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Results for drug offenders (u.k.)
3 results foundAuthor: Independent Drugs Commission for Brighton & Hove Title: Independent Drugs Commission for Brighton & Hove Report Summary: There are an estimated 60,255 people in Brighton & Hove who have used illegal drugs. This represents 36% of all adults. The figures are extrapolated from the nationwide British Crime Survey – last conducted in 2011/12 - that reports on the percentage of adults (aged 16-59). Around a quarter of these ‘lifetime users’ report using in the last year, and one eighth report using in the last month. The most popular illegal drug, as in all areas of the country, is cannabis. There is also widespread use of heroin, cocaine and amphetamines, with recent increases in the use of a wide range of new psychoactive substances, some illegal and some not controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act. It is important to remember that alcohol remains the most widely used psychoactive substance. A study conducted in 2010 identified just over 2,000 heroin and cocaine users in the city who could be identified as problem drug users – i.e. that they were dependent on one or more drugs, or were experiencing health or social problems, or were committing crimes, related to their drug use. This figure does not include those experiencing problems with drugs other than heroin or cocaine. A total of 1,442 individuals attended treatment services in the city in the financial year 2011-12. The main problem drugs reported by this group were heroin, crack cocaine, powder cocaine, and cannabis. The age profile is spread from teenagers to people in their 50s, but in general opiate and cocaine users were an older cohort than users of other drugs. The majority of treatment clients were male (71%) and white (89%). Drug related deaths have been high in Brighton & Hove, but with signs of a recent reducing trend. 50 residents of the city died in this way in 2009, but this figure had reduced to 35 in 2010, and early indications are that this reducing trend is being continued through 2011 and 2012. There are indications that this welcome decline is arising from positive action by local services in response to recommendations in coroners’ reports. Sussex police made 760 arrests for drug offences in Brighton & Hove in the financial year 2011/12. Just over half of these were for possession offences, around 40% were for supply or importation, and 5% were for production. Details: Brighton, UK: The Commission, 2013. 23p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 24, 2013 at: http://www.safeinthecity.info/sites/safeinthecity.info/files/sitc/IDC%20draft%20recommendations.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.safeinthecity.info/sites/safeinthecity.info/files/sitc/IDC%20draft%20recommendations.pdf Shelf Number: 129500 Keywords: Drug Abuse and AddictionDrug Abuse and CrimeDrug Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Bauld, Linda Title: Problem Drug Users' Experiences of Employment and the Benefit System Summary: This study was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to examine the issues surrounding benefit uptake in England by individuals who use illicit drugs, in particular heroin and crack cocaine. Individuals who take these drugs are termed 'problem drug users' (PDUs). In addressing these issues, the study also explores the wider context of education, training and employment for drug users as well as the role of treatment. This report has two key elements: a review of the literature on drug use and benefit uptake and a qualitative component that included face-to-face semi-structured interviews with 75 drug users and ten professionals who work with drug users to explore specific issues in detail. The research was carried out by a team from the Centre for Drug Misuse Research at the University of Glasgow and the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. Details: Norwich, UK: Department for Work and Pensions, 2010. 132p. Source: Internet Resource: Research Report No. 640: Accessed July 30, 2014 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214409/rrep640.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214409/rrep640.pdf Shelf Number: 132849 Keywords: Drug Abuse and AddictionDrug Abuse and CrimeDrug Abuse TreatmentDrug Offenders (U.K.)Employment |
Author: Great Britain. Department of Health Title: Clinical management of drug dependence in the adult prison setting including psychosocial treatment as a core part. Summary: This document describes how clinical services for the management of substance misusers in prison should develop during the next two years as increasing resources permit. The aim is to address the current challenges facing the care and treatment of substance misusers in prisons. These include: - the vulnerability of drug-using prisoners to suicide and self-harm in prison, and to death upon release from custody due to accidental opiate overdose; - prison regime management problems related to illicit drug use in prisons; - the impetus to provide clinical services that correspond to national (NTA 2003) and international good practice; - the need to provide clinical interventions that harmonise with practice in community and other criminal justice settings (NOMS 2005); - the need to integrate further healthcare and Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice and Throughcare (CARAT) services in prisons, to create multi-disciplinary drug teams. Details: London: Department of Health, 2006. 64p. Source: Internet Resource: accessed February 9, 2015 at: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/11496/1/Clinical_management.pdf Year: 2006 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/11496/1/Clinical_management.pdf Shelf Number: 134586 Keywords: Drug Offenders (U.K.)Drug TreatmentHealth CarePrisoners |