Information and other resources to support commissioners, service providers and others providing alcohol and drug interventions (Public Health England)
Bibliography: Interventions – Harm Reduction
Environmental substance use prevention interventions in Europe
This report provides an overview of the range of environmental prevention interventions used in the substance use field and, based on a survey of prevention experts, paints a first picture of the extent to which environmental prevention measures are currently used in Europe as a starting point for future research (EMCDDA)
Fentanyl Overdose Reduction Checking Analysis Study (PDF)
FORECAST had three phases, conducted between April 2017 and November 2017: (1) evaluating drug checking technologies; (2) interviewing people who use drugs; and (3) interviewing key informants from organizations that work with people who use drugs (John Hopkins University – Bloomberg American Health Initiative)
Link Between Medical Marijuana and Fewer Opioid Deaths Is More Complex Than Previously Reported
The association between medical marijuana and lower levels of opioid overdose deaths—identified previously in several studies—is more complex than previously described and appears to be changing as both medical marijuana laws and the opioid crisis evolve, according to a new RAND Corporation study
Eliminating Hepatitis C in Scotland: A Call to Action
A summary of evidence from the Hepatitis C Elimination Inquiry held by the cross-party Scottish Hepatitis C Parliamentary Champions group and The Hepatitis C Trust
People powered recovery (PDF)
Social action and complex needs – Findings from a call for evidence (All-Party Parliamentary Group)
Minimizing Harm: Public Health and Justice System Responses to Drug Use and the Opioid Crisis (PDF)
How government and communities should respond to drug use is a perennial question that has gained a renewed sense of urgency in the face of the current opioid overdose crisis. More than 52,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2015, a number that has grown nearly ninefold since 1980 (Vera Institute of Justice)
Reducing the harm associated with drugs of abuse: the role of pharamacists (PDF)
This report represents the outcome of a literature search of a working group, their deliberations and insights (International Pharmaceutical Federation)
Harm reduction approaches predicted to reduce rates of new hepatitis C infection for people who inject drugs
Needle and syringe exchange appears to be cost-effective, especially if considering the health gains from preventing HIV transmission too. Although the evidence is from observational studies, and the extent of the benefit might uncertain, the nature of the topic makes it difficult to gather evidence in any other way and compared to the cost of treating the consequences of hepatitis later, seems good value (NIHR)
Preventing Opioid Overdose: Understanding Good Samaritan Laws
This tool supports these efforts by providing an overview of this overdose prevention strategy, including the aims of Good Samaritan laws and types of protections they can offer (SAMHSA)
National Naloxone Programme Scotland Monitoring Report 2016/17
This release from the Information Services Division presents information on the number of take-home naloxone kits issued by the National Naloxone Programme in Scotland (NHS Scotland)
Responding to the needs of ageing drug users
This paper outlines the main health and social issues for ageing drug users. The paper also outlines the interventions and initiatives currently being delivered in Europe to address these issues (EMCDDA)
User-led interventions: an expanding resource? (PDF)
Background paper commissioned by the EMCDDA for Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide (EMCDDA)
Women who use drugs: Issues, needs, responses, challenges and implications for policy and practice (PDF)
Background paper commissioned by the EMCDDA for
Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide
Fentanyl Report (PDF)
Report from a national round table discussion and recommendations for future action change, grow, live (CGL)
Drug checking as a harm reduction tool for recreational drug users: opportunities and challenges
This paper was commissioned by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) to provide background information to inform and contribute to the drafting of Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide
Evidence review summary: drug demand reduction, treatment, and harm reduction
This short report presents a brief overview of recent evidence for the most effective approaches in the fields of drug use prevention, drug use treatment and harm reduction (EMCDDA)
Recovery, reintegration, abstinence, harm reduction: the role of different goals within the drug treatment in the European context
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the different goals of ‘drug treatment’ within a European context and the key implications for those planning or delivering health and social responses (EMCDDA)
Exposure to substance use prevention messages amongst adolescents
This issue of The CBHSQ Report examines adolescents’ exposure to substance use prevention messages using data from the 2002 to 2015 NSDUHs (SAMHSA)
National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (PDF)
The 2017 annual report from the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCISH) provides findings relating to people who died by suicide or were convicted of homicide in 2005- 2015 across all UK countries
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