Introduction
This annual publication presents the latest available
information from a range of national data sources relevant to drug
misuse. This report and previous publications are available on the
national drugs misuse information web site at www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/dmss.
This year there are four main sections:
A Prevalence of drug misuse
This section includes information from national surveys on
reported drug use.
B Services and treatment for drug misusers.
This section includes information on individuals presenting to
drug treatment services and on prescription statistics.
C Health impact of drug misuse.
This section includes information on inpatients and day cases
discharged from general hospitals, blood-borne viruses, discharges
from psychiatric hospitals, information from general practice and
drug-related deaths in Scotland.
D Drugs and criminal justice.
This section includes information on drug-related offences and
court proceedings, criminal justice social work and drug misuse and
treatment in Scottish prisons.
Thanks are given to the organisations who supplied the
information presented in this publication. Contact details for
these organisations can be found on the contacts page.
Substance Misuse Information Strategy Team
The Substance Misuse Information Strategy Team, part of the
Information Services Division (ISD Scotland), NHS Scotland, has
produced this report. The team:
- provides information to support Drug Action Teams, Local
Authorities, NHS boards, specialist drug services, the Scottish
Government 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.
- 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 to organisations
and individuals who wish to use the data relating to drug misuse
collected by ISD Scotland. For further information please phone
0131 275 6794 or e-mail substancemisuse@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk.
Contact
Stephen Pavis (Assistant Head of Group, Epidemiology and
Statistics)
0131 275 6670
stephen.pavis@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk
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