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Including a call for the NHS and social services to address stigma issues, some of the key statistics from the Chief Medical Officer for England's report, European data on drugs and people who go to prison, drink driving offences in Great Britain, a comparison between drink driving and drug driving in those who use substances, football and alcohol offences, Lithuania as a source of methamphetamine in the UK, and the recovery rate of those using IAPT services who are diagnosed with alcohol problems.
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10 things about alcohol and other drugs you may have missed
19 September 2014
Andrew BrownDirector of Policy, Influence and EngagementDrugScope
@andrewbrown365
“A cultural change is required within the NHS and social care organisations to combat stigma and discrimination against people with addiction problems, and to ensure equity of care and delivery of effective interventions to address addiction problems and related health problems.
“Active participation of all healthcare staff is crucial to discharge responsibilities of duty of care – both duty to detect and duty to act.”
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Source: Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2013, Public Mental Health Priorities: Investing in the Evidence
• Alcohol consumption in England has doubled in the last 60 years, with a fivefold increase in deaths from alcohol-related diseases such as liver cirrhosis.
• Only 6% of people with alcohol dependence access treatment.
• There were 8.4 opiate and/or crack users per 1,000 of population in England in 2011/12.
• 33% of the prison population has a history of heroin use compared to less than 1% of the general population.
Addictions, dependence and substance abuse – Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2013
Key S
tati
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s
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chief-medical-officer-cmo-annual-report-public-mental-health
Estimated number of opiate users and rate (thousands) population, England (2004-2012)
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12240,000
245,000
250,000
255,000
260,000
265,000
270,000
275,000
280,000
285,000
290,000
6.5
7
7.5
8
8.5
9
Number of opiate users (95% CI) Opiate rate per 1,000 population (95% CI)
Num
ber o
f Opi
ate
user
s
Opi
ate
rate
per
1,0
00 p
opul
ation
Source: Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2013, Public Mental Health Priorities: Investing in the Evidence
“Estimates suggest that half the prisoners in the EU have a history of drug use, many with problematic injecting drug use.”
Source: http://www.euro.who.int/en/publications/abstracts/prisons-and-health
Estimated number of reported drink drive accidents in Great Britain 1979-2012
19791981
19831985
19871989
19911993
19951997
19992001
20032005
20072009
20110
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
FatalSeriousSlight
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras51-reported-drinking-and-driving
Self reported drug and drink driving as a proportion of all drivers who have taken drugs and drunk alcohol in the last 12 months respectively
2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/130.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
Drug driving Drink driving
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras51-reported-drinking-and-driving
1 in 4 football-related arrests in England in the 2013-14 season were for alcohol offences
Violent Disorder
Public Disorder
Missile Throwing
Racist or Indecent chanting
Pitch Incursion
Alcohol Offences
Ticket touting
Possession of Offensive Weapon
Use or Possession of Fireworks or Flares
Breach of Banning Order
Offences Against Property
Source: Football-related arrests and football banning order statistics: Season 2013-14, Home Office (2014)
Trends in football-related arrests 2000 -2014
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
Total arrests Alcohol offences
Source: Football-related arrests and football banning order statistics: Season 2013-14, Home Office (2014)
“In Lithuania dismantled methamphetamine laboratories are usually medium to large-scale and the final product is reportedly manufactured on demand for further trafficking to Nordic countries and the United Kingdom.”
Methamphetamine manufacture: Global Patterns and Regional Differences. UNODC
Source: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2014/September/new-trends-and-regional-differences-in-the-manufacturing-of-methamphetamine.html
Recovery rate following use of use of IAPT services, by provisional diagnosis, 2013/14
F10 - Mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of alcohol
F31 - Bipolar affective disorder
F43.1 - Post-traumatic stress disorder
F40.0 - Agoraphobia (with or without history of panic disorder
F33 - Recurrent depressive disorder
F50 - Eating disorders
F99 - Mental disorder, not otherwise classified
No code provided
F41.2 - Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder
Z63.4 - Disappearance and death of a family member
F40.1 - Social phobia
F32 - Depressive disorder
F42 - Obsessive compulsive disorder
Other ICD-10 code
F41.0 - Panic disorders
F45 - Somatoform disorders
F41.1 - Generalized anxiety disorder
F40.2 - Specific (isolated phobias)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Source: Psychological Therapies, Annual Report on the use of IAPT services - England, 2013-14. HSCIC (2014)
