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.

09/10/2019

“"New approach to tackling drug addiction in Middlesbrough unveiled" https://t.co/81DTIjzR9Z”

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.

19/06/2019

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/report-into-homelessness-and-drug-misuse-published--2?utm_source=2f3cc1cc-5bc0-45dd-aeca-7a5d0dd594b7&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

Safe housing key to tackling homeless drug misuse, says ACMD.

14/06/2019

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/acmd-report-ageing-cohort-of-drug-users

NEW AGING COHORT DRUG USE REPORT FROM ACMD JUNE 2019

Report from the ACMD providing advice to the government on the changing age profile of people accessing drug treatment and the challenges faced by this cohort in the UK.

12/06/2019

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/808320/CMD_Custody_community_transitions_report_June_2019.pdf

Published today from the ACMD

Custody-Community
Transitions June 2019

06/06/2019

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/11364/20191724_TDAT19001ENN_PDF.pdf

New European report EMCDDA available today via link above

13/05/2019

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/10171/20185584_TD0618186ENN_PDF.pdf

2018 Cannabis and medicinal cannabis report now translated into English

08/03/2019

14/02/2019

‘Some teenagers think because it’s a plant it’s without harm – it’s important to inform adolescents about the risks and the kind of cannabis they use,’ Dr Gabriella Gobbi says

29/10/2018

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/8870/2018-2489-td0118414enn.pdf
Fentanils and synthetic cannabinoids: driving greater complexity into the drug situation 2018

29/10/2018

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/2748/POD_Preventing%20overdose%20deaths.pdf

PERSPECTIVES ON DRUGS
Preventing overdose deaths
in Europe October 2018

12/10/2018

Patients can be prescribed medicinal cannabis by specialist doctors from 1 November 2018.

24/08/2018

Drug and Alcohol Findings Effectiveness Bank analysis titled: The impact of buprenorphine and methadone on mortality: a primary care cohort study in the United Kingdom

06/08/2018

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/2017registrations

06/08/2018

Drug policy campaigners say the government is responsible for "vulnerable people dying in droves".

24/07/2018

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/joint-publications/ecdc/guidance-blood-borne-viruses-in-prison_en

This evidence-based guidance aims to support the planning and implementation of effective programmes to prevent and control the transmission of infectious diseases in prison settings in the European region. It focuses on three high-burden blood-borne viruses (BBV) in the prison population, namely he...

24/07/2018

Failure to provide naloxone at the point of release for most prisoners is putting lives at risk, says John Jolly. Read this article in DDN Those leaving prison having had an op**te problem are seriously at risk of having a life-threatening overdose or dying as a result of one. Both Public Health Eng...

09/06/2018

Great presentation on adulterants and he**in.. Its not the Fentanyl apparently.. 69.5% of deaths with he**in od.. Due to toxic cutting agents..... Nida conference in San Diego

02/05/2018

Belfast’s injecting drugs crisis has prompted a call for action – to bring a drug consumption room to the city as quickly as possible. Report from Chris Rintoul. There has been a marked rise in people who inject drugs in Belfast city centre over the last two years. This is shown by a dramatic in...