| |
| Smoking
in Children and Young People: A Comparative Paper |
| The Committee also expressed a wish to ascertain
what lessons, if any, could be learnt in Scotland from how other
countries tackle smoking. Members were particularly interested
in the Nordic countries ie Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
[Scottish Parliament, UK] |
| |
| Alcohol
Use In Children And Young People: A Comparative Paper |
| The Committee also expressed a wish to ascertain
what lessons, if any, could be learnt in Scotland from how other
countries tackle alcohol use. Members were particularly interested
in the Nordic countries ie Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
[Scottish Parliament, UK] |
| |
| User
feedback and complaints |
| This is the seventh in a series of briefings
to assist managers of drug treatment services in developing
effective management policies and procedures [National Treatment
Agency, UK] |
| |
| Working
in partnership |
| This is the eighth in a series of briefings
to assist managers of drug treatment services in developing
effective management policies and procedures [National Treatment
Agency, UK] |
| |
| Drugs
in the family: The impact on parents and siblings |
| An exploration of the impact which one son
or daughter with a drug problem can have on the rest of the
family [Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK] |
| |
| International
Narcotics Control Board - Annual Report |
| In 8 separate PDF sections [International
Narcotics Control Board, USA] |
| |
| Narcotic
Drugs - Estimated World Requirements for 2005 |
| [International Narcotics Control Board, USA] |
| |
| A key accountability document produced each
year for tabling in Parliament [Australian Crime Commission] |
| This online course is designed to provide
comprehensive information regarding child welfare issues for
the substance abuse treatment professional. The course is interactive.
As you progress through the modules, you will find links to
worksheets, pop-up questions, case studies, and information
boxes to support your learning experience (Registration required)
[National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, USA] |
| |
| The
2003-04 Australian Crime Commission Annual Report |
| A key accountability document produced each
year for tabling in Parliament [Australian Crime Commission] |
| |
| A key accountability document produced each
year for tabling in Parliament [Australian Crime Commission] |
| This online course is designed to provide
comprehensive information regarding child welfare issues for
the substance abuse treatment professional. The course is interactive.
As you progress through the modules, you will find links to
worksheets, pop-up questions, case studies, and information
boxes to support your learning experience (Registration required)
[National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, USA] |
| |
| The
2003-04 Australian Crime Commission Annual Report |
| A key accountability document produced each
year for tabling in Parliament [Australian Crime Commission] |
| |
| Illicit
Drug Data Report 2003-04 |
| Delivers information on law enforcement activity
for the financial year 2003-4 [Australian Crime Commission] |
| |
| Substance
Use Among Older Adults: 2002 & 2003 Update |
| Among older adults, 1.4 million (1.8%) used
an illicit drug during the past month. Marijuana was the most
commonly used illicit drug (used by 1.1% older adults), followed
by prescription-type drugs used nonmedically (0.7%), and cocaine
(0.2%) [SAMHSA, USA] |
| |
| Substance-Abuse
Monitoring in Methadone Maintenance Treatment |
| Drug screening and testing – described
here as substanceabuse monitoring or “SAM” –
is a vital aspect of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) that
has great potential for either helping or hindering therapeutic
processes supporting addiction recovery. Yet, there is no manual
for MMT programs to follow when it comes to SAM, and clinics
are provided relatively little specific guidance from federal,
state, or accreditation authorities [Addiction Teatment Forum,
USA] |
| |
| Serious
Organised Crime and Police Bill receives Royal Assent |
| Establishes the Serious Organised Crime Agency
(SOCA) and provides for the abolition of the National Criminal
Intelligence Service and the National Crime Squad. The two agencies’
structures and roles, together with the part of HM Customs and
Excise which tackles drug trafficking and money laundering,
will be absorbed into this new agency [Home Office, UK] |
| |
| The
United Nations and Harm Reduction |
| Drug Policy Briefing - "Governments have
to stand up to defend harm reduction practices or the few good
lessons learned in drug policy making and methods proven to
contain the spread of HIV/AIDS might be in danger [Transnational
Institue, Netherlands] |
| |
| The
2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey |
| First Results Presents summary data collected
in Australia's most comprehensive national survey on drug issues
[Australian Government] |
| |
| Characteristics
of Primary Alcohol Admissions by Age of First Use of Alcohol:
2002 |
| Age of first use in SAMHSA's Treatment Episode
Data Set is defined differently for alcohol than for other drugs.
For alcohol, age of first use is defined as the age of first
intoxication. For other drugs, age of first use is defined as
the age at which the respective drug was first used [DASIS report,
SAMHSA, USA] |
| |
| Policy
Positions of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia |
| A comprehensive, easy to read overview of
the evidence and debate and outlines ADCA's policy agenda across
specific drugs and strategies. It also identifies a number of
measures that can be used to monitor Australia's performance
in addressing alcohol and other drug related issues [Alcohol
and other Drugs Council of Australia] |
| |
| Alcohol
and Other Drug Treatment Services NMDS Specifications 2005-06
|
| These guidelines have been prepared as a reference
for those involved in collecting and supplying the data for
the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum
Data Set (AODTS-NMDS). It should be particularly useful to staff
in Australian Government, state and territory departments, and
alcohol and other drug treatment agency staff directly involved
in the collection and reporting of the data set [Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare] |
| |
| National
Drug Threat Assessment 2005 |
| This assessment addresses the status and outlook
of the drug threat to the United States. It covers the trafficking
and abuse patterns associated with cocaine, methamphetamine,
marijuana, heroin, MDMA, pharmaceutical drugs, and other dangerous
drugs [U.S. Department of Justice, USA] |
| |
| Substance
Abuse in Canada: Current Challenges and Choices |
| Based on its analysis of feedback from the
consultation process, including more than 100 detailed individual
responses, CCSA chose six themes to cover in the 2004 report.
The Centre then identified a team of Canadian experts to write
and review the chapters. Each author and reviewer is a prominent
researcher working in Canada and a leading international expert
in his or her respective field of study (47-page PDF) [Canadian
Centre on Substance Abuse, Canada] |
| |
| Measuring
the harm from illegal drugs using the Drug Harm Index |
| The Drug Harm Index captures the harms generated
by the problematic use of any illegal drug by combining robust
national indicators into a single-figure time-series index.
The harms include drug-related crime, community perceptions
of drug problems, drug nuisance, and the various health consequences
that arise from drug abuse {Home Office, UK] |
| |
| Interim
National Estimates of Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits
2003 |
| Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) report (1Mb
PDF) [Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, USA] |
| |
| Anti-Social
Behaviour - 5th Report |
| 145-page PDF [House of Commons Select Committee,
UK] |
| |
| A
Qualitative Study of Ecstasy Sellers in the San Francisco Bay
Area |
| Due to the nature of the buyer and seller
relationships, Ecstasy drug markets challenge our current understandings
of drug distribution (129-page PDF, NCJRS, USA |
| |
| Scottish
Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS)
- National Report 2004 |
| A survey undertaken by the Child and Adolescent
Health Research Unit, The University of Edinburgh, commissioned
by the ISD Scotland NHS Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Executive
(1.2 MB PDF) [DMIS - Scottish Executive, UK] |
| |
| Family
Matters: Substance Abuse and The American Family |
| Parents who use illegal drugs, abuse alcohol
and use tobacco put half the nation’s children –
more than 35 million of them – at greater risk of substance
abuse and of physical and mental illnesses, according to a 81-page
white paper [The National Center on Addiction and Substance
Abuse, USA] |
