We wanted to focus on how COVID-19 changed people’s drug using behaviours especially with regard to alcohol, cannabis and cocaine, how people balance reducing harm and maximizing pleasure when using drugs, and whether microdosing has moved beyond those seeking to improve creativity and work performance to self-treatment for mental health issue (Global Drugs Survey)
Bibliography: Prevalence
Reporting Desk for New Drugs – Annual Report 2020
Together, the information from the Reporting Desk for New Drugs gives an indication of the situation regarding new psychoactive substances being present in the Netherlands on the illicit drug market (Trimbos Institute)
Substance misuse treatment for adults: statistics 2020 to 2021
Statistics on alcohol and drug misuse treatment for adults from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)
Drug-related hospital statistics Scotland 2020 to 2021
Public Health Scotland
A Review of the Existing Literature and Evidence on Young People Experiencing Harms from Alcohol and Drugs in Scotland
This report provides a review of the existing literature and evidence base relating to alcohol and drug harms experienced by children and younger people (<25 years) in Scotland. It provides an up-to-date overview of the latest data on prevalence and harms related to alcohol and drug use among children and younger people (Scottish Government)
National Survey on Drug Use and Health
The data provide estimates of substance use and mental illness at the national, state, and substate levels. NSDUH data also help to identify the extent of substance use and mental illness among different subgroups, estimate trends over time, and determine the need for treatment services (SAMHSA)
Major changes in Australian drug use during 2021 says annual Drug Trends reports
The first report, based on interviews with 774 people (median age 24) from across Australian capital cities who regularly use ecstasy and other illicit stimulants, revealed several significant changes in drug use in 2021 (NDARC)
A summary of criminal activity and contact with the criminal justice system among a sample of people who inject drugs in Darwin, Northern Territory, 2015-2020
This bulletin presents a summary of selected aspects of crime, arrests and prison history reported by people who regularly inject drugs (PWID), interviewed as part of the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) in Darwin, Northern Territory (NT), from 2015-2020 (NDSRC)
Report of the Emerging Drug Trends and Drug Checking Working Group 2021
Report prepared for Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing and National Drugs Strategy by the HSE National Social Inclusion (Ireland)
Suspected drug deaths in Scotland: April to June 2021
This new report focusses on Police Scotland management information as a key indicator of recent drug death trends in Scotland (Scottish Government)
New report highlights public health and social risks posed by synthetic cannabinoids in Europe
Synthetic cannabinoids come under the spotlight today in a new report released by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA)
National survey results on drug use 1975–2020
College Students & Adults Ages 19–60 (The National Institute on Drug Abuse at The National Institutes of Health)
Drug-related deaths in Ireland: key patterns and trends 2008-2017
Drug insights report 1 (Health Research Board)
Drug-related deaths in Ireland: key patterns and trends 2008-2017. Drug insights report 1
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)
Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2021
More than 2,000 Australians have lost their lives to overdose for the sixth year in a row (Penington Institute)
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2020
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)
Victorian Overdose Deaths 2011-2020
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)
Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2020
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
People who inject drugs: HIV and viral hepatitis monitoring
Data tables and commentary for the unlinked anonymous monitoring surveys of infections and risk among people who inject drugs (Public Health England)
Differences in Cannabis Perceptions among Canadian Adolescent Boys and Girls
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)
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