Acronyms

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

ALDP

Ana Liffey Drug Project

AOD

Alcohol and other drugs

AUDIT

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test

BAC

Blood Alcohol Concentration

BZP

Benzylpiperazine

CAB

Criminal Assets Bureau

CAGE

Cut-down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener

CBT

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

CDLE

Customs Drug Law Enforcement

CE

Community Employment

CIDI

Composite International Diagnostic Interview

CSO

Central Statistics Office

CTL

Central Treatment List

DSM

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

DTC

Drug Treatment Court

DTF

Drugs Task Force

DUID

Driving Under the Influence of Drugs

DUMP

Dispose of Unused Medications Properly

EUDA

European Union Drugs Agency

ESPAD

European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs

ETS

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

EU

European Union

EUROPOL

European Union law enforcement agency

FAS

Fetal (Foetal) alcohol syndrome

FSL

Forensic Science Laboratory

GABA

Gamma-aminobutyric acid

GBL

Gamma butyrolactone

GMR

General Mortality Register

GMS

General Medical Services

GNDOCB

Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau

GP

General practitioner

GYDP

Garda Youth Diversion Projects

HCV

Hepatitis C Virus

HIPE

Hospital In-Patient Enquiry scheme

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

HBSC

Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey

HPSC

Health Protection Surveillance Centre

HRB

Health Research Board

HSE

Health Service Executive

ICD

International Classification of Diseases

ICGP

Irish College of General Practitioners

IDO

Intentional Drug Overdose

IPRT

Irish Penal Reform Trust

IPS

Irish Prison Service

LGBT

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender

LDTF

Local drugs task force

LTI

Local Training Initiative

MAST

Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test

MBRS

Medical Bureau of Road Safety

MDA

Misuse of Drugs Act

MDMA

3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as ecstasy

MDT

Mandatory Drug Testing

MI

Motivational Interviewing

MOF

Multi-organ failure

MQI

Merchants Quay Ireland

MTP

Methadone Treatment Protocol

NAS

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

NCPE

National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics

NDRDI

National Drug-Related Deaths Index

NDRF

National Drugs Rehabilitation Framework

NDRIC

National Drugs Rehabilitation Implementation Committee

NDS

National Drugs Strategy

NDTRS

National Drug Treatment Reporting System

NESC

National Economic and Social Council

NEPS

National Educational Psychological Service

NHIS

National Health Information Systems

NICE

National Institute For Health And Care Excellence

NOSP

National Office for Suicide Prevention

NPIC

National Poisons Information Centre

NPIRS

National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System

NSRF

National Suicide Research Foundation

NVRL

National Virus Reference Laboratory

NYCI

National Youth Council of Ireland

PCP

Phencyclidine

PERK

Prevention Evaluation Resource Kit

PQ

Parliamentary Question

PULSE

Police Using Leading Systems

QuADS

Quality Standards in Alcohol and Drugs Services

RDTF

Regional drugs task force

ROSIE

Research Outcome Study in Ireland

RTC

Road traffic collision

SFP

Strengthening Families Program

SLAN

Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland

TD

Teachta Dála (Member of Parliament)

TDI

Treatment Demand Indicator

THC

Tetrahydrocannabinol

WHO

World Health Organization