Due to the high potency and availability of fentanyl, both transnational and domestic criminal organizations are increasingly utilizing these dangerous synthetic opioids as an adulterant in heroin and other controlled substances. The presence of these synthetic opioids in the illicit U.S. drug market is extremely concerning as the potency of these drugs has led to a significant increase in overdose incidents and overdose‐related deaths throughout the nation (DEA)
Bibliography: Interventions – Harm Reduction
Mental health in prisons
Improving the mental health of those in prison will require a step change in effort and resources (National Audit Office)
Project Inform releases new report on safer consumption spaces in the U.S
The time is right to unite for a national movement – download (Project Inform)
The Right Turn Veteran-Specific Recovery Service Evaluation (PDF)
Each year roughly 17,000 people leave the UK Armed Forces and the vast majority make a successful transition into civilian society. A small but increasing number of ex-forces personnel however experience poor physical and mental health, substance misuse and/or come into contact with the criminal justice sector. Poor transition is estimated to have cost the UK £98 million in 2015 alone (Sheffield Hallam University)
Evidence-based interventions for managing illicit drug dependence
Medical professionals have a key role to play in managing the harms (see Box 1) associated with illicit drug dependence (BMA)
Preventing overdose deaths in Europe
This analysis describes some of the factors that increase the risk of fatal and non-fatal overdoses and a number of interventions developed to prevent these events (EMCDDA)
Drug consumption rooms: an overview of provision and evidence
Supervised drug consumption facilities, where illicit drugs can be used under the supervision of trained staff, have been operating in Europe for the last three decades. These facilities primarily aim to reduce the acute risks of disease transmission through unhygienic injecting, prevent drug-related overdose deaths and connect high-risk drug users with addiction treatment and other health and social services (EMCDDA)
Healthy Nightlife Toolbox
The Healthy Nightlife Toolbox (HNT) is an international initiative that focuses on the reduction of harm from alcohol and drug use among young people
Best practice portal
The relaunched Best practice portal is designed to help you find practical and reliable information on what works (and what doesn’t) in the areas of prevention, treatment, harm reduction and social reintegration (EMCDDA)
Mental health and new care models
While some of the vanguard sites developing new care models report promising early results from adopting a whole-person approach, the full opportunities to improve care through integrated approaches to mental health have not yet been realised (King’s Fund)
The Public Health Benefits of Alcohol Regulation – CARBC leads new international report
With alcohol consumption in BC rising as government liberalizes alcohol policies, and decisions around legal cannabis distribution models falling to provincial governments, a recent collaboration between researchers at the University of Victoria and the Swedish government could contain valuable lessons around the importance of applying evidence-based policy to the regulation of alcohol and other legal drugs (Download)
Ireland’s first Supervised Injecting Facility a step closer as legislation passes all stages in the Oireachtas
The Bill, which was published in February and was passed by the Dáil in March, was passed by the Seanad today (DoH Ireland)
Naloxone Conference 2017
Presentation (Society for Study of Addiction)
Harm Reduction Investment in the European Union
Current funding, challenges and successes (HRI)
The future of HIV services in England
This report explores the challenges and opportunities facing HIV services in four areas in England, and makes recommendations on future development to those in national and local leadership roles (King’s Fund)
Changing Scotland’s relationship with alcohol (PDF)
Recommendations for further action (Alcohol Focus Scotland)
New scheme for reporting effects of new psychoactive substances
Public Health England (PHE) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are piloting a new online system for reporting the effects of new psychoactive substances (NPS) and other illicit drugs in a similar way to how adverse effects of pharmaceutical drugs are reported through the Yellow Card Scheme (Prescriber)
Naloxone. Preventing opioid overdose deaths
This research on the Italian experience of the distribution of naloxone to people who use drugs and in the wider community (Take Home Naloxone-THN) was born from the need to fill a gap of knowledge, information and communications concerning more than twenty years of experience of harm reduction (HR) and risk limitation (RL) correlated to opiate drug use in Italy (Fuoriluogo)
APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence publishes declaration of support for helpline
The APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence has today published a Declaration of Support for a national 24 hour helpline and accompanying website. Report
Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative (NESI) 2008-09 to 2015-16
The aim of the Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative (NESI) is to measure and monitor the prevalence of blood-borne viruses and injecting risk behaviours among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Scotland (Health Protection Scotland)
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