DARN Drug and Alcohol Research Network

29/04/2020

07/01/2020

A commentary by a staff sergeant with the Victoria Police Department. I start each workday at the Victoria Police Department by reading the fatal overdose reports from the night before. People continue to die in homeless shelters, parks and on the street. But the majority of fatal overdoses occur i...

06/01/2020

https://twitter.com/AlanMaddock1/status/1214116777434607616?s=20

“A great start to our 4 day research workshop on supporting the needs of people with and issues in ”

17/10/2019

The aim of these free spotlight events is to give managers of homelessness and supported housing services the opportunity to look at what a multi-agency response could look like in relation to working with people who use New Psychoactive Substances.

25/08/2019

Having survived a decade of drink and drugs as a young woman, Professor Judith Grisel focused all her determination on writing a book about addiction

19/08/2019

Researchers say drug is safe and appears more effective than conventional treatments

15/08/2019

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/15/drug-poisoning-deaths-in-england-and-wales-at-highest-level-ever-recorded?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Messenger

Figures for England and Wales show 16% rise in deaths from drug poisoning in 2018

13/08/2019

https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/phr/phr07140/ #/abstract

NEW REPORT on NPS from QUB August 2019

Public Health Research Volume: 7, Issue: 14, Published in August 2019

26/07/2019

Dublin City Council has refused planning permission for Ireland's first ever supervised injection rooms for drug users.