By The NHS Information Centre (2012)
Category: Illegal Drugs
By the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
This resource provides information and links to relevant documents regarding the 8 drug strategy outcomes.
By The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (2012)
The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, in conjunction with the Home Office and the Department of Health, has developed a Value for Money (VFM) model for evaluating cost effectiveness in relation to the previous drug strategy. The VFM model approximates the crime prevention and health improvement benefits of treatment and recovery.
This report portrays a detailed explanation of how estimates were calculated for the crime component of the VFM model. It focuses upon the economic/compulsive relationship as a key explanation for drug related crime. This relationship illustrates the ability of drug addicted individuals to develop a tolerance through daily compulsive use, which can result in an expensive addiction. It estimates that drug treatment and recovery systems in England may have prevented approximately 4.9m crimes in 2010-2011, saving society an estimated £960m in costs to the public, businesses, the criminal justice system and the National Health Service.
By the Centre for Public Health, University of Liverpool (2012)
The European Survey Project on Alcohol and Drugs (ESPAD) is conducted every four years and collects comparable data on trends in substance use among 15-16 year old school pupils across Europe. This briefing presents a focused summary of key results for the UK from the 2011 survey that was undertaken on behalf of the UK by the Centre for Public Health.
Click here to view the briefing from the Centre for Public Health