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Drug Misuse

Lead analyst:

Lead PHO:

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


 
Fingertips: Substance Misuse

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


 
Substance Misuse Atlas

Instant Atlas presenting comparative trends in drug and alcohol misuse in the East of England.
 
NDTMS National Reporting

Official NDTMS website providing national statistics.



 

2009/10 national and regional prevalence estimates.

 
Reports


Local Reports
Date Title Format View
  Substance Misuse Profiles 2011    
31 Oct 2011 INpho 40: Substance Misuse in the East of England, 2009-2010 download resource
31 Jan 2011 INpho 39: AACCE profile: Non-opiate use in the East of England download resource
  Substance Misuse Profiles 2009    
  Substance Misuse Profiles 2010    
17 Sep 2009 INpho 36: Hidden harms: where are the gaps in substance misuse treatment data? download resource
4 Mar 2009 Substance Misuse in the East of England, 2007-2008 download resource
10 Jun 2008 INpho 34: NDTMS data 2006-2007: Adults in drug and alcohol treatment in the East of England download resource
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 download resource
27 Nov 2007 INpho 30: Drug-related deaths in the East of England 1996-2004 download resource
6 Apr 2007 INpho 24: NDTMS data 2005-2006: Drug and alcohol treatment for young people in the East of England download resource
29 Jan 2007 INpho 23: NDTMS data 2005-2006: Adults in drug treatment in the East of England download resource
14 Aug 2006 INpho 19: Drug-related deaths in the East of England download resource
National Policy
Date Title Format View
8 Dec 2010 Drug Strategy 2010: Reducing Demand, Restricting Supply, Building Recovery: Supporting People to Live a Drug Free Life
1 Jul 2009 Clinical governance in drug treatment. A good practice guide for providers and commissioners
2010 Routes to recovery: psychosocial interventions for drug misuse
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 open resource url
25 Jul 2007 Drug misuse: opioid detoxification (NICE clinical guidance 2007/08) open resource url
25 Jul 2007 Drug misuse: psychosocial interventions (NICE clinical guidance 2007/08) open resource url
  Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD)
18 Apr 2007 UKDPC: An Analysis of UK Drug Policy open resource url
National Reports
Date Title Format View
Jun 2012 UN World Drug Report 2012 open resource url
Apr 2012 Human Enhancement Drugs
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
6 Oct 2011 Drug treatment and recovery in 2010-2011
Dec 2011 Substance misuse among young people 2010-11
22 Nov 2011 Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2011
May 2009 Indications of Public Health in the English Regions 10: Drug Use
4 Oct 2012 Statistics from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System 2011-2012
Jan 2009 Getting to grips with substance misuse among young people. The data for 2007-08
2010 Young people’s drug and alcohol treatment at the crossroads open resource url
26 Jul 2012 Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2011
27 Jan 2010 Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England, findings by region 2006 to 2008
May 2011 Addiction to Medicine
Dec 2009 Mephedrone – an update on current knowledge download resource
Mar 2010 Powder cocaine: How the treatment system is responding to a growing problem
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
26 Jul 2012 Drug misuse declared: findings from the 2011/12 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
Feb 2009 The primary prevention of hepatitis C among injecting drug users
Nov 2011 Shooting Up - Infections among injecting drug users in the United Kingdom 2010, An update: November 2011
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.

 
Contacts

 
MUSE



Monitoring Unit for Substances in the East