Drug use: key references and evidence
Availability and Prevalence
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Topic |
Report |
Author |
Last Published |
Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Drug Seizures by Scottish Police Forces |
Scottish Government |
March 2023 |
Annual |
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Drug Misuse and Treatment in Scottish Prisons |
Scottish Government |
September 2022 |
Annual |
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Illicit Drug Use Among Adults |
Scottish Government |
March 2019 |
Annual |
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Illicit Drug Use Among Children |
Scottish Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (Tables) |
ISD |
October 2016 |
Irregular |
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Estimated Prevalence of Problem Drug Use |
Estimating the National and Local Prevalence of Problem Drug Misuse in Scotland |
G Hay, N McKeganey, S Hutchinson |
2001 |
Archive |
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Estimating the national and local prevalence of problem drug misuse in Scotland |
G Hay, M Gannon, N McKeganey, S Hutchinson, D Goldberg |
2005 |
Archive |
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Estimating the national and local prevalence of problem drug misuse in Scotland |
G Hay, M Gannon, J Casey, N McKeganey |
2009 |
Archive |
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Estimating the National and Local Prevalence of Problem Drug Use in Scotland 2009/10 |
ISD |
2011 |
Archive |
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Estimating the national and local prevalence of problem drug use in Scotland 2012/13 (Tables) |
ISD |
October 2014 |
Archive | |
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Estimating the national and local prevalence of problem drug use in Scotland 2015/16 (Tables) |
ISD |
April 2019 |
Social Harm
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Topic |
Report |
Author |
Last Published |
Frequency |
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Perceptions of Drug Misuse
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Scottish Government |
November 2023 |
Annual |
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Scottish Government |
April 2023 |
Annual |
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| Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2021/22: Public Attitudes Towards People with Problem Drug Use |
Scottish Government |
November 2022 |
N/A |
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Drug Related Offences |
Scottish Government |
June 2023 |
Annual |
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Scottish Government |
February 2019 |
Annual |
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Scottish Government |
October 2023 |
Annual |
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Court Activity and Sentencing |
Scottish Government |
October 2023 |
Annual |
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Criminal Proceedings in Scotland: Drug Related Criminal Proceedings by Council Area |
Scottish Government |
March 2019 |
Annual |
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Scottish Government |
January 2024 |
Annual |
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Scottish Government |
June 2023 |
Annual |
Health Harm
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Topic |
Report |
Author |
Last Published |
Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Drug-related General and Psychiatric Hospital Discharges |
Drug-Related Hospital Statistics Scotland 2022/23 (Dashboard) |
PHS |
April 2024 |
Annual |
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Primary Care consultations |
ISD |
December 2013 |
Archive |
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Maternity and Neonatal Discharges |
PHS |
November 2023 |
Annual |
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Injecting Equipment Provision |
PHS |
September 2023 |
Annual |
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Blood Borne Viruses: Hepatitis C |
PHS |
December 2023 |
Annual |
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PHE |
August 2018 |
Annual |
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Blood Borne Viruses: NESI |
Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative (NESI): Prevalence of blood-borne viruses and injecting risk behaviours among people who inject drugs attending injecting equipment provision services in Scotland, 2008 to 2020 |
PHS |
April 2022 |
Annual |
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Blood Borne Viruses: Hepatitis B |
Shooting Up: infections and other injecting-related harms among people who inject drugs in the UK |
UKHSA |
March 2023 |
Annual |
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Blood Borne Viruses: HIV |
HPS |
September 2018 |
Annual |
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Bacterial Infections |
An Outbreak of Anthrax Among Drug Users in Scotland, December 2009 to December 2010 |
HPS |
December 2011 |
N/A |
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Shooting up Infections among people who inject drugs in the United Kingdom 2020 (Tables) |
UKHSA |
February 2022 |
Annual |
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Drug Related Deaths |
NRS |
August 2023 |
Annual |
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The National Drug-Related Deaths Database (Scotland) Report: Analysis of Deaths occurring in 2015 and 2016 (Tables) |
ISD |
June 2018 |
Biennial |
Treatment for Drug Misuse
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Topic |
Report |
Author |
Last Published |
Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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SDMD |
Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD) Overview of Initial Assessments for Specialist Drug Treatment 2020/21: Final report (Tables ) |
PHS |
May 2022 |
Annual |
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Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD) Report on People in Treatment – 2011/12 (Tables) |
ISD |
December 2012 |
N/A |
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Drug and Alcohol Waiting Times Database |
National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times Report October 2021 to December 2021 (Tables) |
PHS |
April 2022 |
Quarterly |
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Prescribing for Opioid Dependency
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PHS |
March 2022 |
Annual |
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Prison Healthcare Snapshot of methadone prescribing figures per prison establishment |
National Prisoners Health Network |
June 2018 |
Biannual |
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Naloxone |
PHS |
February 2024 |
Annual |
Previous ISD drug-related reports are available on the ISD Drug and Alcohol Misuse Publications Page.
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
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Cochrane Library: Browse by topic
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Evidence services: Evidence search
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidance: Find guidance
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
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