Bibliography: Domestic Policy Issues

The impact of the public health transfer on local alcohol provision (Alcohol Concern)

The third annual review of the drug strategy, ‘A Balanced Approach’, updates progress on the 3 strands of the strategy since December 2013 (Home Office)

Expert Review Group reports back on new ways to tackle ‘legal highs’(Scottish Government)

This circular draws attention to the contents of the Statutory Instruments S.I. 2015/215, S.I. 2015/232 and S.I. 2015/231 which come into force at 00:01 on 11 March 2015 (Home Office)

Courts that help families affected by drug and alcohol misuse to open in new areas, thanks to government backing worth £2.5 million (Department for Education)

‘Ketamine: rescheduling and patient group directions’ provides further advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to the Home Secretary

State of the Sector provides a voice for nearly 200 services Summary (DrugScope)

In response to America’s drug problem, the 2016 Budget reflects the Administration’s ongoing commitment to reducing drug use and its consequences through a balanced approach rooted in science. Budget highlights (ONDCP)

Adding Value? Reflections on payment by results for people with multiple and complex needs [Report] considers how a range of different PbR schemes have been applied to services working with individuals facing multiple and complex problems, including a combination of poor mental health, offending, substance misuse, and homelessness (Revolving Doors)

Slides from presentations at yesterday’s event in Birmingham (Public Health England)

The specific aim of this seminar was to explore the interaction between the local and the national in the making of alcohol policy in the past and in the present, focusing on continuities and changes over time (LSE)

This bulletin summarises information collected in the fifth census of statutory and non-statutory drug and alcohol treatment services in Northern Ireland to establish the number of persons in treatment for drug and/or alcohol misuse (Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety)

Postmarketing surveillance indicates that the diversion and abuse of prescription opioid medications increased between 2002 and 2010 and plateaued or decreased between 2011 and 2013. These findings suggest that the United States may be making progress in controlling the abuse of opioid analgesics (NEJM)

Insights for Vermont and Other Jurisdictions (RAND)

Hailed as a better way than prohibition, there is much to learn from New Zealand’s stalled attempt to legalise new highs (New Scientist)

Control of AH-7921, LSD–related compounds, tryptamines, and rescheduling of GHB (Home Office)