Weekly news - 9th December 2011 |
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More young people are beating drug and alcohol problems
More young people are overcoming their problems with drug and alcohol misuse than ever before, according to the latest statistics for England | NTA, UK
Statistics for young people in specialist drug and alcohol services in England 2010-11
This statistical release presents key results from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) on the number of young people attending specialist substance misuse services in England in 2010-11 | NDTMS, UK
Progress in addressing young people’s substance misuse threatened by funding cuts
DrugScope, the national membership organisation for the drug sector, remains concerned over mounting evidence of the scaling back of young people’s drug and alcohol treatment services and the reduction or end of drug education and prevention work in some schools | DrugScope, UK
Building recovery in the workforce: developing an inspirational, recovery orientated drug and alcohol workforce
After the success of the Consortium’s first national event, service managers, team leaders and other key treatment service staff are again invited to hear and share practical experience on how to deliver an inspirational recovery-orientated workforce. 14th February 2012 9.30am - 4.30pm. Brochure as a Word document | Substance Misuse Skills Consortium, UK
Should national drugs policies be harmonised?
Lord Henley, the Minister of State for Crime Prevention, will face questions from the House of Lords EU Sub-Committee on Home Affairs as part of its inquiry into the EUs drugs strategy | House of Lords, UK
Safer Future Communities
Safer Future Communities is an exciting new project which will support Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations involved in community safety to adapt to the new landscape. This includes preparing for the new Police and Prime Commissioners, and other key partners and commissioners with which the Sector needs to develop relationship - Policy Briefing No 1 | DrugScope, UK
Youth homelessness
A survey of homelessness agencies and local authority housing options teams in November to investigate the extent of and nature of youth homelessness in England - Full report | Homeless Link, UK
Drug-related deaths and deaths among drug users in Ireland in 2009
The number of heroin-related deaths increased by 20% in 2009. The latest figures from the National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI) show a total of 3,334 deaths in the six-year period 2004 to 2009. Of these deaths, 2,015 were due to poisoning and 1,319 were deaths of drug users arising from traumatic or medical causes - Download | Health Research Board, Ireland
Survey on our upcoming three year (2013–15) strategy
We think that learning more at the outset of this exercise about the expectations of civil society will help the agency to define better its medium- to long-term direction | EMCDDA
Trends in HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among injecting drug users in Europe, 2005 to 2010
Data on newly diagnosed HIV infections and HIV prevalence in 2005 to 2010 suggest falling infection rates in injecting drug users (IDUs) in the European Union (EU). However, recent increases in HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection rates in IDUs suggest increasing injecting risks in some countries | Eurosurveillance
Treatment admissions for abuse of prescription pain relievers
New report (Treatment Episode Data Set 1999-2009) shows treatment admissions for abuse of prescription pain relievers have risen 430 percent from 1999-2009 | SAMHSA, USA
Injection Drug Abuse Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment: 1992 and 2009
Although the number of injection admissions increased from over 199,000 in 1992 to nearly 278,000 in 2009, they remained a relatively constant proportion of all admissions (13.2 percent of all substance abuse treatment admissions in 1992 and 14.3 percent in 2009) | SAMHSA, USA
Child Protection and Mothers in Substance Abuse Treatment
This report presents the major findings from the Child Protection and Mothers in Substance Abuse Treatment study, a three-year study funded by NSW Community Services, Department of Family and Community Services, and the University of New South Wales | NDARC, Australia
What consumers are using now
EDRS Bulletin December 2011: What consumers are using now: which drug is on top? Feasibility study of regular stimulant users - Download | NDARC, Australia