Contents:
1 Steering Group launches report on a national substance misuse strategy
3 Steering Group’s recommendations on minimum pricing, marketing and sponsorship
5 Trends in treated problem drug use in Ireland 2005–2010
6 BYAP marks its 30th year with launch of two reports
7 To prohibit or not to prohibit – that is no longer the question
8 EU drug policies under review in 2012
9 Drugnet digest
9 British–Irish Council discusses recovery from problem drug use
10 Politicians and the drugs debate – six years on
10 HSE plans to maximise efficiencies
12 Funding drugs services in a recession
13 Thirteenth annual Service of Commemoration and Hope
14 Study findings on opiate substitution programme for adolescents
15 Detoxification: the evidence on setting and intervention
16 CRA, ACRA and CRAFT: a brief review of the evidence
17 Implementing needle exchange programmes: the evidence base
18 Evaluating the Strengthening Families Programme
19 The lived experience of those on methadone maintenance in Dublin North East
20 Legal update 2011
21 Launch of Ana Liffey Strategic Plan 2012–2014
22 Changing patterns of drug use impact on services and communities
23 Social exclusion and crime
23 Mandatory minimum sentencing
25 In brief
26 From Drugnet Europe
27 Recent publications
28 Upcoming events