About Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2002

This publication presents the latest available information on drug misuse drawing from a wide range of national data sources: national surveys; the Home Office; the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health; the Crime and Criminal Justice Unit at the Scottish Executive and ISD Scotland.

The information has been grouped within the following subject headings.

Health impact of drug misuse
Services and treatment for drug misusers
Drug education in schools
Prevalence of drug misuse
Drugs and criminal justice

Thanks are given to all the organisations supplying the information presented in this publication. Contact details can be found later in the publication.

Drug Misuse Information Strategy Team

The Drug Misuse Information Strategy Team, which produced this publication, are part of the ISD Scotland (ISD) Scotland within NHSScotland.

The team:

• provides information support to Drug Action Teams, Local Authorities, NHS boards, specialist drug services, the Scottish Executive, and others;
• manages the Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD), and ensures the effective and appropriate exploitation of other relevant data collected by ISD, e.g. hospital inpatient data;
• develops expertise in the use of available data to produce robust performance and activity indicators to monitor the impact of national and local policies; and
• supports the research and analytical work of other organisations, subject to general strategic priorities and ethical and legal considerations.

The team also provides an information service (ad hoc service) to organisations and individuals who wish to use the data relating to drug misuse collected by ISD Scotland. For further information please contact 0131 551 8715 or e-mail sdmd@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk or visit the website at www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org.

Contact

Elaine Parry (Senior Information Officer) phone: 0131 551 8715 e-mail elaine.parry@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk

National Statistics releases from ISD

Information presented in this publication from ISD is derived from data sources which are classed as National Statistics releases. Further details on National Statistics are available.