Bibliography: Prevalence

This report provides an update on infectious diseases related to injecting drug use in Europe for the period up to June 2015 (EMCDDA)

Annual report on the Home Office forensic early warning system, which identifies new psychoactive substances in the UK

This report examines the prevalence of regular use of 2 or more substances among adolescents in Scotland, and key factors associated with multiple substance use (Scottish Government)

There were 3,346 drug poisoning deaths registered in England and Wales in 2014, the highest since comparable records began in 1993 (Office for National Statistics )

Quarterly data are published on StatWales. These include data on quarterly activity, case closures by reason for closure and the time between referral and start of treatment (Welsh Government)

In 2015, NCPIC conducted an online survey about experiences and perceptions of ice. This survey report includes responses from 11, 636 participants (NCPP)

The briefing is therefore designed to provide local authority commissioners and drug treatment providers with further insight on the current situation and recent trends in relation to drug misuse deaths (Public Health England)

National Ice Taskforce present its interim report to the Council of Australian Governments meeting in Sydney (Australian Government)

This report contains results from an annual survey of secondary school pupils in England in years 7 to 11 (mostly aged 11 to 15). 6,173 pupils in 210 schools completed questionnaires in the autumn term of 2014 (HSCIC)

This document summarises key findings from the second year of the SIEDs survey, with a particular focus of the report being on the specific drugs of use (CPH)

This report examines recent trends in alcohol consumption in Australia across three measures: rates of abstention, rates of episodic heavy drinking and the distribution of drinking across the population (FARE)