Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs that you may have missed - M...Andrew Brown
This month includes data on:
Naloxone, people with drug and alcohol problems getting sickness benefits, numbers sent to treatment through the courts, proportions found guilty of drug offences & the number of previous convictions, re-offence rates for those committing drug offences, rates of death for alcohol, alcohol related violence, drug and drink driving, border force seizures of drugs, how much we spend on 'late intervention', number of times prisons have detected NPS being thrown over the wall, police incidents which include 'legal highs', changes in recorded crime by offence
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Dec 2016Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Nov 2016Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Feb 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - May 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - March 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - April 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Oct 2016Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - June 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - July 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - August 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - November 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
10 interesting things about alcohol and other drugs that you might have misse...Andrew Brown
Including... commissioners plans to reduce spending on services, injecting drug users and HIV, smoking prevalence, proportion of new Europol cases relating to drugs, time people spend on OST, regional variation on emergency hospital admissions for alcohol related liver disease, prisoners use of substances and their relationship to the crimes committed, numbers accessing domestic violence refuges, single homeless people's use of drugs and alcohol
Drug related deaths in England and Wales reported in 2014Andrew Brown
The Office for National Statistics report that the rates of deaths caused by drug misuse in England and Wales is higher than at any time since comparable records began in 1993
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs that you may have missed - M...Andrew Brown
This month includes data on:
Naloxone, people with drug and alcohol problems getting sickness benefits, numbers sent to treatment through the courts, proportions found guilty of drug offences & the number of previous convictions, re-offence rates for those committing drug offences, rates of death for alcohol, alcohol related violence, drug and drink driving, border force seizures of drugs, how much we spend on 'late intervention', number of times prisons have detected NPS being thrown over the wall, police incidents which include 'legal highs', changes in recorded crime by offence
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Dec 2016Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Nov 2016Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Feb 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - May 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - March 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - April 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Oct 2016Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - June 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - July 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - August 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - November 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
10 interesting things about alcohol and other drugs that you might have misse...Andrew Brown
Including... commissioners plans to reduce spending on services, injecting drug users and HIV, smoking prevalence, proportion of new Europol cases relating to drugs, time people spend on OST, regional variation on emergency hospital admissions for alcohol related liver disease, prisoners use of substances and their relationship to the crimes committed, numbers accessing domestic violence refuges, single homeless people's use of drugs and alcohol
Drug related deaths in England and Wales reported in 2014Andrew Brown
The Office for National Statistics report that the rates of deaths caused by drug misuse in England and Wales is higher than at any time since comparable records began in 1993
DrugScope conducts an annual appraisal of the drug and alcohol treatment sector on behalf of the Recovery Partnership; taking a snapshot of the current conditions for and adaptation of the sector in England.
Drawing on an online survey of managers of adult community and residential services from across the country followed up with in-depth interviews and the views of Chief Executives, State of the Sector provides a detailed insight into the changing nature of drug and alcohol treatment services, the partnerships that are vital to creating recovery outcomes, and challenges for the system.
10 interesting things about alcohol and other drugs you may have missed in th...Andrew Brown
We scour the data on alcohol and other drugs and here are 10 things we found in the last month that might interest you, including:
The number of high risk drug users, police estimates of the cost and purity of drugs, trends in property crime, numbers in treatment in Wales, benefit claimants with drug problems in Scotland (and alcohol problems across the UK), drugs in prison, and the support needs of single homeless people
I've been back over the data relating to alcohol in my 'interesting things' series of slide sets and picked out the most interesting ones for this year's Alcohol Awareness Week
10 interesting things about alcohol and other drugs that you might have misse...Andrew Brown
Including - tax revenue from alcohol across Europe, mortality rates for lung cancer, daily doses of OST in Scotland, milligrams of methadone prescribed in Scotland, reasons given for refusing 'place of safety' under the Mental Health Act, calls to the NPIS about drugs, prisoners ability to access drugs and alcohol in England, absconders from prison, re-offending drug offenders in England
Sandra Ka Hon Chu - Panel - Alternatives to the War on DrugsCSSDPUofT
Presentation made by Sandra Ka Hon Chu for a Panel discussion on Alternatives to the War on Drugs in Canada, hosted by the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP) - @CSSDPRyerson and @UofTCSSDP chapters in Toronto, October 2019.
Sandra Ka Hon Chu is is the Director of Research and Advocacy at the Legal Network, where she works on HIV related human rights issues concerning prisons, harm reduction, sex work, women, and immigration
audio: soundcloud.com/cssdptoronto/awod-cssdp-04
More young people in Canada are visiting EDs because of drinking alcoholΔρ. Γιώργος K. Κασάπης
More people are visiting emergency departments after drinking alcohol, a new study finds. Researchers looked at more than 765,000 ED visits in Ontario, Canada’s largest province, and found a 175% increase in such visits between 2003 and 2016 among 25- to 29-year-olds. That spiked to a 240% increase in alcohol-related ED visits for young women, who were also more likely than men to be under Canada’s legal drinking age of 19. For both young men and women, visiting the ED for alcohol-related problems also led to more hospital admissions than other types of ED visits. Other countries, including the U.S., have experienced similar increases in alcohol-related visits to the ED, the authors behind the new study write, urging more research into the reasons behind the growing trend.
10 interesting things about alcohol and other drugs that you may have missed ...Andrew Brown
Including a call for the NHS and social services to address stigma issues, some of the key statistics from the Chief Medical Officer for England's report, European data on drugs and people who go to prison, drink driving offences in Great Britain, a comparison between drink driving and drug driving in those who use substances, football and alcohol offences, Lithuania as a source of methamphetamine in the UK, and the recovery rate of those using IAPT services who are diagnosed with alcohol problems.
Interesting things about Alcohol and Other Drugs that you might have missed -...Andrew Brown
Including drug related deaths in England and Wales, local government spending on substance misuse services, mental and behavioural problems for adult prisoners, prisoners testing positive for drugs, the use of custodial sentences for drugs offences in England and Wales
ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdfSaeed Al Dhaheri
This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
What is the point of small housing associations.pptxPaul Smith
Given the small scale of housing associations and their relative high cost per home what is the point of them and how do we justify their continued existance
Understanding the Challenges of Street ChildrenSERUDS INDIA
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Many ways to support street children.pptxSERUDS INDIA
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Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
2. Samples of drugs in prison tested by the Forensics
Early Warning System
Samples from prisons from the
South West and North West of
England in 2014/15.
“The aim was to find out which
NPS were being used in prisons
and whether or not they were
controlled. The majority of the
substances recorded were not
controlled and were mixtures of
more than one different
compound. The most commonly
identified drugs from this data
were 5F-AKB-48 and 5F-PB22,
which are both synthetic
cannabinoids.”
Source: Annual report on the Home Office forensic early warning system (FEWS) -
September 2015
3. The number of years lost due to ill-health, disability or early death
caused by alcohol and drug misuse in England by level of deprivation
Source:
http://ihmeuw.org/
3o8y
Most deprived
Least deprived
4. 3 in every 1,000 people is an injecting drug user in the UK (and
accounts of 34% of injecting drug users entering treatment in Europe)
Source:
http://www.emcdda.europa.
eu/publications/rapid/2015/d
rug-related-infectious-
diseases-in-europe
5. Alcohol and drug misuse related deaths in Northern
Ireland
80% of all drug related
deaths in Northern Ireland in
2014 are attributed to drug
misuse.
In 2014 the median age for
an alcohol related death was
56 years, and was 37 for a
drug misuse related death.
25% of drug misuse deaths
also recorded the presence of
alcohol.
Source: http://www.nisra.gov.uk/demography/default.asp30.htm
6. Drug misuse and Alcohol related deaths per 100,000 of population in
Northern Ireland in 2014 by deprivation quintile
Source:
http://www.nisra.gov.uk/demography
/default.asp30.htm
More deprivedLess deprived
7. Identified needs of homeless in Scotland and reasons
for being unable to maintain accommodation
Source: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables/PublicationTables2014-15
NB: respondents were able to identify more than one reason
8. About one in seven people know a drug driver, and one
in five a drink driver
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/think-drug-driving-
evaluation-2015
Spending on THINK! drug
driving campaign - February
and March 2015
Radio £223,107
Digital - display and
partnerships
£277,592
Digital - biddable
(YouTube)
£371,431
VoD £29,759
Washroom panels £132,800
Regional press £33,210
Total £1,067,899
9. County lines - the use of mobile phone ‘lines’ to extend
drug dealing business into new locations
Estimated profit
£21,000 a week
“The line (i.e. the telephone number that is marketed and that the users call) is
the lifeblood of the group’s activity in the county force and represents a brand
rather than an individual...
“It is common for an established line to have more than 10,000 incoming
communications a month and a group may run multiple lines in different
areas.”
Source: NCA Intelligence Assessment
County Lines, Gangs, and
Safeguarding
10. Perception that perpetrators of violent crime are
under the influence of alcohol or drugs in Scotland
The risk of violent crime decreases with
age from 8% for those aged 16-24, to less
than 1% for those aged 60 or over, and
that males (4%) are at a higher risk of
violent crime than females (2%).
The 2012-13 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey estimates
that victims thought that the offender was under the
influence of alcohol in 59% of violent crime, and drugs in
29% of violent crime.
Source: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2014-15
11. Drug offenses in Scotland
Drug offences decreased 17% over the ten
year period from 2005-06 to 2014-15,
but has increased by 3% from 35,616 in
2013-14 to 36,836 in 2014-15. These
crimes have increased for two
consecutive years, and are now at the
highest level since 2009-10.
38% of the national increase in Drug
crimes was in the Renfrewshire local
authority area. Police Scotland advise
that the increase in drug related crimes
in Renfrewshire relates mainly to the
possession of drugs, recorded as a result
of pro-active and intelligence led policing
activity, including stop and search
patrols in hotspot areas.
Source: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2014-15
12. Outcomes assigned to drug offences in England and
Wales in 2014/15
(1) Offences asked to be taken
into consideration by a court
(TICs).
(2) Includes caution - adults;
caution - youths; Penalty Notices
for Disorder
(3) Includes cannabis/khat
warnings and community
resolutions
(4) Includes not in the public
interest (CPS); Not in public
interest (Police); Offender Died;
Prosecution prevented (suspect
under age; suspect too ill;
victim/key witness dead/too ill);
Prosecution time limit expired
(5) Includes evidential difficulties
where the suspect was/was not
identified and the victim does not
support further action
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2014-to-2015
13. The use of Penalty Notices for Disorder (on the spot
fines) in England and Wales
Source: Criminal justice system statistics quarterly: December 2014
One new PND offence was
introduced from 24 June 2014 -
Khat possession.
Ten PNDs were issued for Khat
possession in 2014.
14. Use of 'on the spot' fines for issues to do with alcohol (other
than being drunk and disorderly) in England and Wales
Source: Criminal justice system statistics quarterly: December 2014
15. Area (in hectares) of Afghanistan under cultivation for
opium
Sources: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-09-04/8452/
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/drug-trafficking/central-asia.html
“Every year, approximately 375
tons of heroin flow from
Afghanistan to the rest of the world
and Southern Afghanistan acts as
the primary heroin manufacture
and export point towards Iran and
Pakistan. Approximately 160 tons
of heroin was trafficked through
Pakistan in 2009, putting an
estimated $650 million in the
pockets of drug traffickers. 115 tons
of heroin was estimated trafficked
into Iran towards Turkey and
Western Europe.”
16. Use of two or more substances by individual SDQ
scales among 15 year olds in Scotland in 2013
“An abnormal, or
borderline, conduct
score was most
strongly associated
with the use of two
or more substances,
while the
association with
emotional or peer
problems was
weaker.”
Source: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/09/8649/downloads#res484688
17. What would happen to life expectancy in Northern
Ireland if deaths from external causes were halved?
“if half the number of people that
died from alcohol related diseases
across the period, male life
expectancy would have been 0.2
years higher and female life
expectancy would have been 0.1
years higher. The largest increase
would have been achieved by
reducing smoking related
mortality to zero, increasing male
life expectancy by 2.5 years to 80.2
years.”
Source: http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index/statistics/health-inequalities/life-expectancy-decomposition.htm
18. Women in Prison
4,359The number of women in prison in England,
Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland as of
31.7.15
Source:
http://www.prisonstudies.org/sites/default/files/resources/downloads/world_female_impr
isonment_list_third_edition_0.pdf
19. The proportion of users that become dependent and
how long on average that dependency lasts
“The numbers imply that
the expected duration of
dependence per beginning
cigarette smoker is 12.8
years, per beginning alcohol
drinker 3.9 years, per
beginning cocaine user 1.3
years and per beginning
cannabis smoker 1.1 years.”
Source: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/nsad.2015.32.issue-4/nsad-2015-0034/nsad-2015-0034.xml?format=INT
20. Punitive opinion in Britain, 1980-2013
There was “a steady
increase in punitive
attitudes towards crime and
punishment of offenders
from the early 1980s to
mid-2000s, but a
substantial shift towards
more liberal attitudes on
crime (as well as greater
confidence in the criminal
justice system) since
around 2005.”Source:
http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/Economy%20and%
20crime%20briefing%20note%2C%20Sept%202015.pdf
21. Deaths in custody in England and Wales for the first six
months of 2015
Source: http://www.howardleague.org/weekly-prison-watch/
22. Injection of NPS in Wales
Source: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/rapid/2015/drug-related-infectious-
diseases-in-europe
“Injection of cathinones,
particularly in the groin area has
led to an increase in physical
impacts: granular/gritty lumps
under the skin, profound
bruising, abscesses, deep vein
thrombosis, long-term stays in
intensive care units of up to 3
months, amputations, severe
weight loss and requirement for
major reconstructive surgery to
femoral veins. Increased injection
rates were also noted, going from
approximately 3 up to 15–20
times per day.”
23. Impact of street prostitution zones
Opening of a tippelzone [street
prostitution zone] in a city is associated
with
a 30% − 40% decrease in sexual
abuse and rape in the first two
years of opening
a 25% decrease in average citywide
drug crime and this result persists
over time but only in cities which
enforced a licensed tippelzone from
the start
Source: http://newsroom.iza.org/en/2015/09/24/street-prostitution-zones-make-cities-safer/Source: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/davehillblog/2015/sep/10/tory-
mayoral-hopeful-wants-managed-street-prostitution-area-in-london