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All the latest news: Policy Practice Innovation Treatment Drug Use Trends

Here you can find over 400 posts tracking every major development in the substance misuse sector since 2011. You can keep up with latest treatment stats, funding news, policy developments and treatment innovations. If you’re looking for something in particular, try the search box below.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

What’s the impact of new US marijuana laws?

In Denver, marijuana-related hospital admissions, emergency department visits, and calls to poison control centers have all increased. At the same time, arrests for marijuana use/possession and admissions to substance use disorder treatment programs have decreased.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

The impact of a shortage of heroin

New Home Office report explores the impact of a heroin shortage on drug markets and the drug use and treatment seeking behaviours of drug users.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

Preventing heroin deaths with take-home naloxone

New report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs & Drug Addiction provides a comprehensive view on the importance of the overdose reversal drug naloxone

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

Interesting alcohol and drug facts January 2016

Intriguingly, annual consumption of heroin in the UK exceeds consumption in France by nearly 6 tons. Moreover, the retails price of heroin of unknown purity is higher in the UK, yet annual gross profit is greater in France…

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

Helping people with alcohol, drug & mental health issues

My experience in the UK is that despite repeated initiatives, the quality of co-ordinated treatment for those with alcohol and/or drug problems and mental health disorders varies markedly from area to area.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

Heroin users stuck in the treatment system

Less than one quarter (24%) of the 273,898 opiate clients who have been in contact with treatment services since 2005/6 had completed treatment and not returned by 31 March 2015.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

Growing concerns about drug user infections

New Public Health England report shares growing concerns about drug user infections, particularly amongst the increasing number injecting stimulants.

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