Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling
The state of the substance misuse sector
This year’s State of the Sector report by Adfam for the Recovery Partnership shows more and more drug and alcohol treatment services facing funding cuts.
22nd March 2016
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This year’s State of the Sector report by Adfam for the Recovery Partnership shows more and more drug and alcohol treatment services facing funding cuts.
Cannabis is the most frequently used drug in Europe, with 14.6 million young adultslifetime cannabis use using it in 2014. It was also the most commonly reported substance related to new admissions to drug treatment facilities across Europe in 2014 (37% cannabis, 28% heroin and 21% cocaine).
Andrew Brown focuses on online drug dealing, the relationship between alcohol use and domestic abuse and the impact of alcohol treatment on offending.
New value for money evaluation of the London Family Drug and Alcohol Court by the Centre for Justice Innovation finds each £1 spent generates £2.30 in savings.
New ONS report shows that smoking levels are steady but who smokes most and least?
Many gay and other MSM may prefer to access specialist LGBT drug services
rather than mainstream services.
One of the most interesting themes of the report is the exploration of the reasons why experienced drug users choose to use online drug markets rather than conventional sources of supply.
Latest key alcohol and drug facts & figures unearthed by Andrew Brown focus on alcohol-related deaths, drink & drug driving, & substance misuse in prison.
New research on the challenges of making take home naloxone kits available to released prisoners to prevent heroin overdose deaths.
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.
New research seeks to establish a basket of indicators to define recovery, now updated with SURE self-checklist: Substance Use Recovery Evaluator
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.
