Reports January 2010 |
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Getting advice
A report of children’s experience by the Children’s Rights Director for England [Ofsted, UK]
Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Bill 2009
The Bill is likely to be passed or rejected by parliamentarians in February of this year [Victorian Government, Australia]
100 Ways to Support Recovery
A guide for mental health professionals [Rethink, UK]
Alcohol-related deaths in the United Kingdom 1991-2008
The number of alcohol-related deaths in the United Kingdom has consistently increased since the early 1990s, rising from the lowest figure of 4,023 (6.7 per 100,000) in 1992 to the highest of 9,031 (13.6 per 100,000) in 2008 [Office for National Statistics, UK]
Similarities and Differences in Opioid Treatment Programs that Provide Methadone Maintenance or Buprenorphine Maintenance
A total of 1,132 substance abuse treatment facilities (or 8 percent of all substance abuse treatment facilities) operated an Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) in 2008, a percentage that has remained constant since 2002 [SAMHSA, USA]
Alcohol Deaths
UK rates increase in 2008 [Office for National Statistics, UK]
Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England
Findings by region, 2006 to 2008. PDF Report [NHS Information Centre, UK]
Drug Use in New Zealand
Key results of the 2007/08 New Zealand Alcohol and Drug Use Survey - PDF [Ministry of Health, New Zealand]
Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2008-09: Drug Use
The publication presents statistics on adults' experiences of illict drug use in Scotland since the age of 16 [Scottish Government, UK]
Beckley Briefing paper - Drug use: Knowledge, Culture and Context
This briefing paper aims to stimulate discussion around the need for a qualitative corrective to complement the currently dominant quantitative approach. While leaving some areas of this emergent debate unexplored, we examine the major causes and effects of the relatively impoverished understanding of drug use, and go on to suggest ways in which the situation can begin to be addressed and alleviated [International Drug Policy Consortium]
Beckley Briefing paper - What can we learn from Sweden’s drug policy experience?
This briefing paper will analyse Swedish drug control policy in its legal, clinical, political, social and cultural dimensions and consider the claims and policy-objectives it has been used to support. In the course of this analysis, it will explore the implications of Sweden’s model, if any, for other countries [International Drug Policy Consortium]
Drugs, Homelessness & Health: Homeless Youth Speak Out About Harm Reduction
The Shout Clinic Harm Reduction Report, 2010 [Wellesley Institute, Canada]
CAP Periodic Review on Drinking and Culture
It is hoped that this publication will become a reliable tool for researchers internationally, bolstering the common evidence base and laying the foundation for developing prevention and intervention approaches that would take into account cultural variations in drinking patterns and outcomes [International Center for Alcohol Policies]
A Process Evaluation of Celtic Against Drugs and Rangers Positive Choices
A report on the design and implementation of the Celtic Against Drugs and Rangers Positive Choices schemes and their suitability and value for money as vehicles for drugs education and prevention [Scottish Government, UK]
A Process Evaluation of Celtic Against Drugs and Rangers Positive Choices: Key findings
Key findings on the design and implementation of the Celtic Against Drugs and Rangers Positive Choices schemes and their suitability and value for money as vehicles for drugs education and prevention [Scottish Government, UK]
Drug law resentencing
Saving tax dollars with minimal community risk [Legal Aid Society of New York, USA]
Cutting Crime: the case for justice reinvestment
Browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee [Justice Committee, House of Commons, UK]
The Past, Present, and Future of Medical Marijuana in the United States
This article seeks to place the attorney general’s action in historical, medical, and legal context [Psychiatric Times, USA]
NSDUH Report - Substance Use Treatment Need and Receipt among People Living in Poverty
Combined 2006 to 2008 data indicate that 3.7 million persons aged 12 or older living in poverty were in need of substance use treatment in the past year [SAMHSA, USA]
Narco-Jihad
Drug Trafficking and Security in Afghanistan and Pakistan [NBR]
The Societal Cost of Alcohol Misuse in Scotland for 2007
The study uses a cost of illness approach to derive estimates of the cost of alcohol misuse in Scotland for 2007 [Scottish Government, UK]
The Societal Cost of Alcohol Misuse in Scotland for 2007 - Research Findings
Summary of findings from a study that uses a cost of illness approach to derive estimates of the cost of alcohol misuse in Scotland for 2007 [Scottish Government, UK]
Screening and Brief Interventions (SBI) for Unhealthy Alcohol Use
A Step-by-Step Implementation Guide for Trauma Centers [CDC, USA]
Access to Confidential Alcohol Industry Documents: From ‘Big Tobacco’ to ‘Big Booze’
These once confidential internal documents provide new evidence on the drinks industry’s concerns [Australasian Medical Journal]
Partner or Foe?
The Alcohol Industry, Youth Alcohol Problems, and Alcohol Policy Strategies [American Medical Association Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse]
Health Committee Report - Alcohol
It is time the Government listened more to the CMO and the President of the RCP and less to the drinks and retail industry [Parliament, UK]
Trends in Adult Female Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Reporting Primary Alcohol Abuse: 1992 to 2007
Between 1992 and 2007, the proportion of all adult female substance abuse treatment admissions with primary alcohol abuse declined from 47.4 percent to 33.4 percent; of these [SAMHSA, USA]
“Where Darkness Knows No Limits”
Incarceration, Ill-Treatment and Forced Labor as Drug Rehabilitation in China. 42-page PDF [Human Rights Watch]
Spotlight: alcohol consumption and tackling misuse
Although alcohol is an important industry in Ireland and contributes economic benefits, this Spotlight has shown that the costs of alcohol related harm are substantial [Oireachtas Library and Research Service, Ireland]
Prince's Trust fears unemployment effect on youths
A YouGov poll of more than 2,000 people aged between 16 and 25 showed one in 10 of those who had been out of work had turned to drugs or alcohol abuse [BBC, UK]
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences
A Violation of International Human Rights Law. 33-page PDF [IHRA]
Too much of the hard stuff: what alcohol costs the NHS
This Briefing, produced with the Royal College of Physicians,
outlines the
extent of the problem and gives examples of where the NHS is managing
problem drinkers effectively and efficiently [NHS Confederation, UK]
Age-period-cohort modelling of alcohol volume and heavy drinking days in the US National Alcohol Surveys: Divergence in younger and older adult trends
The decomposition of trends in alcohol volume and heavy drinking days into age, period, cohort and demographic effects offers an important perspective on the dynamics of change in alcohol use patterns in the US [NIH, USA]
Illicit Drug Use among Older Adults
An estimated 4.3 million adults aged 50 or older, or 4.7 percent of adults in that age range, had used an illicit drug in the past year, based on data from 2006 to 2008 [SAMHSA, USA]