Cover Story

Pathways through treatment 1

Special Theme

Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Risk factors for death among MMT patients 5

On and off methadone substitution treatment:

risks of mortality 6

Policy and legislation

Next National Drugs Strategy under development 8

What’s in a drugs strategy? 10

Help not Harm symposium 12

Terminology and information on drugs 13

Prevalence and current situation

Health in Ireland: key trends 2015 13

Misuse and dependence on

codeine-containing medicines 16

The internet and drug markets 17

The drugs market and intimidation 19

Responses

17th annual Service of Commemoration and Hope 21

A community partnership for tackling hepatitis C 22

Take-home naloxone 22

Services

HRB National Drugs Library 24

Coolmine launches new strategy, 2016–2018 25

HSE national service plan 2016 26

TUSLA priorities for 2016 28

Updates

Recent publications 30