Historique
Rapport
One new drug a week. Why novel psychoactive substances and club drugs need a different response from UK treatment providers
Auteur(s) :
Royal College of Psychiatrists ;
BOWDEN-JONES, O. ;
FITCH, C. ;
HILTON, C. ;
LEWIS, J. ;
OFORI-ATTAH, G.
Année
2014
Page(s) :
22 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
London : Royal College of Psychiatrists
, Faculty report FR/AP/02
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Thésaurus mots-clés
DROGUES DE SYNTHESE
;
PHENOMENE EMERGENT
;
DISPOSITIF DE SOIN
;
PRISE EN CHARGE
;
MILIEU FESTIF
;
KETAMINE
;
MEPHEDRONE
;
DEMANDE
;
COCAINE
;
MDMA-ECSTASY
;
TRAITEMENT
;
RECOMMANDATION
Résumé :
Services are under pressure due to the concerning number of users of club drugs - psychoactive substances used in nightclubs, bars and festivals - such as ketamine and mephedrone. It is estimated more than one million adults a year use club drugs. And every week a new novel psychoactive substance - drugs that mimic, or claim to mimic, the effects of traditional drugs - is introduced across Europe, often made easily available for purchase on the internet. [...]
In its discussion paper, the Faculty recommends six steps to ensuring services are equipped to tackle the growing use of club drugs and NPS:
1. Drug services should put the treatment and recovery needs of club drug and NPS users on an equal footing and importance with alcohol and opiate treatment.
2. Support and training for frontline healthcare staff.
3. Non specialist services need to establish better links with drug services so specialist support and expertise can be shared, and onward referrals made more effectively.
4. With new club drugs and NPS emerging all the time, information on the harm they can cause should be recorded not only by drug and alcohol services, but also by expanding national monitoring systems to include information from accident and emergency/acute care settings, primary care, sexual health services, mental health services and prisons.
5. Research funders should prioritise new programmes into interventions for club drug and NPS users.
6. Preventing initiation of club drug and NPS use through access to reliable information is a priority. [From the press release]
In its discussion paper, the Faculty recommends six steps to ensuring services are equipped to tackle the growing use of club drugs and NPS:
1. Drug services should put the treatment and recovery needs of club drug and NPS users on an equal footing and importance with alcohol and opiate treatment.
2. Support and training for frontline healthcare staff.
3. Non specialist services need to establish better links with drug services so specialist support and expertise can be shared, and onward referrals made more effectively.
4. With new club drugs and NPS emerging all the time, information on the harm they can cause should be recorded not only by drug and alcohol services, but also by expanding national monitoring systems to include information from accident and emergency/acute care settings, primary care, sexual health services, mental health services and prisons.
5. Research funders should prioritise new programmes into interventions for club drug and NPS users.
6. Preventing initiation of club drug and NPS use through access to reliable information is a priority. [From the press release]
Affiliation :
CNWL Club Drug Clinic, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, UK