<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI)</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Ena</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Lynn</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Suzi</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Lyons</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>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:&#13;
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- 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.&#13;
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- 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.&#13;
- It would inform decision-making in terms of putting preventive measures in place to reduce premature drug and alcohol-related mortality.&#13;
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- It would enable us to determine the balance of harm to public health by drug type.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Ireland</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Drugs and alcohol related mortality / death</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Epidemiology</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2005-09</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Research Project</mods:genre></mods:mods>