Reports: September |
State of the Family Support Sector 2023
Adfam is pleased to launch its latest research report, State of the Family Support Sector 2023 (pdf), which examines current circumstances and practice in supporting families affected by substance use. This includes current trends, developments, strengths and challenges facing those working to support family members | Adfam, UK
Local tobacco control profiles: September 2023 update
An overview of the extent of tobacco use, tobacco related harm and the measures being taken to reduce this harm at a local level in England | OHID, UK
Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE): September 2023 update
Update of indicators in the Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE) interactive tool | OHID, UK
Children and gambling – evidence to inform regulation and responses in Ireland. Based on a secondary analysis of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD)
Almost a quarter of 16-year-olds in Ireland gambled for money in the previous year, according to a new report, which found the odds of gambling stacked against boys compared to girls. The report, ‘Children and gambling – evidence to inform regulation and responses in Ireland’, presents data from Irish secondary school students, collected through the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) | Institute of Public Health, Ireland
New recovery support services and lived experience initiatives guidance
OHID has published new Recovery support services and lived experience initiatives guidance. This guidance supports alcohol and drug treatment and recovery partnerships to understand the evidence for, value of and ways to develop lived experience initiatives and recovery support services. These initiatives and services help individuals and their families sustain recovery long term. It has been written in collaboration with Dr Ed Day, National Recovery Champion and the College of Lived Experience Recovery Organisations (CLERO) | OHID, UK
Aid for the war on drugs
This report follows development aid being spent on narcotics control around the world. It calls on governments and donors to divest from punitive and prohibitionist drug control regimes which undermine their other health and human rights commitments, and invest in programmes which prioritise community, health and justice | HRI, UK
Suspected drug deaths in Scotland: April to June 2023
There were 600 suspected drug deaths during the first six months of 2023. This was 7% (38) higher than during the same period of 2022. After following a downward trend since early 2021, the rolling 12-month total number of suspected drug deaths has increased slightly in recent quarters | Scottish Government, UK
National naloxone programme Scotland - Quarterly monitoring bulletin
This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents information on the number of take-home naloxone kits issued by the National Naloxone Programme (NNP) in Scotland. Figures are presented separately for kits issued from community outlets, kits issued in prisons at the point of liberation, kits dispensed via community prescription, and kits issued by Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) | Public Health Scotland, UK
Captagon trafficking and the role of Europe
This report examines the role of Europe in the production and trafficking of captagon tablets. It includes an historical background, current production and trafficking, seizures, the consumer market, production within the EU, forensic analysis and purported links to terrorism. The report is the culmination of operational action 1.2 of the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT) Synthetic Drugs and NPS operational action plan of 2022, ‘Improve and analyse the criminal intelligence picture on the production and trafficking of captagon tablets and the role of Europe’ | EMCDDA, Portugal
National Drugs Mission Funds Report 2021-2023
We are pleased to share the National Drugs Mission Funds Report and Executive Summary highlighting progress made by the groups funded under the Scottish Government’s National Drugs Mission funds. These funds support organisations which work with people affected by drug use across Scotland. In 2021, the Scottish Government contracted Corra Foundation to administer five funds aimed at stopping drug-related deaths in Scotland. Since then, over 200 projects have been granted funding and have commenced their work. These reports share the progress and impact made by funded organisations | Corra Foundation, UK
Injecting equipment provision in Scotland
This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents information on injecting equipment provision (IEP). This includes the number of outlets, attendances and the types of injecting equipment distributed to people who used illicit drugs (including Novel Psychoactive Substances and Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs) in Scotland in 2022/23 | Public Health Scotland, UK
New report highlights emerging trends for substance use in Greater Manchester
New findings from the second GM TRENDS report have revealed the latest trends and patterns for substance use across Greater Manchester. Findings will help raise awareness of and inform harm reduction policies | MMU, UK
Ana Liffey Drug Project annual report 2022 (PDF)
2022 saw Ana Liffey Drug Project reach two major milestones – the 40th anniversary of the organisation being founded in Dublin by Frank Brady and Mara de Lacy, and ten years since the launch in Limerick of Ana Liffey in the Midwest Region. Both are testament to the dedication and hard work of Ana Liffey’s team members past and present, and the positive way in which service users have chosen to engage with them | Ana Liffy Drug Project, Ireland
Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012: Report on the operation and effect of the minimum pricing provisions 2018 - 2023
The Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 allows the Scottish Parliament to set a price below which alcohol cannot be sold. The purpose of this report is to report on the operation and effect of the minimum pricing provisions during the first five years of the provisions being in force | Scottish Government, UK
New modelling of alcohol harms in Scotland
The Sheffield Alcohol Research Group has today (20 September 2023) published a major new report on the impact of alcohol pricing policies, alcohol consumption and harm in Scotland | University of Sheffield, UK
Impact Assessment, The Home Office - Control of nitrous oxide under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (PDF)
Home Office assessment of the potential impacts of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023, which will ban nitrous oxide, on the police, courts and prison systems | Home Office, UK
New Turning Point report 'A Sobering Thought' exposes alarming scale of alcohol-related harm
A new report published by Turning Point reveals that harmful drinking is costing the NHS over £1 billion per year. The report, titled "A Sobering Thought," highlights the devastating impact of alcohol-related harm and calls for urgent action to address the issue | Turning Point, UK
National drug and alcohol treatment waiting times
11,230 referrals were made to community-based specialist drug and alcohol treatment services: 5,835 (52%) were for problematic use of alcohol, 4,179 (37%) for problematic use of drugs, and 1,216 (11%) for co-dependency | Public Health Scotland, UK
Review of smoking cessation services in Scotland
Public Health Scotland were commissioned by Scottish Government to carry out a review of smoking cessation services and make recommendations for the delivery of services going forward. This report presents the findings of the advisory group that led the review | Public Health Scotland, UK
Police powers and procedures: Stop and search and arrests, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2023
In total, including searches under section 1 PACE and section 60 CJPOA, police in England and Wales conducted 547,003 stop and searches, an increase of 3% compared with the year ending March 2022 (up 16,033 from 530,970) | Home Office, UK
A mentally healthier nation
Mental health in the UK is getting worse. Sickness absence due to mental illness is soaring, rates of mental health difficulties are increasing at an alarming rate, and already overstretched services are struggling to meet rising demands. Along with over 30 organisations with an interest in mental health, we have developed a plan to address this and build a mentally healthier nation | Centre for Mental Health, UK
Young persons behaviour & attitudes survey 2022: substance use (smoking, alcohol & drugs)
The Young Persons Behaviour & Attitudes Survey (YPBAS) is a school based survey carried out among 11-16 year olds (school years 8 to 12). It is commissioned jointly by a number of government departments and includes questions on a wide range of topics. Eight rounds of the survey have now taken place: 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022. This publication presents an overview of the smoking, alcohol and drugs modules from the 2022 survey | Department of Health, Ireland
FASDcare: understanding the experiences and needs of family caregivers of people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in Ireland
Our new report shines a light on the lives, challenges and support needs of families raising children and young people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders here in Ireland. The FASDcare study is the first of its kind in Ireland and included a survey of 70 caregivers | Alcohol Forum Ireland, Ireland