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A report outlining evidence and insights for Combating Drugs Partnerships, intending to help strengthen their preparedness for the synthetic opioid threat.
© Crown copyright 2025 This publication is licensed under the terms of the…
Report on the long-term prevention of drug use and related harms among young people.
1. Introduction Background to Ministerial Commission The Advisory Council…
ACMD Chair: Professor Owen Bowden-Jones ACMD Prevention Secretary: Kortu…
ACMD review into the use and harms of SSCs and THCA to identify compounds causing harm which are not captured by the current generic definition for cannabinoids.
ACMD Chair: Prof Owen Bowden-Jones NPS Committee Secretary: Yetunde…
Statistics for alcohol and drug misuse treatment in prisons and other secure settings from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS).
An overview of the extent and trends of illicit drug use. Data are from the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
A report on the outcomes of the expansion of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for adults in treatment for alcohol and drug dependence in England.
Data tables and commentary for the Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring (UAM) Survey of infections and risk among people who inject drugs (PWID).
Statistics on alcohol and drug misuse treatment for adults from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS).
Alcohol and drug treatment data for children and young people aged 17 and under, from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS).
Data from June 2023 to May 2024 on the numbers of deaths associated with potent synthetic opioids in England.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has provided an updated harms assessment of alkyl nitrites.
'Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families' indicator data used to track progress in tackling disadvantages affecting families’ and children’s outcomes.
A Better Outcomes through Linked Data (BOLD) report looking at the use of substance misuse treatment services by victims and suspects of homicide in England.
A review of the evidence on the use, harms and prevalence of recently encountered uncontrolled novel benzodiazepines and related compounds (2024 update).
Review of the evidence on the use and harms of xylazine, medetomidine and detomidine.
This report summarises information on people presenting to services with problem drug and/or alcohol use during 2022/23
Summary of effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and qualitative findings from the Individual Placement and Support - Alcohol and Drug (IPS-AD) study.
Alcohol and drug treatment data for young people under 18, from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS).
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