This includes data on opiate and crack use in the UK, mental health and drugs and alcohol, hepatitis C, and alcohol as a cause of hospitalisation

1. 9 things about
alcohol and other
drugs you may have
missed
29 July 2014
Andrew Brown
Director of Policy, Influence and Engagement
DrugScope
@andrewbrown365

2. Modelled heroin and crack using population in
England showing proportion estimated to be in
treatment
Taken from:
Morgan, N. The
heroin epidemic
of the 1980s and
1990s and its
effect on crime
trends - then and
now, Home
Office (2014)

3. Average number of acquisitive
crimes per opiate/crack user per
year
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Out-of-treatment
In-treatment
Out-of-treatment
In-treatment
Out-of-treatment
In-treatment
NTORS
(1995-
2000)
DTORS
(2006-
2007)
Coidetal.
(2000)
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-heroin-epidemic-of-the-1980s-
and-1990s-and-its-effect-on-crime-trends-then-and-now
NB - The Drug
Treatment Outcomes
Research Study (DTORS)
found that drug
treatment was cost-
beneficial. They
reported that for every
£1 spent, an estimated
£2.50 was saved and
structured drug
treatment has around
an 80 per cent
chance of being cost-
beneficial at the
individual level.
Source:
http://www.dtors.org.uk/reports/DT
ORS_CostEffect_Summary.pdf

4. Number of adults convicted
of drug offences, 2000-12
0.00
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000 2000
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Averagenumberofre-offencesperre-offender
Numberofoffendersincohort
Average number of re-offences per re-offender - right axis
Number of offenders - left axis
1 in 4
people
who were
convicted of a
drug offence
in England
re-offended
in that year
Source:
https://www.gov.uk/government/
publications/proven-reoffending-
statistics-quarterly-statistics-july-
2011-to-june-2012

5. Number of young people convicted
for drug offences, 2000 - 2012
2.20
2.30
2.40
2.50
2.60
2.70
2.80
2.90
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000 2000
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Averagenumberofre-offencesperre-offender
Numberofoffendersincohort
Average number of re-offences per re-offender - right axis
Number of offenders - left axis
1 in 3 young
people
convicted of a
drug offence
in England re-
offended in
that year
Source:
https://www.gov.uk/governme
nt/publications/proven-
reoffending-statistics-quarterly-
statistics-july-2011-to-june-
2012

6. Presence of co-morbidity in drug
and alcohol services
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Schizophrenia
Bipolar affective disorder
Non-specific psychosis
Personality disorder
Affective and anxiety disorders
Severe depression
Mild depression
Severe anxiety
Alcohol services Drug services
Source: Department of Health (England) and the devolved administrations (2007). Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on
Clinical Management. London: Department of Health (England), the Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly Government and
Northern Ireland Executive

7. Risk factor information in laboratory
reports of hepatitis C from England:
1996-2013
Injecting drug use
91%
Injecting drug use
Transfusion
Blood product recipient
Sexual exposure
Renal failure
Vertical (mother to baby) or
Household
Occupational
Other

8. Numbers of people with hepatitis C (HCV) and
hospital admissions for end-stage liver
disease (ESLD) in England 1998-2013
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
Individuals with HCV-related ESLD - right axis Individuals with HCV - left axis

9. Hepatitis C positive status of currently
injecting or previously injecting adults in
drug treatment
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

10. Wholly and partially attributable
admissions to hospital via A&E in
England since 2009
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Partially alcohol
attributable fractions for
admissions to hospital via
A&E
Wholly alcohol
attributable fractions
admissions to hospital via
A&E
Source: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2014-07-08a.204021.h