Weekly news - 26th August 2011 |
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A summary of the health harms of drugs
A reference document summarising, for a non-medical audience, the latest scientific evidence about the health-related harms of emerging and established licit and illicit drugs commonly used in the UK | NTA, UK
A summary of the health harms of drugs - Technical document
This technical document accompanies ‘A summary of the health harms of drugs’. It summarises methodological aspects of the work; articles identified through literature searches; and references for literature used | NTA, UK
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales, 2010
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics on deaths related to drug poisoning (involving both legal and illegal drugs) and drug misuse (involving illegal drugs) in England and Wales for the period 2006 to 2010 | Office for National Statistics, UK
Official figures show second successive annual reduction in drug misuse deaths in England
The fall in the number of deaths from drug misuse reflects encouraging trends shown by official drug treatment statistics, indicating declining demand for treatment, particularly among the under 30s, and a reduction in overall heroin and crack use and injecting | NTA, UK
Are drug deaths avoidable? The debate
A debate with key people from drug policy makers, human rights, drug treatment service providers, mental and physical health agencies, research and evidence analysis organisations, and other interested parties, to speak on the day (30th September 2011) Entrance Free | DrugScope, UK
Pilot scheme shows that giving naloxone to families of drug users would save lives
A pilot scheme has shown that providing family and friends with training and the drug naloxone seems to reduce deaths from overdose among heroin users and other opioids misusers, says the English National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, a special health authority of the NHS | BMJ, UK
Substance Misuse, January-March 2011
The latest quarterly statistics on Substance Misuse in Wales produced by the Welsh Government were released on 25 August 2011 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Download PDF | Welsh Government, UK
The Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework 2011-2015
The Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework combines areas of work surrounding Sexual Health, HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B. It is a multi-agency, cross agenda approach based on five high level outcomes | Scottish Government, UK
LAPE 2011
LAPE annual update of Primary Care Trust and Local Authority profiles published 25th August ... click on an area of the map. Also a Download via | North West Public Health Observatory, UK
Homelessness Prevention and Relief: England 2010-11
This is an experimental official statistics release on homelessness prevention and relief in England that took place outside the homelessness statutory framework in 2010-11 | Communities and Local Government, UK
Become a lay member of the expert group
The Patient and Public Involvement Programme and the Quality Standards team are looking for applications from service users and carers to sit on the group developing a quality standard on drug use disorders experienced by those 16 years old and over | NICE, UK
HIV & AIDS In the North West of England 2010
This is the annual report of the North West HIV/AIDS Monitoring Unit, presenting data on HIV positive individuals accessing treatment and care in the region | Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Irish prison service annual report 2010
Drug offences accounted for 852 offenders | Irish prison service
Poly drug use among police detainees
Offenders with complex drug dependencies involving two or more drug types comprise a substantial proportion of drug court and drug diversion clients, yet evaluation studies have demonstrated that these offenders often have poorer retention rates and higher post-program reoffending rates. Download | Australian Institute of Criminology
Alcohol Reform Bill
New Zealand Parliament
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We now have over 2,000 Followers of the DrugScope Twitter page. Please let your colleagues know about this useful news and information source | DrugScope, UK