This report presents the findings of Sweep 11 of the estimates of the prevalence of opiate and/or crack cocaine use (OCU) in England, covering 2014/15. These continue the long time series of OCU prevalence estimates, starting in 2004/05 and most recently reported for 2011/12 (PHE)
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National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2016: detailed findings
… certain groups disproportionately experience drug-related risks and recent use of illicit drugs was particularly high for people who identified as homosexual or bisexual (AIHW)
Drug induced deaths at highest rate since late 90s
Australia recorded the highest number of drug-induced deaths since the late 1990s, with the death rate steadily increasing over a decade and now at 7.5 deaths per 100,000 Australians (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
Dealing with Synthetics: Time to Reframe the Narrative (PDF)
Beginning with an overview of the synthetics market, this Policy Report examines the possible sources of such inertia and critically explores the issues underlying what in many respects represents a key yet largely under discussed feature of the extant international drug control system (GDPO)
Psychoactive substances in secure mental health settings
This review summarises the latest evidence and makes recommendations for secure mental health service commissioners and providers (Public Health England)
Charter for Change
Ten points from The Drugs, Alcohol & Justice Cross-Party Parliamentary Group
A model drug law to 2020 and beyond
The key to moving towards an Aotearoa free from drug harm is to start treating drug use as a health issue rather than a criminal issue. Download (New Zealand Drug Foundation)
EMCDDA signs accord with Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
The two bodies recognise that information on the drug phenomenon is an essential and indispensable instrument for drafting and implementing drug policies and for assessing the impact of actions to reduce problems originating from drug use and trafficking
Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States
Results from the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (SAMHSA)
Deaths by drug poisoning where any opiates were mentioned on the death certificate, local authorities in England and Wales, 1993 to 2016
Office for National Statistics UK – link to Excel file
Provisional Drug Overdose Deaths 2016 – 2017 (PDF)
These counts include all seasons of the year and are insensitive to reporting variations by seasonality. Deaths are reported by the jurisdiction in which the death occurred (CDC)
Commissioning impact on drug treatment
This report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) investigates the impact on drug treatment
National Poisons Information Service Report 2016/17
National Poisons Information Service annual report with section on drugs of misuse (PDF)
Inquiry into the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Pilot Medically Supervised Injecting Centre) Bill 2017 (PDF)
The Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Pilot Medically Supervised Injecting Centre) Bill 2017 (the Bill) seeks to amend the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (the Principal Act), to provide for the licencing and operation of a medically supervised injecting centre (MSIC) for a trial period of 18 months (Parliament of Victoria, Australia)
Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes (PDF)
The purpose of this first annual surveillance report is to summarize the latest information available on the national level for various health outcomes, health behaviors, and prescribing patterns related to the drug problem in the United States (CDC, USA)
ACMD warns ministers of falling local funding for drug treatment services
Funding cuts are the single biggest threat to drug treatment recovery outcomes, a report published by the ACMD has warned
Still no harm reduction? (PDF)
A critical review of the UK Government’s new Drug Strategy (drugscience)
Mapping the Maze (PDF)
Services for women experiencing multiple disadvantage in England and Wales (agenda)
Widening the availability of naloxone
Updated 1 August 2017 (DoH)
Improving clinical responses to drug-related deaths (PDF)
A summary of best practice and innovations from drug treatment providers (NHS Substance Misuse Provider Alliance)
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