Drug Misuse

Lead analyst: Paul Brand

This topic page groups together the resources we hold on drug misuse, under the headings shown below. Click on a heading to go directly down to the right place on this page.

It is estimated that Class A drug use generates 15.4 billion pounds in crime and health costs each year (Home Office, Drug Strategy 2008-2018)

88% of all costs generated by problematic drug use are accounted for by drug-related crime (Home Office 2005, Delivering the Difference)

The 2008-2018 drug strategy comprises four strands:

• protecting communities through tackling drug supply, drug-related crime and anti-social behaviour
  
• preventing harm to children, young people and families affected by drug misuse
  
• delivering new approaches to drug treatment and social re-integration
  
• public information campaigns, communications and community engagement.
  
  

During 2008-2009, 16,729 individuals were receiving treatment for drug misuse and 11,041 for alcohol misuse in the East of England.

There are around 130 drug treatment agencies within the East of England who submit data on their clients to NDTMS, which is then used to analyse drug and alcohol treatment in the region.

National Policy

Date	Title	Format	View
27 Feb 2008	Drugs: protecting families and communities - 2008-2018 strategy
1 Jul 2009	Clinical governance in drug treatment. A good practice guide for providers and commissioners
30 Jul 2006	Models of Care for Treatment of Adult Drug Misusers: Update 2006
Feb 2009	NICE public health guidance 18: needle and syringe programmes
25 Jul 2007	Drug misuse: opioid detoxification (NICE clinical guidance 2007/08)
25 Jul 2007	Drug misuse: psychosocial interventions (NICE clinical guidance 2007/08)
	Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD)
18 Apr 2007	UKDPC: An Analysis of UK Drug Policy

National Policy Archive

Date	Title	Format	View
1 Sep 2007	Drug misuse and dependence - UK guidelines on clinical management
25 Jul 2007	Drugs: Our Community, Your Say
22 Sep 2003	Updated drug strategy 2002

National Reports

Date	Title	Format	View
Oct 2009	United Kingdom Drug Situation: 2009 edition
Mar 2010	Powder cocaine: How the treatment system is responding to a growing problem
Dec 2009	Mephedrone – an update on current knowledge
Dec 2009	Substance misuse among young people. The data for 2008-09
Jan 2009	Getting to grips with substance misuse among young people. The data for 2007-08
8 Oct 2009	NTA annual report 2008-2009
May 2008	NTA annual report 2007-2008
8 Oct 2009	Statistics from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System 2008-2009
2 Oct 2008	Statistics from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System 2007-2008
11 Jun 2008	Numbers in treatment: drug treatment activity in 2007-08
Nov 2009	Annual Report 2009: the state of the drugs problem in Europe
Nov 2008	Annual Report 2008: the state of the drugs problem in Europe
28 Jul 2008	EMCDDA statistical bulletin 2008
Mar 2009	UNODC Annual Report 2009
Jun 2009	UN World Drug Report 2009
May 2008	UN World Drug Report 2008
5 Jul 2007	UN World Drug Report 2007
2009	Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2009
14 Aug 2008	Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2008
May 2009	Indications of Public Health in the English Regions 10: Drug Use
27 Jan 2010	Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England, findings by region 2006 to 2008
23 Jul 2009	Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2008
Aug 2009	Effects of drug substitution programs on offending among drug-addicts
Mar 2009	Women's Voices: experiences and perceptions of women who face drug-related problems in Europe
Jan 2009	Interventions for children and families where there is parental drug misuse
Jul 2008	Crime in England and Wales 2007/2008 - Findings from the British Crime Survey and police recorded crime
Jul 2009	Drug misuse declared: findings from the 2008/09 British Crime Survey
Oct 2008	Drug misuse declared: findings from the 2007/08 British Crime Survey
May 2008	The 2007 user satisfaction survey of Tier 2 and 3 service users in England
May 2008	The 2007 user satisfaction survey of Tier 4 service users in England
Oct 2008	Good practice in harm reduction
Feb 2009	The primary prevention of hepatitis C among injecting drug users
Oct 2009	Shooting Up - Infections among injecting drug users in the United Kingdom 2008, An update: October 2009
8 Mar 2007	Drugs - Facing Facts
1 May 2008	Improving Services for Substance Misuse: Commissioning drug treatment and harm reduction services. 2006/07 review.

Local Reports

Date	Title	Format	View
	Substance Misuse Profiles 2009
17 Sep 2009	INpho 36: Hidden harms: where are the gaps in substance misuse treatment data?
4 Mar 2009	Substance Misuse in the East of England, 2007-2008
10 Jun 2008	INpho 34: NDTMS data 2006-2007: Adults in drug and alcohol treatment in the East of England
4 Mar 2008	INpho 32: NDTMS data 2006-2007: Drug and alcohol treatment for young people in the East of England: an update to INpho 24
27 Nov 2007	INpho 30: Drug-related deaths in the East of England 1996-2004
6 Apr 2007	INpho 24: NDTMS data 2005-2006: Drug and alcohol treatment for young people in the East of England
29 Jan 2007	INpho 23: NDTMS data 2005-2006: Adults in drug treatment in the East of England
14 Aug 2006	INpho 19: Drug-related deaths in the East of England

Drug and Alcohol Action Teams in the East of England

• Bedfordshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team
• Cambridgeshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team
• Essex Drug and Alcohol Action Team
• Hertfordshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team
• Luton Drug and Alcohol Partnership
• Norfolk Drug and Alcohol Action Team
• Peterborough Drug and Alcohol Action Team
• Southend Drug and Alcohol Action Team
• Suffolk Drug and Alcohol Action Team
• Thurrock Drug and Alcohol Action Team