Drug, alcohol and tobacco policy after Cabinet reshuffle
byBrigid Pike
Following the Cabinet reshuffle announced on 11 July 2014, responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy and for alcohol policy passed to the Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar TD. This means that responsibility for drug and alcohol policy now rests with a senior government minister with a seat at the Cabinet table. Prior to the reshuffle, responsibility for both policy domains was held by a junior minister without a seat in Cabinet, Alex White TD, Minister of State in the Department of Health with responsibility for Primary Care.
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National policy framework for children and young people
byMartin Keane
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) recently published the long awaited national policy framework for children and young people, which will run from 2014 to 2020.1 The framework sets out an ambitious plan to achieve five national outcomes
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Addiction recovery: a contagious paradigm
On 17 July 2014, Councillor Mannix Flynn, representing the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Christy Burke, launched a report on behalf of Soilse, the drug rehabilitation service in HSE Dublin North City.1 The report entitled Addiction recovery: a contagious paradigm sets out a case for a recovery-focused approach to addiction treatment. It was co-authored by Martin Keane, Health Research Board, Gerry McAleenan of Soilse and Joe Barry, Professor of Population Health at Trinity College Dublin.
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Recovery in national drugs strategies
byBrigid Pike
In the last decade ‘recovery’ has emerged as a priority in several national drug strategies. It is also included in the EU drug strategy and action plan, and is the subject of a recent UN resolution, Supporting recovery from substance use disorders.1 This article explores how recovery has been incorporated in the national drug strategies of the USA, England/Wales and Scotland, and in particular how it relates to the goals and objectives of the strategies, how it is integrated with other policy measures, and how it is proposed to support recovery. It is clear that understanding of the concept and its operationalisation varies considerably across the three jurisdictions.
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Legislation on new psychoactive substances
byJohnny Connolly
A journal article by Kavanagh and Power examines the impact of legislative and law enforcement responses to the emergence of new psychoactive substances (NPS) and so-called ‘head shops’ in recent years in Ireland.1 In particular, the article considers how controls in this area have adversely impacted on academic research on NPS.
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Illegal drugs activity to be included in national accounts
byJohnny Connolly
National accounts are compiled in the EU according to the European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA) framework. This year the new ESA 2010 framework has replaced the previous ESA 95 version and all EU member states have had to adopt ESA 2010
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Towards UNGASS 2016
byBrigid Pike
The LSE (London School of Economics) IDEAS International Drug Policy Project is a large-scale multidisciplinary and cross-regional research undertaking. It was created to produce a deep strategic re-evaluation of the international drug control system through rigorous academic research and policy analysis. To date, it has published two reports.
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