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Drug Misuse

Lead analyst: Paul Brand

Lead PHO: North West Public Health Observatory

The 2010 drug strategy comprises three themes:

  • Reducing demand
  • Restricting supply
  • Building recovery in communities.

The Strategy has two overarching aims:

  • Reduce illicit and other harmful drug use
  • Increase the numbers recovering from their dependence.

Key facts

During 2010/11, 17,010 East of England residents were receiving treatment for drug misuse and 11,321 for alcohol misuse.

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.

 
Data


 
Online Substance Misuse Profile Indicators

Interactive spine chart and tartan rug outlining key information about substance misuse by Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) in the East of England.
 
NDTMS National Reporting

Official NDTMS website providing national statistics.


 
Opiate and/or crack cocaine user (OCU) prevalence estimates

2009/10 national and regional prevalence estimates.

 
Reports


Local Reports
National Policy
National Reports
Date Title Format View
Jun 2011 UN World Drug Report 2011 open resource url
8 Apr 2010 UNODC Annual Report 2010 open resource url
15 Nov 2011 2011 Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe open resource url
28 Jul 2008 EMCDDA statistical bulletin 2010 open resource url
Dec 2011 United Kingdom Drug Situation: 2011 edition open resource url
6 Oct 2011 Drug treatment and recovery in 2010-2011 open resource url
Dec 2011 Substance misuse among young people 2010-11 open resource url
22 Nov 2011 Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2011 open resource url
May 2009 Indications of Public Health in the English Regions 10: Drug Use open resource url
6 Oct 2011 Statistics from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System 2010-2011 open resource url
Jan 2009 Getting to grips with substance misuse among young people. The data for 2007-08 open resource url
2010 Young people’s drug and alcohol treatment at the crossroads open resource url
28 Jul 2011 Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2010 open resource url
27 Jan 2010 Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England, findings by region 2006 to 2008 open resource url
May 2011 Addiction to Medicine open resource url
Dec 2009 Mephedrone – an update on current knowledge download resource
Mar 2010 Powder cocaine: How the treatment system is responding to a growing problem open resource url
Aug 2009 Effects of drug substitution programs on offending among drug-addicts open resource url
Mar 2009 Women's Voices: experiences and perceptions of women who face drug-related problems in Europe open resource url
Jan 2009 Interventions for children and families where there is parental drug misuse open resource url
28 Jul 2011 Drug misuse declared: findings from the 2010/11 British Crime Survey open resource url
May 2008 The 2007 user satisfaction survey of Tier 2 and 3 service users in England open resource url
May 2008 The 2007 user satisfaction survey of Tier 4 service users in England open resource url
Feb 2009 The primary prevention of hepatitis C among injecting drug users open resource url
Nov 2011 Shooting Up - Infections among injecting drug users in the United Kingdom 2010, An update: November 2011 open resource url
8 Mar 2007 Drugs - Facing Facts open resource url
1 May 2008 Improving Services for Substance Misuse: Commissioning drug treatment and harm reduction services. 2006/07 review. open resource url

 
Contacts

 
MUSE



Monitoring Unit for Substances in the East