Cover Story

Drugs policy in the new programme for government p.1

Policy and legis lation

National Drugs Strategy: progress in 2015 p.4

What are human rights p.? 5

Drug users’ human rights p.6

Human rights and drug policy – international perspectives p.8

Human rights, equality and the National Drugs Strategy p.9

After UNGASS 2016 p.10

Prevalence and current si tuation

European drug trends 2016 p.12

Drug and alcohol trends in Blanchardstown p.14

HIV infection among homeless people who inject drugs p.15

National Registry of Deliberate Self-Harm – Annual Report 2014 p.16

Frequent attenders at a Dublin inner-city emergency department p.18

EU drug markets report 2016 p.19

The quality of crime statistics p.20

Responses

Drug treatment courts p.22

Psychological health of heroin-dependent teenagers in treatment p.23

Modelling OST outcomes with urinalysis and DAIS data p.25

Women and methadone maintenance treatment p.26

Shared measurement of personal outcomes in recovery p.26

Community mobilisation and local alcohol action plans: an evaluation p.27

Services

Service users’ rights p.29

New app for drug information p.29

Up dates

Recent publications p.30