Including a call for the NHS and social services to address stigma issues, some of the key statistics from the Chief Medical Officer for England's report, European data on drugs and people who go to prison, drink driving offences in Great Britain, a comparison between drink driving and drug driving in those who use substances, football and alcohol offences, Lithuania as a source of methamphetamine in the UK, and the recovery rate of those using IAPT services who are diagnosed with alcohol problems.

1. 10 things about
alcohol and other
drugs you may have
missed
19 September 2014
Andrew Brown
Director of Policy, Influence and Engagement
DrugScope
@andrewbrown365

2. “A cultural change is required within
the NHS and social care
organisations to combat stigma and
discrimination against people with
addiction problems, and to ensure
equity of care and delivery of
effective interventions to address
addiction problems and related
health problems.
“Active participation of all healthcare
staff is crucial to discharge
responsibilities of duty of care – both
duty to detect and duty to act.”
Photo by Flikr user UK in Japan- FCO
Source: Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2013, Public Mental Health Priorities: Investing in the Evidence

3. Addictions, dependence and substance abuse –
Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2013
• Alcohol consumption in England has doubled in the
last 60 years, with a fivefold increase in deaths from
alcohol-related diseases such as liver cirrhosis.
• Only 6% of people with alcohol dependence access
treatment.
• There were 8.4 opiate and/or crack users per 1,000 of
population in England in 2011/12.
• 33% of the prison population has a history of heroin
use compared to less than 1% of the general
population.
Key Statistics
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chief-medical-officer-cmo-annual-report-public-mental-health

4. Estimated number of opiate users and
rate (thousands) population, England
(2004-2012)
9
8.5
8
7.5
7
6.5
290,000
285,000
280,000
275,000
270,000
265,000
260,000
255,000
250,000
245,000
240,000
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Opiate rate per 1,000 population
Number of Opiate users
Number of opiate users (95% CI) Opiate rate per 1,000 population (95% CI)
Source: Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2013, Public Mental Health Priorities: Investing in the Evidence

5. “Estimates
suggest that
half the
prisoners in
the EU have a
history of drug
use, many with
problematic
injecting drug
use.”
Source: http://www.euro.who.int/en/publications/abstracts/prisons-and-health

6. Estimated number of reported
drink drive accidents in Great
Britain 1979-2012
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Fatal
Serious
Slight
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras51-reported-drinking-and-driving

7. Self reported drug and drink driving as a
proportion of all drivers who have taken drugs
and drunk alcohol in the last 12 months
respectively
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Drug driving Drink driving
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras51-reported-drinking-and-driving

8. 1 in 4 football-related arrests in
England in the 2013-14 season were
for alcohol offences
Violent Disorder
Public Disorder
Missile Throwing
Racist or Indecent chanting
Pitch Incursion
Alcohol Offences
Ticket touting
Possession of Offensive Weapon
Use or Possession of Fireworks or Flares
Breach of Banning Order
Offences Against Property
Source: Football-related arrests and football banning order statistics: Season 2013-14, Home Office (2014)

9. Trends in football-related arrests
2000 -2014
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Total arrests Alcohol offences
Source: Football-related arrests and football banning order statistics: Season 2013-14, Home Office (2014)

10. “In Lithuania dismantled
methamphetamine laboratories
are usually medium to large-scale
and the final product is
reportedly manufactured on
demand for further trafficking
to Nordic countries and the
United Kingdom.”
Methamphetamine manufacture: Global Patterns
and Regional Differences. UNODC
Source: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2014/September/new-trends-and-regional-differences-in-the-manufacturing-
of-methamphetamine.html

11. Recovery rate following use of use of
IAPT services, by provisional diagnosis,
2013/14
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
F40.2 - Specific (isolated phobias)
F41.1 - Generalized anxiety disorder
F45 - Somatoform disorders
F41.0 - Panic disorders
Other ICD-10 code
F42 - Obsessive compulsive disorder
F32 - Depressive disorder
F40.1 - Social phobia
Z63.4 - Disappearance and death of a family member
F41.2 - Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder
No code provided
F99 - Mental disorder, not otherwise classified
F50 - Eating disorders
F33 - Recurrent depressive disorder
F40.0 - Agoraphobia (with or without history of panic disorder
F43.1 - Post-traumatic stress disorder
F31 - Bipolar affective disorder
F10 - Mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of alcohol
Source: Psychological Therapies, Annual Report on the use of IAPT services - England, 2013-14. HSCIC (2014)