Publications
Illicit Drug Data Report 2011-12
The report is produced by Australian Crime Commission (ACC) "and is recognised as one of the most valuable tools for law enforcement agencies, policy and decision makers, research bodies and other stakeholders in developing strategies to combat the threat posed by illicit drugs. It provides a statistical overview of illicit drug arrests and seizures as well as profiling the current situation, national impact and the emerging trends and threats of illicit drugs in Australia."
The report is produced by Australian Crime Commission (ACC) "and is recognised as one of the most valuable tools for law enforcement agencies, policy and decision makers, research bodies and other stakeholders in developing strategies to combat the threat posed by illicit drugs. It provides a statistical overview of illicit drug arrests and seizures as well as profiling the current situation, national impact and the emerging trends and threats of illicit drugs in Australia."
DDN MAGAZINE (May 2013)
This issue from Drink and Drugs News (DDN) focuses on "The right support: from training to campaigning."
This issue from Drink and Drugs News (DDN) focuses on "The right support: from training to campaigning."
IDHDP April 13 Newsletter
This issue highlights news, upcoming conferences, new publications, and more.
This issue highlights news, upcoming conferences, new publications, and more.
Drug prevention interventions targeting minority ethnic populations: issues raised by 33 case studies
This paper by EMCDDA "contains the results of a study that examined drug prevention interventions for minority ethnic populations in 29 European countries. A total of 33 interventions were reported to the study and the issues they raise are presented and discussed in the paper. The results will inform the EMCDDA’s plans for 2013–15 in terms of monitoring drug prevention interventions particularly in three areas: data collection, design and quality, and the dissemination of knowledge."
This paper by EMCDDA "contains the results of a study that examined drug prevention interventions for minority ethnic populations in 29 European countries. A total of 33 interventions were reported to the study and the issues they raise are presented and discussed in the paper. The results will inform the EMCDDA’s plans for 2013–15 in terms of monitoring drug prevention interventions particularly in three areas: data collection, design and quality, and the dissemination of knowledge."
The National Drug Related Deaths Database (Scotland) Report 2011
"This is the third report from the National Drug Related Deaths Database (NDRDD) for Scotland and reports on the calendar year 2011. This is supplementary to the previously published, in August 2012, national reporting of drug-related deaths in Scotland by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) and reports on a subset of the overall drug-related deaths."
"This is the third report from the National Drug Related Deaths Database (NDRDD) for Scotland and reports on the calendar year 2011. This is supplementary to the previously published, in August 2012, national reporting of drug-related deaths in Scotland by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) and reports on a subset of the overall drug-related deaths."
The New York Times Editorial Board cites the Blueprint in “The Next Step in Drug Treatment”
“The country is beginning to realize that it cannot enforce or imprison its way out of the addiction problem. But to create broadly accessible and effective treatment strategies for the millions of people who need them, it must abandon the “drug war” approach to addiction that has dominated the national discourse in favor of a policy that treats addiction as a public health issue. To create broadly accessible and effective treatment strategies for the millions of people who need them, it must abandon the “drug war” approach to addiction that has dominated the national discourse in favor of a policy that treats addiction as a public health issue.”
“The country is beginning to realize that it cannot enforce or imprison its way out of the addiction problem. But to create broadly accessible and effective treatment strategies for the millions of people who need them, it must abandon the “drug war” approach to addiction that has dominated the national discourse in favor of a policy that treats addiction as a public health issue. To create broadly accessible and effective treatment strategies for the millions of people who need them, it must abandon the “drug war” approach to addiction that has dominated the national discourse in favor of a policy that treats addiction as a public health issue.”
ECDC report on its country visit to Finland in October 2012
It provides an overview of Finland’s national strategies and programmes for HIV and sexually transmitted diseases. A few highlights: • Prevention and care need to be adapted to a changed HIV epidemiology. Most infections seem to now occur among heterosexuals, either migrants coming from high-prevalence countries or Finnish nationals with travel-associated HIV infections. • Late diagnosis is frequent in all sub-populations. • It should be considered whether harm reduction would be expanded by providing clean injection rooms in low-threshold health service centres for IDUs. • It is suggested that it should be considered whether substitution treatment could be started in prison
It provides an overview of Finland’s national strategies and programmes for HIV and sexually transmitted diseases. A few highlights: • Prevention and care need to be adapted to a changed HIV epidemiology. Most infections seem to now occur among heterosexuals, either migrants coming from high-prevalence countries or Finnish nationals with travel-associated HIV infections. • Late diagnosis is frequent in all sub-populations. • It should be considered whether harm reduction would be expanded by providing clean injection rooms in low-threshold health service centres for IDUs. • It is suggested that it should be considered whether substitution treatment could be started in prison
Drug Policy Reform In Action: A 21st Century Approach
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director, Gil Kerlikowske touts the U.S.’s latest drug control strategy as a “21st Century Approach to drug policy reform” in the Huff Post blog. Read the newly released U.S. Drug Strategy (at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ondcp/policy-and-research/ndcs_2013.pdf) and tell us what you think on our forums. And see 100 American celebrities who unite to call for an end to the war on drugs: http://globalgrind.com/endthewarondrugs
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director, Gil Kerlikowske touts the U.S.’s latest drug control strategy as a “21st Century Approach to drug policy reform” in the Huff Post blog. Read the newly released U.S. Drug Strategy (at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ondcp/policy-and-research/ndcs_2013.pdf) and tell us what you think on our forums. And see 100 American celebrities who unite to call for an end to the war on drugs: http://globalgrind.com/endthewarondrugs
Intercambios April Newsletter
The Intercambios April Newsletter is available in Spanish and English. This issue highlights, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Drugs, HIV and civil society in Vienna, the 'new voice of drug policy' and much more.
The Intercambios April Newsletter is available in Spanish and English. This issue highlights, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Drugs, HIV and civil society in Vienna, the 'new voice of drug policy' and much more.
Blueprint for a Public Health and Safety Approach to Drug Policy
“For decades, New York State has expended significant resources on drug use prevention, interdiction, and incarceration with relatively modest effect in stopping drug use or reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with it." The New York Academy of Medicine and Drug Policy Alliance in their new report, call for a paradigm shift to "a coordinated, evidence-based, and cost-efficient approach that reduces the harms of both drug use and our drug policies, while improving the health and safety of communities across the state.”
“For decades, New York State has expended significant resources on drug use prevention, interdiction, and incarceration with relatively modest effect in stopping drug use or reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with it." The New York Academy of Medicine and Drug Policy Alliance in their new report, call for a paradigm shift to "a coordinated, evidence-based, and cost-efficient approach that reduces the harms of both drug use and our drug policies, while improving the health and safety of communities across the state.”
