Reports February 2011

Mainstreaming Recovery: Building a United Drug Treatment Field

Any drug treatment strategy and the system it describes, has to offer a range of concrete evident benefits - Ian Wardle [Lifeline, UK]

Specialist Drug and Alcohol Services for Young People – A Cost-Benefit Analysis

This summary of the report looks at the costs and benefits associated with young people’s drug and alcohol treatment [Frontier Economics, Department of Education, UK]

Cost benefit analysis

Full report [Frontier Economics, Department of Education, UK]

Guidance for the use of substitute prescribing in the treatment of opioid dependence in primary care

1st Edition from [RCGP Substance Misuse Unit (SMU), RCGP Sex, Drugs and HIV Group (SDHIVG), Substance Misuse Management in General Practice (SMMGP), The Alliance]

Wales Children in Need Census, 2010

Parental substance or alcohol misuse and domestic abuse were the most frequently recorded parenting capacity factors [Welsh Assembly Government, UK]

Alcohol dependence and harmful alcohol use

Full guideline [NICE, UK]

Alcohol Statistics Scotland

This biennial publication presents the latest available information from a range of national data sources relating to alcohol [Alcohol Information Scotland, UK]

The development of international drug control

Lessons learned and strategic challenges for the future PDF [Transnational Institute, Netherlands]

Measuring the effectiveness of drug law enforcement

Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no.406 Download paper [Australian Institute of Criminology]

Hepatitis and drug use

A new thematic page on drug use and hepatitis [EMCDDA]

Increase in Alcohol Attributable Hospital Admissions in the South West

This report provides an enhanced understanding of the populations being admitted to hospital due to alcohol and will be useful to those concerned with the planning and commissioning of alcohol misuse prevention and treatment services [South West Public Health Observatory, UK]

National Alcohol Treatment Monitoring System

1st April 2009 – 31st March 2010 [National Statistics, UK]

Making alcohol a health priority

Opportunities to reduce alcohol harms and rising costs [Alcohol Concern, UK]

New report shows 980,000 UK jobs depend on brewing and pub trade

A new report by leading economic experts Oxford Economics shows that 980,000 jobs in the UK depend on the beer and pub trade [British Beer & Pub Association, UK]

In defence of welfare

The impacts of the spending review [Social Policy Association, UK]

Changes to the National Drug Control Budget

The National Drug Control Strategy: FY 2012 Budget and Performance Summary reflects the new budget structure and framework, providing an inclusive and true description of the Federal contribution dedicated to the drug-control mission. Executive Summary - Full Text [ONDCP, USA]

Family Support in Times of Economic Hardship

In December 2010, Adfam called together an expert group for a seminar exploring some of the issues facing families affected by drugs and alcohol during economic hard times. This report summarises the discussions and findings from this work and sets out some of the challenges that were identified for local and national policy makers, and for those who support families [Adfam, UK]

2011-12 allocations in full

[NTA,UK]

Global Status report on alcohol and health 2011

The Global status report on alcohol and health (2011) presents a comprehensive perspective on the global, regional and country consumption of alcohol, patterns of drinking, health consequences and policy responses in Member States[World Health Organization]

Getting Serious about Stigma in Scotland

The problem with stigmatising drug users [UKDPC]

Alcohol services in prisons: an unmet need

This thematic report draws on inspection surveys of 13,000 prisoners between 2004 and 2009, 72 inspection reports between 2006 and 2009, and surveys of drug coordinators in 68 prisons in 2009. The data cover all kinds of prisons holding those over 18 [HM Inspectorate of Prisons, UK]

Prison Health Needs Assessment for Alcohol Problems

The aim of this study was to undertake a needs assessment of alcohol problems experienced by prisoners and provide recommendations for service improvement including a model of care [NHS Health Scotland, UK]

Scoping Study of Interventions for Offenders with Alcohol Problems

This report presents the findings of a scoping study of alcohol problems among offenders in the community justice setting [NHS Health Scotland, UK]

Substance use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the prevalence of substance use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as well as the use of services for substance abuse [AIHW, Australia]

Reducing Alcohol and Other Drug Related Harm

Evidence on how high levels of alcohol and other drug use-related harm among Indigenous Australians are both a consequence of, and contribute to, the health and social gap between them and non-Indigenous Australians [AIHW, Australia]

Mephedrone Use Among Regular Ecstasy Consumers in Australia

One-fifth (21%) of the 2010 national REU sample reported lifetime use of mephedrone and 17% reported use of mephedrone in the six months prec

Review of the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set

The purpose of this review was to assess the collection as an information source for alcohol and other drug services policy; assess data gaps; and, propose options for future development within the collection [AIHW, Australia]

By their fruits... Applying payment by results to drugs recovery

This briefing reviews the possible impacts of the introduction of payment by results to fund treatment and recovery services for problem drug users [UKDPC]

Needs Assessment of Drug and Alcohol Problems in the Scottish Borders (2009) - Evidence into Practice

Report prepared for [Borders Drug and Alcohol Action Team, UK]

2010 California Needs Assessment Report

With the annual cost of alcohol use in California at $38.4 billion and illicit drug abuse at $23.8 billion, the combined toll on the state ($62.2 billion) cannot be sustained from a fiscal standpoint [California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, USA]