http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/id/eprint/11888 2017-04-13T09:44:25Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/11888/ National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI) Lynn, Ena Lyons, Suzi Ireland Drugs and alcohol related mortality / death Epidemiology To ensure complete (90%) and accurate (95%) reporting for drug and alcohol-related deaths among substance users in order to inform policy and practice in the harm reduction and prevention areas. The purposes of having such data are manifold: - Accurate information on drug and alcohol-related deaths and deaths among substance users would enable us to make a judgement on whether broad policy objectives are being met or not. - It would inform Local Drugs Task Forces and Regional Drugs Task Forces on specific prevention, treatment and rehabilitation issues that would be of relevance at community level. - It would inform decision-making in terms of putting preventive measures in place to reduce premature drug and alcohol-related mortality. - It would enable us to determine the balance of harm to public health by drug type. 2005-09 Research Project NonPeerReviewed Lynn, Ena <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Lynn=3AEna=3A=3A.html> and Lyons, Suzi <http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/view/people/Lyons=3ASuzi=3A=3A.html> (2005) National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI). info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage