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 Drugs in prisons
 Fifth ESPAD survey report published
 First report of National Suicide Support and Information System
 Measuring the performance of drugs task forces and evaluating projects
 National Registry of Deliberate Self Harm annual report 2011
 National survey of youth mental health
 Non-fatal overdoses and drug-related emergencies 2010
 Poisoning and clinical toxicology: a template for Ireland
 Trends in alcohol and drug admissions to psychiatric facilities
 Public support for measures to address alcohol use
 Report of the Strategic Response Group – ‘A better city for all’
 Parental responsibilities and drug treatment outcomes
 The views of children and young people in state care
 Unmet needs and benzodiazepine misuse among people in treatment
 Deaths among children and young people in state care, after care or known to the HSE
 Drug use among the general population, by regional drugs task force area
 The National Documentation Centre on Drug Use: survey results
 Drugnet digest
 In brief
 Drugs and crime data 2012
 Drugs in focus – policy briefing
 From Drugnet Europe
 Recent publications
 Upcoming events
 EU drugs policy – what next?
 EMCDDA trend report for the evaluation of the 2005–2012 EU drugs strategy
 Alternative ways forward for EU drugs policy
Public support for measures to address alcohol use
by Jean Long and Deirdre Mongan


 
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Alcohol consumption
The results of a new survey, Alcohol: Public knowledge, attitudes and behaviour,1 show a strong belief among 1,020 survey respondents (85%) that the current level of alcohol consumption in Ireland is too high, and a general perception (73%) that Irish society tolerates high levels of alcohol consumption. The survey was commissioned by the Health Research Board and done by Ipsos MRBI.


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Report of the Strategic Response Group – ‘A better city for all’
by Johnny Connolly


 
The outgoing mayor of Dublin, Cllr Andrew Montague, launches the SRG report in the Oak Room of the Mansion House; also shown are SRG members (l to r): Mel MacGiobhúin, North Inner City LDTF; Richard Guiney, Dublin City BID; Niamh Randall, Dublin Simon Community; Des Crowley, City Clinic Amiens Street; and Ruaidhrí McAuliffe, UISCE.
The Strategic Response Group (SRG) is a partnership set up to address public substance misuse and perceived anti-social behaviour in Dublin city centre. In June 2012, following a year-long process of research and consultation, it published a report aimed at addressing this issue in the long term.1 The report was officially launched by the lord mayor of Dublin, Councillor Andrew Montague, in one of his last engagements as mayor. The issue of anti-social behaviour related to substance misuse in Dublin city centre has long been a focus of media attention and public concern.


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The National Documentation Centre on Drug Use: survey results
by Mairea Nelson, Mary Dunne and Brian Galvin


As part of an ongoing evaluation of our website and library services, the staff of the National Documentation Centre on Drug Use (NDC) recently conducted an online survey of our users. We received 441 responses. Thank you to everyone who took part.

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EU drugs policy – what next?
by Brigid Pike


In the past few months the European Commission (EC)1 and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) 2 have published reports intended to inform the development of the next EU drugs strategy, which the European Council is due to adopt by the end of 2012.3 Although drug policy lies within the competence of individual member states,4 the EU drugs strategy can play an important  role by supporting and providing guidance to member states.

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EMCDDA trend report for the evaluation of the 2005–2012 EU drugs strategy
by Brigid Pike (compiler)


Table showing main trends and changes in the European drug situation and in the responses developed by the EU member states, 2005­–2012*

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