12 things about alcohol and other drugs you may have missed

21 July 2014

Andrew BrownDirector of Policy, Influence and EngagementDrugScope

@andrewbrown365

Number of prisoners in open prisons returned to closed prisons for drink or drug use

2011-12 2012-13 2013-140

50

100

150

200

250

300

Source: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2014-07-03a.199720.h

There has been a 84% increase in the number of prisoners returned to closed prisons in the last three years as a result of drugs and alcohol.

Drugs and alcohol make up 27% of all reasons given for moving prisoners back to closed prisons - second only to ‘Other’ category (32%).

Offenders found guilty at all courts for offences relating to the Licensing Act 2003, England and Wales, 2009-13

2009 2010 2011 2012 20130

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

Source: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2014-06-30b.201058.h

There has been a steep decline in the number of people found guilty of selling alcohol to under 18 year olds over the period. From 331 in 2009 to 128 in 2013.

Similarly there has been a fall in those found guilty of proxy purchases for under 18s – 25 in 2009 to 5 in 2013.

“There are some members of organised crime groups involved in drug trafficking, human trafficking, organised illegal immigration, firearms offences, fraud, child sexual exploitation and cybercrime.”

36,600

Source: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?gid=2014-07-08a.148.1

Number of new NPS reported for the first time in Europe by year

2010 2011 2012 2013 20140

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

To May 2014

Source: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2014), EMCDDA–Europol 2013 Annual Report on the implementation of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA, Implementation reports, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.

Synthetic Cannabinoids

Twenty nine of the 81 new NPS reported to EMCDDA in 2013 were synthetic cannabinoids.

This brings the total number of synthetic cannabinoids reported since December 2008 to 104.

651

The number of websites identified by EMCDDA as selling new psychoactive substances in Europe.

Source: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2014), EMCDDA–Europol 2013 Annual Report on the implementation of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA, Implementation reports, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.

The number of people between the ages of 16-24 estimated to be using anabolic steroids in the year 2012/13

17,000

Source: Steroids and Image Enhancing Drugs 2013 Survey Results

Local Authority in England budgets for substance misuse in 2013/14

0100,000,000200,000,000300,000,000400,000,000500,000,000600,000,000

£

Source: Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2013 to 2014 individual local authority data

Note that not all local authorities submitted their forecasts, so these figures are incomplete. We expect that DCLG will publish figures on actual spend later this year.

In 2010 at least 60% of opioid users in the UK were accessing treatment. The figure was just 12% in the Netherlands and 25% in Sweden.

Source: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?gid=2014-07-08a.162.1

Drug Treatment Alcohol Treatment0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

160000

First PresentedSuccessful treatment and had not re-presented

The number of people who first presented for drug or alcohol treatment between 2010-13 and the number who successfully completed treatment and had not re-presented

Source: Social justice outcomes framework indicators, DWP (July 2014)

Number of residential drug treatment facilities in community and hospital environments

Italy

Swed

en UK

Poland

Portuga

l

Irelan

d

Slova

kia

Croatia

Austria

Belgium

Greece

Estonia

Slove

nia

Cyprus

Luxe

mbourg0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

Community residential facilities Hospital-based facilities

Over two-thirds of the 2,500 re-ported facilities in Europe are con-centrated in just six countries, each reporting over 100 facilities.

Source: Residential treatment for drug use in Europe, EMCDDA (2014)

Number of clients entering specialist outpatient and inpatient treatment in the UK in 2011

Inpatient Outpatient -

20,000.00

40,000.00

60,000.00

80,000.00

100,000.00

120,000.00

3% of people entering specialist treatment in the UK were inpatients, compare to an average 11% across Europe

Source: Residential treatment for drug use in Europe, EMCDDA (2014)

Number of residential facilities applying different treatment approaches in the UK

Therapeutic c

ommunity

12-step / M

innesota

Psychoth

erapy /

CBT

Combined0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Source: Residential treatment for drug use in Europe, EMCDDA (2014)