A national helpline would sit alongside a website and act as a single trusted resource for patients on managing prescribed drugs dependence, coping strategies and support for carers and family members. It would also provide a service that doctors could signpost patients to when they need support. Provide free and confidential support to people experiencing issues with drugs & alcohol. IPS Into Work is a free and confidential support service with a dedicated team to help you build your skills through training and work experience, find paid work or help if you’re at risk of losing your job.
Drug misuse in England and Wales: year ending June 2022
- For queries or advice about 60+ and Senior Citizen SmartPasses (which can be used to get concessionary travel on public transport), contact Smartpass – Translink.
- Despite the self-completion methodology of the survey, which is intended to encourage honest answers, disclosure issues still exist around willingness to report drug use.
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The CSEW does not cover some small groups, which is potentially important, given that they may have relatively high rates of drug use. Notably these groups include homeless people and those living in certain institutions, such as prisons. The CSEW data for the year ending March 2023 are not National Statistics and caution must be taken when using these data. Those with household incomes of less than £10,400 per year were more likely to use any drug in the last year (13.6%), and in particular cannabis (11.6%), than those with higher incomes. The only exception in both instances being those earning between £10,400 and £20,800 (Figure 6).
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- Teach your child about the effects of drugs and make sure they’re aware of the risks.
- Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol & Drugs get help if someone in your family is or has been affected by drug use.
- There is also always a risk of poisoning, having a bad reaction, or drinking or taking too much.
Released 20 July 2023 Crime statistics are produced by multiple departments across government. The aim of this guide is to collate the main sources of crime statistics, broken down by potential areas of interest, to provide a more efficient way to find the crime statistics needed. In the year ending March 2023, an estimated 2.3% of people aged 16 to 59 years were frequent drug users (approximately 770,000), similar to the year ending March 2020 (2.1%).
In the short-term, a young person’s mood might change while they’re drinking or taking drugs. Mixing drugs, including controlled drugs and NPS increases the risks to your health even more. Your GP is an essential first point of contact if you’re concerned about medication dependence. They can refer you to local support services, provide advice on tapering these medications or consider alternative treatment options, and support you in managing your condition. Controlled drugs are classed according to their relative degree of overall harm from misuse. The class of drug a person is caught possessing, supplying or producing affects the severity of the offence.
Gambling takes many different forms, for example, betting on sports, card games (poker and blackjack) drugs slot machines, National Lottery, Bingo and famous horse races such as the Grand National. According to the nhs.uk, there could be as many as 593,000 problem gamblers in Great Britain. A space for informal yet informed conversation on drug-related issues in Scotland brought to you by Scottish Drugs Forum.
