Transcript Drug Situation

Drug Situation
M Farrell
Issues
• Focus on data quality control
• System for source and method of
calculation for figures
• Validation of data input
• Information and reporting on survey
methods
• Support analysis of data
• New focus on custodial settings
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Surveys of drug availability
Historical data on drug law offences
Analyse data on drug couriers
Treatment coverage
Indicator working groups
Views
• Breadth of issues coverage
• Need to look at longer term issues arising out of
falling response rates to social surveys
internationally
• Viability of estimating drug consumption
• What does conceptualise framework for
obtaining an overview of the health
consequences
• Also look at drug related mortality after custodial
settings etc
Views
• Birth cohort analysis productive
possibilities
• Need to distinguish what are more
exploratory and what would expect well
defined product and outcome