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Reports: May |
Impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, use, harms and drug services in the community and prisons
Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the way we live, with European countries having to introduce unprecedented measures to protect public health. As with all areas of life, drug consumption, related harms and drug markets have been impacted, as have the services established to respond to drug-related problems | EMCDDA, Portugal
The Global Opportunity: How Global Britain can lead on tobacco harm reduction and save millions of lives
While the number of smokers has fallen in recent years the Government is not on track to meet its target of being ‘smoke-free by 2030’, which means having an adult smoking prevalence of 5% or less. Even under optimistic assumptions, the Government will miss its target by a whole percentage point on current trends. This is the warning today by the free market think tank the Adam Smith Institute in a new report | Adam Smith Institute, UK
Alcohol consumption, alcohol-related harm and alcohol policy in Ireland (PDF)
Although half of the world’s population does not drink, alcohol use is the seventh leading risk factor for both deaths and disability-adjusted life years globally, and the leading risk factor among those aged 15–49 years | HRB, Ireland
Parents with alcohol and drug problems: guidance for adult treatment and children and family services
This planning and operational guidance is for directors of public health and commissioners and providers of adult alcohol and drug treatment and children and family services. The guidance outlines the main issues for families affected by parental alcohol and drug problems and shows how services can work together to support them | PHE, UK
Parents with alcohol and drug problems: using case studies to estimate the cost-benefit of interventions
This guidance supports local areas, organisations and providers that have collected, or intend to collect, case studies to estimate how much social and economic cost they can avoid by supporting families experiencing alcohol and drug problems | PHE, UK
Exploring drug supply, associated violence and exploitation of vulnerable groups in Denmark
This report provides an analysis of current drug supply models and the related violence and exploitation of vulnerable groups in Denmark. Recent years have seen a growth in criminals’ exploitation of vulnerable groups for drug-related crimes | EMCDDA, Portugal
Drug-related deaths and mortality in Europe: update from the EMCDDA expert network
This report provides an update on drug-related deaths in Europe based primarily on presentations and discussions held at the 2019 meeting of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) expert network on drug-related deaths. The meeting brought together experts and representatives from over 40 countries and provided a platform for discussing new trends in and analyses of drug-induced deaths in Europe and beyond and responses to them | EMCDDA, Portugal
Healthy Ireland strategic action plan 2021-2025 (PDF)
The Healthy Ireland Strategic Action Plan is a cross-Government, cross-sectoral plan that sets out the key actions by theme for the period 2021-2025, the specific implementation actions that will be achieved by end of 2023 and identifies the lead Department for each action | DoH, Ireland
Risk and protective factors in adolescent behaviour: The role of family, school and neighbourhood characteristics in (mis)behaviour among young people (PDF)
New research shows that schools are more important than neighbourhoods in influencing adolescent behaviour. Using data from the Growing Up in Ireland study, the findings show that most 17-year-olds have no behaviour difficulties and few consistently ‘act out’ at home, at school, and in the community | ESRI, Ireland