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Background: Prison settings have been neglected in the growing literature on drug-related deaths. This paper explores policy and practice issues regarding the governance of drug-related deaths in prisons in England and Wales from 2015-2021. Met[...]Article : Périodique
I. HAMILTON ; M. MONAGHAN ; C. LLOYD |Presentations to specialist drug treatment services in England for cannabis have been rising in recent years. As cannabis is no longer disaggregated in annual reports of drug treatment presentations published by Public Health England, we request[...]Article : Périodique
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between school smoking policies and smoking prevalence among pupils. DESIGN: Multilevel analysis of cross-sectional data from surveys of schools and pupils. SETTING: 55 secondary schools in Wales. SUBJEC[...]Article : Périodique
Shorter sentences for drug mules: The early impact of the sentencing guidelines in England and Wales
Aims: In February 2012, new sentencing guidelines for drug offences became effective in all courts in England and Wales. An explicit aim was to reduce the length of sentences for drug "mules" and so make them more proportionate. Methods: This a[...]Article : Périodique
L. BIDDLE ; BROCK A. ; S. T. BROOKES ; GUNNELL D. |OBJECTIVES: To explore trends in suicide in young people to investigate the recent observation that after year on year rises in the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, rates in young men are now declining. DESIGN: Time trend analysis. SETTING: Englan[...]Périodique
T. BENNETT ; K. HOLLOWAY | 2005Research that has investigated the association between specific drug types and crime has tended to focus on the specific drug type in isolation from other drugs. The main problem with this is that it cannot be assumed that the association betwee[...]Article : Périodique
D. LEWER ; S. CROXFORD ; M. DESAI ; E. EMANUEL ; V. D. HOPE ; A. McAULEY ; E. PHIPPS ; E. J. TWEED |BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Mortality and drug treatment data suggest that the median age of people who inject drugs is increasing. We aimed to describe changes in the characteristics of people injecting drugs in the United Kingdom (UK). DESIGN: Repea[...]Rapport
J. KERR ; C. TOMPKINS ; W. TOMASZEWSKI ; S. DICKENS ; R. GRIMSHAW ; N. WRIGHT ; M. BARNARD | London : Ministry of Justice | 2011Aim: To examine the implementation of six pilot Dedicated Drug Courts (DDCs) dealing with drug misusing offenders, which were introduced to magistrates' courts in England and Wales from 2004. To look at the DDCs' potential for reducing drug us[...]Rapport
Ten pilot Drug Recovery Wing (DRWs) were launched in two phases over 2011 to 2012 in eight men's and two women's prisons in England and Wales, with the intention of delivering abstinence-focused drug recovery services. Prisons were given licence[...]Article : Périodique
C. O'HALLORAN ; K. CULLEN ; J. NJOROGE ; L. JESSOP ; J. SMITH ; V. HOPE ; F. NCUBE |Background: Overdose is a major cause of death among PWID, and for opioid overdoses naloxone administration can reduce harm. However, globally there is limited national level data on the extent of non-fatal overdose and naloxone uptake. The firs[...]NouveautéArticle : Périodique
Aims: We formally estimate future smoking-attributable mortality up to 2050 for the total national populations of England & Wales, Denmark and the Netherlands, providing an update and extension of the descriptive smoking-epidemic model. Methods[...]Article : Périodique
Contribution analysis (CA) is being increasingly favoured as a policy evaluation tool. This includes application to evaluate alcohol and drug policies. This paper reflects on one such example and begins by providing a brief overview of CA as an [...]Périodique
J. SHAW ; I. M. HUNT ; S. FLYNN ; T. AMAS ; J. MEEHAN ; J. ROBINSON ; H. BICKLEY ; R. PARSONS ; K. MCCANN ; J. BURNS ; N. KAPUR ; L. APPLEBY | 2006Background:The annual number of homicide convictions in England and Wales is increasing. Previous studies have highlighted the aetiological role of alcohol and drugs in homicide. Aims: To examine rates of alcohol and drug misuse and dependence i[...]Article : Périodique
The two reclassifications of cannabis in England & Wales in 2004 and 2009 have been subjected to a series of academic analyses which have largely been centred on either the relationship to evidence, or in terms of the implications and realities [...]Article : Périodique
A controversial service in Wales that analyses people's drugs has been dismissed by some as a naive mistake. But Mike Power argues that it could be a vital new weapon in harm reduction's arsenal.Rapport
This report describes the findings of a study designed to provide a snapshot of the policing of cannabis in England and Wales. It focuses on the offence of possession. It examines the relationship between policy and practice, how offences of pos[...]Article : Périodique
M. HICKMAN ; P. MADDEN ; J. HENRY ; A. BAKER ; C. WALLACE ; J. WAKEFIELD ; G. STIMSON ; P. ELLIOTT |FRANÇAIS : Une analyse multivariée de 3961 certificats de décès mentionnant la morphine, l'héroïne ou la méthadone, entre 1993 et 1998, en Angleterre et aux Pays de Galles, montrent une augmentation des décès (378 à 909) : soit, 24,7% par an p[...]Rapport
This report presents the independent findings, conclusions and recommendations of an expert group supported by Public Health England and the Local Government Association. The expert group investigated drug-related deaths in England with the aim [...]Article : Périodique
Aim: This study explored the association between concurrent alcohol and cocaine use and its predictive probability of self-reported violent behaviour. Methods: A series of logistic regression models were run on a sample of 3098 young people (a[...]Article : Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Utilisant des données qualitatives recueillies dans les Galles du Sud, l'article explore le vocabulaire des bodybuilders concernant leur motivation à consommer des stéroïdes. Les répondants donnent trois principales justifications à[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of problematic drinkers and drug users in correctional services of England and Wales is high, with implications not only for the health of prisoners, but also for substance-related crime. For most illicit drug users, t[...]