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States of the nation. Andy McNicoll Communications Officer, DrugScope. What we’ll cover. The drugs landscape The usual suspects Heroin and crack Cannabis Stimulant market ‘New’ kids on the block Mephedrone Ketamine GBL/GHB Emerging ‘legal highs’. ‘Problem drug use’. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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States of the nationAndy McNicollCommunications Officer, DrugScope
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What we’ll cover•The drugs landscape •The usual suspects▫Heroin and crack ▫Cannabis▫Stimulant market
• ‘New’ kids on the block▫Mephedrone▫Ketamine▫GBL/GHB▫Emerging ‘legal highs’
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‘Problem drug use’•Estimated 328,267 opiate
and/or crack users•173,487 in treatment in 08/09•1 in 4 report housing problem
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‘The Trainspotting generation’
•Ageing heroin-using population▫03/04 - 28% of clients 35+▫08/09 - 42% of clients 35+
•Challenges for services•End of Trainspotting generation?
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Other trends
•Street benzo use▫Used to “top up” poor heroin▫Legitimate pills diverted from EU▫Counterfeits from Asia/internet
•Subutex use▫Popular in prisons▫Didn’t show up in prison drug tests
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Estimated number of 16 to 59 year olds who report using a drug in the last year 2008/09
Source: Home Office (2009) Drug misuse declared: findings from the 2008/09 British Crime Survey
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Cannabis
•Approx 1 in 3 (31%) of adults have tried it•Made Class B in 2009•Different types:▫Cannabis resin▫ ‘Traditional herbal’ cannabis ▫Skunk
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UK cannabis market
Quantity of drugs seized by police forces 2004 2005 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09
Resin cannabis (kg) 14,968 3,738 2,305 2,632 6,082
Cannabis plants (numbers) 77,124 203,374 344,360 508,640 643,296
Source: Home Office (2009) Drug seizures in England and Wales
Source: Home Office (2008) Cannabis potency study
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Industrial strength?
•1998: UK average potency (THC) 7-9%•2008: UK average potency (THC) 12-14%
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Stimulant use...1990s 2000s 2010 and beyond...
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Powder power in the 2000s...% of 16 to 24 year olds reporting having used a drug in the last year
Source: Home Office (2009) Drug misuse declared findings from the 2008/09 BCS
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Powder power in the 2000s...Average purity of cocaine seized 2003-2009
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Mephedrone• Rise coincided with low quality
coke & scarcity of MDMA. • March 2009
• Popular among ‘psychonauts’• Cheap,available & effective • Effects similar to cocaine/E
• April 2010• Made Class B drug• Reports of hospital admissions• ‘Linked to’ 20+ deaths
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From Shanghai to Skegness...
• Created in 2004 by ‘psychonaut’ chemist
• Made in Chinese labs▫1kg wholesale for £2,600
• Sold online and in headshops▫Profit margin for websites
£7,500 per kilo• Opened door to ‘online’ dealing• 24 hour a day delivery
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What’s next?
•NRG-1 ▫Marketed as naphyrone
•But what is actually in it?▫MDPV?▫Mephedrone?▫Methylone?
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Ketamine
• Class C since 2005• ‘Dissociative anaesthetic’• Trends in 2009:
• Still popular and available• Some injecting users• Evidence of bladder
damage• Dependence
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GHB/GBL• Liquid solvents dubbed ‘liquid
ecstasy’• GHB - Class C from 2003• GBL – made Class C in Jan 2010
• 2009 – addiction/withdrawal cases:▫ Similar to alcohol dependency▫Detox in hospitals near ICUs▫Dedicated detox service setup at
Maudsley hospital
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It’s in the mix...•Polydrug use•2009 Druglink survey▫ ‘Junk food’ drug market▫Low quality reported
across the board▫Pick ‘n mix use of a
range of drugs
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Spot the difference...
mephedrone
flephedrone
Naphyrone)
VSVS
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World wired web...• Internet the ‘future of
drug dealing’?•What’s next?▫Return of £10 pill?▫LSD?▫Myriad ‘legal’ white
powders...
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•Andy McNicoll, communications officer, [email protected]