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Following consultation on the provisional recommendations, the National Clinical Guideline Centre for Acute and Chronic Conditions and the Acute Coronary Syndromes Guideline Development Group (GDG) have considered and responded to stakeholder comments and amended the draft guideline [NICE, UK]
Statistics for 2008: Assessments of Annual Medical and Scientific Requirements [International Narcotics Control Board]
Estimated World Requirements for 2010: Statistics for 2008 {Long download} [International Narcotics Control Board]
Young people’s specialist drug and alcohol treatment is ‘at a crossroads’. There are different directions it could take, particularly at a time of political change, high octane public debate and tight public finances. Against this background, DrugScope embarked on a consultation process in 2009 with people working in young people’s treatment [Drugscope, UK]
This publication presents information on alcohol-related discharges from general acute and psychiatric hospitals [National Services Scotland, UK]
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Vienna, Austria, 8 – 12 March 2010: Relevant papers [United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]
In 2008, a total of 1,132 (8 percent) of all substance abuse treatment facilities were certified as Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs). Of the 1,132 OTPs, 1,044 (92 percent) offered outpatient treatment [SAMHSA, USA]
A total of 1,132 substance abuse treatment facilities (or 8 percent of all substance abuse treatment facilities) operated an Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) in 2008, a percentage that has remained constant since 2002 [SAMHSA, USA]
This review found mixed results, therefore evidence of the efficacy of psychostimulants for cocaine dependence is inconclusive. Nevertheless promising results exist for methadone maintained dual heroin-cocaine addicts and for some specific drugs such as dexamphetamine and bupropion [The Cochrane Library
The harmful use of alcohol has a serious effect on public health and is considered to be one of the main risk factors for poor health globally [World Health Organisation]
Rates of past month alcohol use and binge alcohol use were lower among black adults aged 18 or older than the national average for adults (44.3 vs. 55.2 percent and 21.7 vs. 24.5 percent, respectively); the rate of past month illicit drug use, however, was higher among black adults than the national average (9.5 vs. 7.9 percent) [SAMHSA, USA]
The overarching goal of the subcommittee is to improve the system of care offered in Pennsylvania by expanding to a chronic care model of care [Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Coalition, USA]
The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR) at the University of California was created in 2000 to conduct clinical and pre-clinical studies of cannabinoids, including smoked marijuana, to provide evidence one way or the other to answer the question “Does marijuana have therapeutic value?” [CMCR, USA]
The 2008 Drug Strategy, which sets out the Government’s response to the problems of drug use, made a commitment to improving the development and use of the evidence base by taking steps to better co-ordinate drugs research across Government {Home Office, UK]
Companion Document to The Guidelines for the Treatment of Alcohol Problems [Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government]
This report provided the annexes to the 2008-09 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey Technical Report [Scottish Government, UK]
The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) is a survey of public experiences and perceptions of crime in Scotland [Scottish Government, UK]
Specifically, the research was designed to better understand parents’ and young people’s attitudes and behaviour towards alcohol and alcohol consumption. The research was also designed to investigate how children’s behaviour may be influenced by their parent’s attitudes and behaviour towards alcohol [Department for Children, Schools and Families, UK]
Commissioned by the Government’s Foresight project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing, this report recommends five ways towards well-being. It presents the evidence and rationale between each of the five ways, drawing on a wealth of psychological literature [the new economics foundation, UK]
