Transcript Drug Trends

Police Perspectives
and Enforcement
ACPOS Drug Strategy
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Reduce Supply
Reduce Demand
Reduce Harm
Use of Intervention & Innovation
Emerging Drugs
• BZP and “SPICE”
• MEPHEDRONE
• NAPHYRONE
Legislation
• December 2009
• April 2010
• July 2010
EMCDDA
Early Warning System
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2005 – 14 (New Substances)
2006 – 7
2007 – 15
2008 – 13
2009 – 24
Mephedrone
Emergence
• Europe – March 2008
• Scotland – April 2009
Sources
• Internet
• Headshops
• Street Level Dealer
Marketing
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Plant Food/Bath Salts
Not For Human Consumption
For Research Purposes
100% legal in UK
Research findings – “For individuals
purchasing these drugs, the name of the
product is insufficient information for
buyers to be confident as to their exact
content”
Mephedrone Recoveries
90
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10
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Apr- May- Jun- Jul-09 Aug- Sep- Oct09
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Nov- Dec- Jan09
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Feb- Mar10
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Apr- May- Jun- Jul-10
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Recoveries per Force
Central Scotland, 11
D&G, 0
Fife, 11
Gram pian, 81
L&B, 34
Strathclyde, 37
Northern, 24
Tayside, 150
Drug Deaths
• SCDEA - ACPOS database
• Definition – where there is
prima facie evidence of a fatal
overdose of controlled
drugs…..
Drug Deaths
• 2009 – 1 death ‘adverse effects
of methadone & mephedrone’
• 2010 – 4 deaths –
• 2 West of Scotland
• 2 East of Scotland
ACPOS
Drug Death Review
• Fatal Road Traffic Collisions
• Suicides
• Substances Not Controlled
Future
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Temporary Banning Orders
Export and Production
Importation
Supply
Possession with Intent to Supply
No offence for “simple”
possession