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Bristol drug-checking service gains charity status
The UK's first Home Office licensed drug-checking service has been granted charity status | BBC, UK
UK’s First Addiction Advocacy Service
FAVOR are pleased to launch this report at the end of their first full year as the UK’s First & only addiction advocacy service | FAVOR, UK
Scotland’s leaders accused of having ‘forgotten’ about drugs death crisis
Political leaders appear to have “forgotten Scotland’s drugs death crisis” campaigners claimed, as they published a report calling for changes to be made in treatment services | Scotsman, UK
Establishing and embedding a Local Drug Information System (LDIS)
Mon, 5 December 2022, 14:00 – 16:00 GMT. This event is aimed at anyone responsible for establishing or running a Local Drug Information System (LDIS). It will provide an overview of the purpose of the LDIS and how it fits into regional and national systems. There will be an opportunity to hear from two areas on their experience of setting up and running an LDIS, and there will be a practical exercise on using the grading and efficacy matrices set out in the LDIS guidance Interactive session on establishing an LDIS. Please note, this event is being held twice; if you are unable to make the session on 5th December, please sign up for the one on the 25th January 2023 | DHSC, UK
Multiple World Cup sponsors concerned over contracts after Qatar’s alcohol ban
Multiple sponsors have raised concerns or issues with Fifa about their contracts at the Qatar World Cup, the Guardian can reveal. It gives football’s governing body another headache hours after it was forced to ban alcohol from stadiums by the Qatari authorities, a decision that complicated its $75m (£63m) contract with the brewer of Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch InBev | Guardian, UK
Experiences of methadone service users explored in human rights-based study
Findings of the collaborative study between the Schools of Nursing and Midwifery at Trinity and University College Cork, and a former PhD student from Maynooth University indicate that there is a significant gap between human rights, policy and best practice and how these are operationalised within the structures and practices of Irish opiate substitute prescribing services | Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Recreational use of nitrous oxide — a growing concern for Europe
The purpose of this report is to examine the current situation, risks and responses to the recreational use of nitrous oxide in Europe. To support this, the report also provides a state-of-the-art review of the chemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of the gas. It is intended for policymakers and practitioners | EMCDDA, Portugal
National Mission on Drugs: annual report 2021 to 2022
Sets out the progress made between January 2021 and 31 March 2022 by national government, local government and third sector partners towards reducing drug deaths and improving the lives of those impacted by drugs in Scotland | Scottish Government, UK
New family drugs treatment service
First Minister opens new facility to support parents and their children | Scottish Government, UK
Evaluating the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) on sales-based alcohol consumption in Scotland at three years post-implementation
Three full years after implementation, the impact of MUP was a net reduction of 3.0% (−4.2% to −1.8%) in the total volume of pure alcohol sold per adult in Scotland, when using a method that accounts for sales in England & Wales (best available geographical control) and after adjustment for other potentially confounding factors. This reflects a 1.1% fall in Scotland in contrast to a 2.4% increase in England & Wales | Public Health Scotland, UK
Drinkaware Monitor 2022
New research revealed from Drinkaware, the UK’s leading alcohol charity, shows that 41% of UK adults have been negatively affected by someone else’s drinking in the last year, with younger people and ethnic minority groups particularly impacted | Drinkaware, UK
Alcohol advertising ban could be 'grave' for Scottish football, SFA and SPFL warn
A ban on alcohol advertising could have "extremely grave" consequences for football and jeopardise the country's chances of hosting major events, the Scottish Government has been warned | BBC, UK
EMCDDA releases new findings on drug markets in the eastern and southern European Neighbourhood Policy regions
The emergence of new drug trafficking routes, the expansion of online markets, and the availability of a broader spectrum of substances, are among the findings highlighted in two new reports published today by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA). Released in the framework of the EU-funded EU4Monitoring Drugs project (EU4MD), the reports provide a picture of the drug market in the eastern and southern European Neighbourhood Policy regions (ENP-East and ENP-South) | EMCDDA, Portugal
Drug-related hospital statistics
This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents information on hospital activity relating to illicit drug use in Scotland during the period 1996/97 to 2021/22. The topics covered include: the number of hospital stays, the number and characteristics of patients, substances used and geographical variations | Public Health Scotland, UK
Deaths of homeless people in England and Wales: 2021 registrations
Almost two in five deaths of homeless people were related to drug poisoning in 2021 (259 estimated deaths; 35.0% of the total number), consistent with previous years. There were an estimated 99 suicide deaths and 71 alcohol-specific deaths, accounting for 13.4% and 9.6% of deaths respectively | ONS, UK
Universities must acknowledge the value of students in recovery
University throws up many temptations, but if we offer the right support for addiction we are often rewarded with strong, tenacious students and staff | Times Higher Education, UK
Drug-Related and Drug-Misuse Deaths 2011-2021
There were 212 drug-related deaths registered in Northern Ireland in 2021. Almost three quarters (73.6%) of drug related deaths in 2021 were men. The 2021 total (212) is a decrease from 218 in 2020 but more than double that recorded a decade ago (102 in 2011). The number of drug-misuse deaths also slightly decreased from 182 in 2020 to 174 in 2021 but have almost tripled from 61 such deaths registered in 2011. In terms of all deaths registered in Northern Ireland in 2021 (17,558), drug-related deaths accounted for 1.2% of the total | NISRA, UK