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Investigating the Growing Trend of Non-Drinking among Young People

Scientific article

10 October 2018

Abstract Background Non-drinking among young people has increased over the past decade in England, yet the underlying factor driving this change is unknown. Traditionally non-drinking has been found to be associated with lower socio...

Trends and Patterns of Marijuana Use in Men and Women Seeking Drug Treatment

Scientific article

1 May 2017

Abstract Introduction: Marijuana is the world’s most widely used illegal drug. In Mexico, it is the drug of choice for both male and female users of all ages, and there has been a recent increase in its use. Objective: To describe drug use...

Trends in Deaths Involving Heroin and Synthetic Opioids Excluding Methadone, and Law Enforcement Drug Product Reports

Scientific article

1 September 2017

Summary What is already known about this topic? Opioid overdose deaths in the United States have been increasing since 1999, initially driven by prescription opioid misuse and more recently by heroin and other illicit opioid use. What is...

Smoking Report: New Figures from NHS England

Book

20 June 2017

New figures from NHS England present the most recent smoking statistics nationwide. The report offers a general image of smoking habits and related health issues across England. It includes information on: Smoking patterns in adults and...

European Drug Report 2017

Book

20 June 2017

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has recently released its European Drug Report for 2017. The document offers an overview of the drug situation across the continent. It covers drug supply and use as well...

Adult Substance Misuse Statistics from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)

Scientific article

12 May 2017

This report brings together information on people receiving specialist interventions for drug problems and for problem drinking in England, other than patients receiving this treatment in prison. Analysed textually and pictorially through...

ESPAD Report 2015

Book

24 January 2017

The European Schools Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) collects comparable data on substance use among 15- to 16-year-old students. It monitors drug usage trends within, as well as, between European countries. The latest...

Key Points from EMCDDA’s 2016 European Drug Report

Book

9 January 2017

As we welcome in the New Year it seems an ideal time to take stock and present the key points from the 2016 European Drug Report (EDR), the European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Addiction’s (EMCDDA) annual review of the European drug...