Reports September 2011

Report recommends new Belfast-wide approach

A new Scoping report on drugs and alcohol services in Belfast, produced by the Belfast Drug and Alcohol Working Group (BDAWG) for the Public Health Agency (PHA) has recommended that a Belfast-focused approach is adopted to tackling drug and alcohol misuse in the city. Download report | Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland, UK

TEDS Report - Length of Time from First Use to Adult Treatment Admission

Among adult first-time treatment admissions, an average of 15.6 years elapsed between first use of the primary substance of abuse and treatment entry | SAMHSA, USA

Submission to the Whole of Victorian Government Alcohol and Drug Strategy

This necessary review comes after more than a decade of AOD reviews culminating in little reform and a neglected service sector which is burdened with a number of chronic long term challenges | VAADA, Australia

National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times

This release includes quarterly data from 1st April 2011 to 30th June 2011 at National, Health Board and Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) level | ISD, Scotland, UK

The Scottish Health Survey

Chapter 3: Alcohol Consumption | Scottish Government, UK

The Cost of Alcohol: A Minimum Price per Unit of Alcohol

New independent research which reveals the views and misconceptions of the general public regarding the impact of a minimum pricing policy in combating alcohol-related harm in the UK | Our Life, UK

Mexico’s Battle Against Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking

This 54-page US monograph explores the effectiveness of the security and law enforcement and socio-economic approaches adopted in Mexico over the past several years to combat the drug trafficking organizations | Brookings, USA

The health of Australia's prisoners 2010

Over half report drinking alcohol at risk levels and 2 in 3 had used illicit drugs during the previous 12 months | AIHW, Australia

Young people, alcohol and the media

This report presents findings of a mixed-method study exploring how alcohol is represented in media consumed by young people, young people’s own interpretations of these representations, and the influence of the media and celebrities on young people’s attitudes to alcohol and their alcohol consumption | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK

Better Together

Preventing Re-offending and Homelessness report released by Homeless Link | via Revolving Doors, UK

The Homelessness Monitor

Tracking the Impacts of Policy and Economic Change in England 2011-2013. Full report - Executive summary | Crisis, UK

Regulating Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

An Overview with Preliminary Evidence of Their Impact on Crime. Full Document | RAND, USA

Presidential Memorandum - Major Illicit Drug Transit

Presidential Determination on Major Illicit Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2012 | White House, USA

'Ivory Wave' to become Class B drug

New psychoactive substances found in so-called 'legal high' brand 'Ivory Wave' are to become controlled Class B drugs | Home Office, UK

Re-thinking alcohol licensing

A new report by Alcohol Focus Scotland and Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) calls on licensing boards to make more effective use of licensing legislation to control the overall availability of alcohol and reduce record levels of alcohol-related harm | Alcohol Focus Scotland, UK

2011 Death Penalty report

Responsibility and Shared Consequences’ is the fourth report on the death penalty for drug-related offences produced by | Harm Reduction International

State of Care 2010/11

Annual report on the state of health and adult social care in England. It covers the year from April 2010 to March 2011 | Care Quality Commission, UK

Agencies must work together to prevent reoffending and homelessness

Nearly half of criminal justice staff would benefit from training around housing issues, while more than a third of homelessness workers want help to understand and address client offending, a new report reveals | Homeless Link, UK

Turning the Tide Vision Paper

Turning the Tide is a joint publication by | Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) and Revolving Doors, UK

Amphetamine-type stimulants ranked world's second most used drug after cannabis

A new report released today (2011 Global ATS Assessment) the ranks amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) such as ecstasy and methamphetamine as the world's second most widely used type of drug after cannabis | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Suboxone for Short-term Detoxification

A Review of the Clinical Evidence | Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health

Community or Custody? A National Enquiry

Are rigorous community sentences more effective than short prison terms in stopping persistent, low-level offending? | Make Justice Work

Tackling homelessness and exclusion: Understanding complex lives

How can policy and practice more effectively tackle homelessness, and how does it overlap with people's other support needs? Summary | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK

Victorian AOD Workforce Development Strategy (2012-2015) - AOD sector consultation

Draft consultation papper for discussion | KPMG, Australia

Emerging Drug Trends in Lancashire

Focusing on young adults’ alcohol and drug use. Phase Two Report | Lancashire DAAT, UK

Drug and alcohol recovery pilots supporting material

As details of the approaches to be taken by the payment by results drug and alcohol recovery pilots are being developed, supporting material has been published | DoH, UK

Australia’s evolving responses to co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders

Submission to the Inquiry into the Commonwealth Funding and Administration of Mental Health Services | Dual Diagnosis, Australia

Young people, alcohol and the media

Are young people's attitudes to drinking affected by entertainment media? Summary - Full report Harry Sumnall et al | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK

Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Summary of National Findings | SAMHSA, USA

HIV-1 outbreak among injecting drug users in Greece, 2011: a preliminary report

A significant increase (more than 10-fold) in the number of newly diagnosed HIV-1 infections among injecting drug users (IDUs) was observed in Greece during the first seven months of 2011 | Eurosurveillance

Mapping HIV-related behavioural surveillance among injecting drug users in Europe, 2008

The extent of behavioural surveillance among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Europe was examined using data collected through a questionnaire sent to all 31 countries of the European Union and European Free Trade Association as part of a European-wide behavioural surveillance mapping study on HIV | Eurosurveillance

2011 National Drug Threat Assessment

National Drug Intelligence Center, USA

The involvement of alcohol consumption in the deaths of children and young people in New Zealand during the years 2005–2007

This report examines 357 deaths of children and young people aged between 4 weeks and 24 years who died in New Zealand during the years 2005 to 2007 | Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee, New Zealand