Weekly news - 9th September 2011 |
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Fall in opiate and crack use in England: independent research published
The number of people in England who use heroin and crack has fallen, according to independent research published by the | National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, UK
National and regional estimates of the prevalence of opiate and/or crack cocaine use 2009/10
This full report was written by: Gordon Hay, Maria Gannon, Jane Casey: The Centre for Drug Misuse Research, University of Glasgow and Tim Millar: The National Drug Evidence Centre, University of Manchester, UK
Respectable Addiction
A qualitative study of over the counter medicine abuse in the UK | Pharmacy Practice Research Trust, UK
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
Evaluation of the Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice Work in Emergency Departments across Manchester
In order to support the future development of the IBA programme, NHS Manchester commissioned an evaluation of the IBA programme | Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Statutory Homelessness: April to June Quarter 2011 England
The number of households found to be unintentionally homeless and in priority need rose by 17 per cent compared to the same quarter in 2010 | Communities and Local Government, UK
Workless households for areas across the UK in 2010
Including a YouTube video podcast explaining this story using audio commentary and graphical animations | Office for National Statistics, UK
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
Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Summary of National Findings | SAMHSA, USA
2011 National Drug Threat Assessment
National Drug Intelligence Center, USA
Assessing the social climate of Australian prisons
This research is based on the premise that the social climate of a prison will exert a profound influence on rehabilitative outcomes - Download | Australian Institute of Criminology
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