Bibliography: Prevalence

The share of Americans who see drug addiction as a “major problem” in their community has declined in recent years, even as drug overdose deaths in the United States have risen sharpl (Pew Research Center)

This analysis provides the first significant body of evidence on drug use among students in Ireland and will help policymakers, professionals, and practitioners when considering responses to the challenge of reducing harms arising from drug use in higher education (DUHEI)

European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) is launching a new data explorer tool, allowing access to over 20 years of ESPAD data on substance use among 15-16-year-old student

The latest Drug Trends report from UNSW’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre shows more than 1800 drug-induced deaths in Australia in 2020 (UNSW)

Presents substance use trends and describes whether expected substance use matched actual substance contents. Data were collected from harm reduction sites in seven regions across Canada that participated in the Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project between 2019 and 2021 (CCSA)

The Department of Health today published “Statistics from the Northern Ireland Substance Misuse Database: 2020/21 (Experimental Statistics)” report and accompanying statistical tables

This report focusses on management information from Police Scotland on suspected drug deaths to provide as timely an indication of current trends in drug deaths in Scotland as is possible. Statistics from National Records of Scotland are also presented for wider context (Scottish Government)

Report 15 of the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program (the Program) covers around 57 per cent of the Australian population, which equates to about 13.3 million people (Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission)

Deaths from causes considered avoidable, treatable or preventable given timely and effective healthcare or public health interventions in those aged under 75 years (Office of National Statistics)

Latest UKHSA hepatitis C virus (HCV) reports and supporting documents, for England and the UK (UK Government)

An overview of drug misuse, symptoms of common mental disorder and personal well-being in adults who reported being a victim of crime in the last year. Data are from the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (Office for National Statistics)

This report presents statistics on Northern Ireland (NI) drug-related mortality in 2020. Figures are based on deaths registered in NI that are known to be drug-related or a direct consequence of drug misuse (NISRA)

There were 218 drug-related deaths registered in Northern Ireland in 2020. Over half (55.5%) of these deaths were of men aged 25-44. These are some of the findings of the statistics published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)