Bibliography: Prevalence

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)

Statistics on alcohol and drug misuse treatment for adults from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)

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)

This new report focusses on Police Scotland management information as a key indicator of recent drug death trends in Scotland (Scottish Government)

College Students & Adults Ages 19–60 (The National Institute on Drug Abuse at The National Institutes of Health)

Drug insights report 1 (Health Research Board)

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)

More than 2,000 Australians have lost their lives to overdose for the sixth year in a row (Penington Institute)

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)

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

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)

This data visualization presents provisional counts for drug overdose deaths based on a current flow of mortality data in the National Vital Statistics System (CDC)

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) today released the thirteenth report of its National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program (the Program). For the first time the report includes ketamine excretion levels

The COVID-19 outbreak is worsening the already deadly and ongoing public health crisis of opioid overdoses and death (Government of Canada)

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) released new modelling projections of the number of opioid-related deaths that may occur over the course of the coming months. The results of the model suggest that, under some scenarios, the number of opioid-related deaths may remain high or may even increase through to December 31, 2021

New research into the criminal exploitation of children has revealed an increase in self-harm and suicide attempts among children and young people admitted into hospital with clear links to County Lines in the illegal drugs trade (University of Nottingham)

A National Statistics publication for Scotland

This report provides an analysis of current drug supply models and the related violence and exploitation of vulnerable groups in Denmark (EMCDDA)

Preliminary estimates indicate that there were 1,865 drug-induced deaths among Australians in 2019. This is equivalent to over five drug-induced deaths per day. This is the fifth year in a row where the number of deaths is higher than the earlier peak in the late 1990s (NDARC)

On a snapshot day in 2020, over 53,300 clients received pharmacotherapy treatment for their opioid dependence at 3,084 dosing points across Australia. There were 3,422 authorised prescribers of opioid pharmacotherapy drugs (AIHW)