This report explains why it can be hard to escape the streets and what should be done to prevent further deaths of people sleeping rough. It is based on a national survey of outreach teams who work with people living on the streets night and day (St Mungo’s)
Bibliography: Prevalence
The National DrugRelated Deaths Database (Scotland) Report (PDF)
Analysis of Deaths occurring in 2015 and 2016 (ISD Scotland)
Afghan Narcotics: 2000-2018
From Control and Elimination Efforts to a Drug Economy and Bombings Labs (CSIS)
HRB publishes latest drug treatment figures for Ireland 2010 – 2016
Numbers treated for cocaine use rises for third year in a row. Opiates are still the main problem drug reported. Benzodiazepines increase both as the main and as an additional problem drug (Health Research Board, Ireland)
Methamphetamine contamination in residential properties: Exposures, risk levels, and interpretation of standards
There is currently no evidence that methamphetamine levels typically resulting from third-hand exposure to smoking residues on household surfaces can elicit an adverse health effect (Chief Science Advisor, New Zealand)
Global Drug Survey
Full findings online
Hepatitis C in England and the UK
Latest hepatitis C virus (HCV) reports, slide sets and infographics for England and the UK (Public Health England)
A Review of Workplace Substance Use Policies in Canada (PDF)
This study is the first of its kind to explore the state of Canadian substance use policies in the workplace (CCSA)
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2016–17: key findings
In 2016–17, 836 publicly-funded alcohol and other drug treatment services provided just over 200,000 treatment episodes to an estimated 127,000 clients (AIHW)
Substance Use and Aging (PDF)
This document was published by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)
Drug seizures & offending, England & Wales
In year ending March 2017, police recorded 136,352 drug offences in England and Wales, a decrease of 8% on the previous year (House of Commons, UK)
United Kingdom drug situation: Focal Point annual report
Annual report and data tables from the UK Focal Point on Drugs on the national prevalence, impact, prevention and treatment of drug use (Public Health England, Home Office, Welsh Government, The Scottish Government, Public Health Wales, and Department of Health (Northern Ireland)
Impact of alcohol and illicit drug use on the burden of disease and injury in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011
This report quantifies the health impact that alcohol and illicit drug use place on Australia, including as risk factors for other diseases and injuries. It estimates that alcohol and illicit drugs were collectively responsible for 6.7% of Australia’s disease burden in 2011. The report highlights that health inequalities exist, with lower socioeconomic groups and more remote areas generally experiencing higher rates of disease burden due to alcohol and illicit drug use (AIHW)
More than half of heroin/morphine misuse death hotspots in England and Wales are seaside locations
Some of England and Wales’s favourite seaside resort areas are now among the towns with the highest rates of deaths from the misuse of heroin/morphine (Office for National Statistics)
Impact of alcohol and illicit drug use on the burden of disease and injury in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011
This report quantifies the health impact that alcohol and illicit drug use place on Australia, including as risk factors for other diseases and injuries. It estimates that alcohol and illicit drugs were collectively responsible for 6.7% of Australia’s disease burden in 2011 Download (AIHW)
Estimates of the number of children who live with opiate users, England 2014/15 (PDF)
The estimates refer to children aged under 18 years that live in the same household as an adult opiate user at least one night a week where the adult does not necessarily need to have parental responsibility for the child (Public Health Institute)
Opiate and crack cocaine use: prevalence estimates for local populations
Estimates of the number of opiate and crack cocaine users in local areas from 2014 to 2015 download (Public Health England)
Drug Seizures and Offender Characteristics, 2016-17
Deaths related to volatile substances and helium in Great Britain: 2001 to 2016 registrations
Deaths related to volatile substances and helium in England, Wales and Scotland from 2001 to 2016, by region, sex, age, substances involved and cause of death (Office of National Statistics)
Our Invisible Addicts (2nd edition)
This report, which has been developed with representation from a patient, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the British Geriatrics Society, provides the latest milestone on the journey towards developing the best possible response to this important problem
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