misuse (Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety)
Census of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services in Northern Ireland 2014
This bulletin summarises information collected in the fifth census of statutory and non-statutory drug and alcohol treatment services in Northern Ireland to establish the number of persons in treatment for drug and/or alcohol misuse (Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety)
HIV sweeps across eastern Europe amid economic crisis
HIV is spreading at a dangerous rate in nations around the Black Sea, passing a record 100,000 new cases yearly (EU Observer)