Cover Story

1 Drug-related deaths and deaths among drug users, 2012

4 16th annual Service of Commemoration and Hope

Policy and legislation

4 How does Ireland's drugs policy compare with others?

6 Women and non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD)

7 The challenge of controlling new psychoactive substances (NPS)

8 Financing drug policy during the recession

9 Towards UNGASS 2016

Prevalence and current situation

10 Adolescents and parental substance misuse

11 National Poisons Information Centre annual report 2013

Consequences

11 Overdose ‘hot spots’ in Dublin

Responses

13 ‘Alcohol – starting the conversation and finding solutions’

13 Sentencing in drug cases

Services

14 'Boxing Clever' evaluation report - photo of launch

15 Ana Liffey strategic plan 2015-2017

16 HSE National Service Plan 2015

18 Youth programmes reviewed

19 It’s ‘Talk Time – what women want’

Updates

20 EMCDDA Perspectives on Drugs

21 From Drugnet Europe

22 Recent publications

24 An update from the EU Early Warning System (EMCDDA, March 2015)