UK

Drugs Research Network Scotland Conference

25 November 2019

Glasgow

United Kingdom

The second annual DRNS conference, supported by the Society for the Study of Addiction, will focus on the knowledge, skills and issues relevant to the future of drugs research in Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Naloxone in Homelessness Services

Scientific article

31 May 2018

With drug-related deaths at the highest number since comparable statistics began, why aren’t more homelessness services using naloxone to prevent overdose deaths?

Role of Obesity in Smoking Behaviour: Mendelian Randomisation Study in UK Biobank

Scientific article

16 May 2018

Abstract Objective: To determine whether body mass index, body fat percentage, and waist circumference influence smoking status and intensity. Design: Mendelian randomisation study. Setting: UK Biobank, with replication of results from the...

The Hardest Hit: Addressing the Crisis in Alcohol Treatment Services

Book

1 May 2018

This research, launched at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm on 1 May 2018, warns that the alcohol treatment sector is in crisis. These services are entering into a cycle of disinvestment, staff depletion, and reduced...

Taking a New Line on Drugs

Book

This report, ‘Taking a New Line on Drugs’, comes at a timely moment for drugs strategy both in the UK and across the world. The special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the world drug problem, which took place in New York...

Alcohol and Mental Health: Policy and Practice in England

Book

1 April 2018

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Many people who misuse alcohol also have a mental health difficulty, and many people with mental health problems also misuse alcohol. Yet few get effective help from either alcohol or mental health services. National...

The Economic Impact of Changes in Alcohol Consumption in the UK

Book

1 April 2018

Executive Summary The alcohol industry (both manufacturing and sales) is important to the UK Economy as it supports thousands of jobs (IAS, 2017a; Oxford Economics, 2016). However, there are many well documented adverse effects of high...

Drug Misuse Prevention Quality Standards

Book

29 March 2018

This quality standard covers the prevention or delay of harmful use of drugs by children, young people and adults most likely to start using drugs, or already experimenting or using drugs occasionally. This includes illegal psychoactive...

Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix Row 1. First Task: Save Lives, Reduce Harm

Book

15 November 2017

Consolidates the lessons of the first five instalments of the online course on drug treatment research. The five cells in row 1 explored key research on reducing harm to the user as a result of their drug use. Prompted by HIV, from the...

Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England

Book

2 November 2017

Key findings In 2016: 19% of 11-15 year old pupils had ever smoked, which is similar to 2014. 44% of pupils had ever drunk alcohol which is not comparable with earlier surveys. 24% of pupils reported they had ever taken drugs. This compares...