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HMI Probation finds an alarming lack of knowledge about NPS from both public and private sector staff leaving offenders unhelped and others at risk.
Prisons & Probation Ombudsman identifies key issue of resident privacy vs checks to prevent fatal overdoses on approved premises.
EMCDDA summarises the evidence, best practice and next steps to meet the challenge of new psychoactive substances.
Latest official figures show 3,744 people died in England and Wales in 2016 and note the increase in deaths relating to fentanyl, oxycodone and NPS.
Latest official drug stats shows no major changes in patterns of consumption except for a drop in the use of New Psychoactive Substances.
New Addaction report surveyed more than 1600 young people to get their views on New Psychoactive Substances and what sort of help they wanted to access.
New online resource from European Centre for Monitoring Drugs and Drug Abuse provides excellent concise overview of €24billion European drug markets.
Synthetic cannabis in prison such a major problem that inspectors recommend the Prisons Minister oversees a comprehensive response
This month’s slides cover the relationship between social deprivation and drug and alcohol problems, substance misuse related violence, the injection of New Psychoactive Substances and how much of Afghanistan is under cultivation for opium amongst many other fascinating nuggets.
History teaches us that testing and security, although important components of an overall strategy, are unlikely to have a significant impact on levels of drug use in prison.
FEWS obtained and analysed 2,074 samples over the year from the internet, headshops, music festivals, the police and health clinics in order to identify NPS which are present in the UK or being offered for sale in the UK market.
