Drug misuse: key references and evidence

References

Advisory Council on Drug Misuse (2003) Hidden Harm - Responding To The Needs Of Children Of Problem Drug Users

Black C, MacLardie J, Mailhot J, Murray L and Sewel K (2009) Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) 2008(3.4MB)

National Records of Scotland (2011) Drug Related Deaths in Scotland in 2010

Graham L, Stoner N, Martin T, Bruce G (2012) The National Drug Related Deaths Database (Scotland) Report 2010. ISD Scotland, National Services Scotland, Edinburgh.

Hay G, Gannon M, McKeganey N, Hutchinson S, Goldberg D. Estimating the national and local prevalence of problem drug misuse in Scotland (650Kb). University of Glasgow / Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health, 2005.

Hay G, Gannon M, Casey J, McKeganey N. Estimating the national and local prevalence of problem drug misuse in Scotland (342Kb). University of Glasgow August 2009

Health Protection Agency, Health Protection Scotland, National Public Health Service for Wales, CDSC Northern Ireland, and the CRDHB. Shooting Up: Infections among injecting drug users in the United Kingdom, 2007. London: Health Protection Agency, October 2008 (5MB)

ISD Scotland (2012). Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2011. Edinburgh: ISD Publications, National Services Scotland.

ISD Scotland (2011) Estimating the National and Local Prevalence of Problem Drug Use in Scotland 2009/10, ISD, Natonal Services Scotland

MacLeod P, Page L, Kinver A, Iliasov A, Williams R (2010) The 2008-09 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey: Drug Use. TNS-BMRB/Scottish Government Social Research

Scottish Advisory committee on Drug Misuse and Scottish Advisory Committee on Alcohol Misuse joint working group (2003) Mind the Gaps, 2003

Scottish Government (2005) Prevention and treatment of substance misuse - Delivering the Right Medicine: A Strategy for Pharmaceutical Care in Scotland.Report of a Joint Working Group of the National Pharmaceutical Forum/ Scottish Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee

Scottish Government (2006) Hidden Harm: Next Steps, 2006

Scottish Government (2008) The Road to Recovery: A New Approach to Tackling Scotland's Drug Problem

Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Drug misuse in Scotland: Subject map(120Kb). Devolved Area Series/20. 12 October 1999.

Effectiveness evidence

ScotPHO's purpose is to describe the pattern of health across the Scottish population. As a supplementary service to users, we include the following links to external sources of quality-assured evidence on effectiveness of interventions which may include relevant material for this topic. These links are provided as an aid to users. They are by no means exhaustive nor should they be necessarily viewed as authoritative.

NHS Health Scotland: Scottish Briefings on NICE public health guidance - Index page

NHS Evidence: Public health evidence - Home page

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination - Home page

Cochrane Reviews - Topic index page

EPPI-Centre: Evidence library - Home page

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance - Topic index page

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) - Home page