Publications
The RSA Drugs Commission publishes regular briefing papers for professionals engaged in drugs policy research and other stakeholders.
Each of these briefing papers is devoted to one facet of 'the drugs problem'. The papers follow a standard format, setting out the background to the particular area, describing current policy and practice, predicting future trends, highlighting key issues and international parallels, and flagging issues for further consideration.
Reports
March 2007
Final report: Drugs – facing facts
Executive Summary: Drugs – facing facts
Briefing Papers
February 2006
Responses to drug misuse:the criminal justice system
This paper looks at how the criminal justice system offers a response to drug misuse.
January 2006
Responses to drug misuse:treatment
This paper looks at treatment as a response to drug misuse.
December 2005
The drugs 'problem' in context
This paper looks at the drugs 'problem' in context.
November 2005
Responses to drug misuse: education and prevention
This paper considers education and prevention as responses to drug misuse.
October 2005
This paper considers the economic impact of drugs, and examines the size of the drugs industry, what the profits are and who makes them.
September 2005
The impact of drugs on communities
This paper initially considers the impact of drugs on three types of community - schools, workplaces and geographic neighbourhoods - and then focuses on the issues involved in countering this impact on neighbourhoods.
July 2005
The impact of drugs on individuals and families
What is the physical and psychological impact of drug use on individuals and their families in the UK?
June 2005
The demand for drugs in the UK
What leads people to use drugs? What drugs are used? How prevalent is the use of drugs? Who uses them?
May 2005
Who supplies drugs within the UK? How do they obtain them? How do they supply them? What profits are to be made? What efforts are made to interdict supply? Are these efforts effective and cost-effective? How could they be made more effective?
