Published in June 2022, the latest National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) report presents trends in treated problem drug use (excluding alcohol) for the seven-year period from 2015 to 2021.^1,2

The Adolescent Addiction Service (AAS) of the Health Service Executive (HSE) provides support and treatment in relation to alcohol and drug use for young people and families from the Dublin suburbs of Ballyfermot, Clondalkin, Palmerstown, Lucan, and Inchicore. Services provided include advice, assessment, counselling, family therapy, professional consultations, and medications if required. In 2022, AAS published a report detailing referrals for 2021.¹

In January 2022, An Garda Síochána (AGS) published their annual report for 2020.¹ This article first reports on activities related to national policing, followed by national security and intelligence, community safety, and finally statistics for detections of incidents related to the sale and supply of drugs and Garda drug seizures for 2020.

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) published the European drug report 2022: trends and developments¹ on 14 June 2022. The purpose of this report is to provide an overview and summary of the European drug situation up to the end of 2021. The Health Research Board (HRB) provides the Irish data and research for the EMCDDA report.

On 11 November 2021, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD launched the report Informing and supporting change: drug and alcohol misuse among people on probation supervision in Ireland.^1,2,3 The report was written by Dr Louise Rooney of University College Dublin.² The study built on research examining alcohol and drug misuse in individuals referred for probation supervision in 2011/12.⁴ The aim of the current research was to examine the prevalence of alcohol and substance misuse in similar subjects with the view to developing best practice and to help manage and prioritise Probation Service resources.²