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Assessing the validity of recent estimates of problematic drug use in England

Author(s) -

Martin Frisher,

Alasdair Forsyth

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

journal of epidemiology and community health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692

H-Index - 170

eISSN - 1470-2738

pISSN - 0143-005X

DOI - 10.1136/jech.2008.076844

Subject(s) - medicine , drug , government (linguistics) , new england , environmental health , demography , psychiatry , law , politics , political science , linguistics , philosophy , sociology

The Home Office has recently published estimates which, for the first time, provide a "robust national estimate" of the number of problematic drug users in England. The 2004/05 and 2005/06 estimates are the highest estimates ever produced for England and coincide with the highest ever government annual expenditure on combating illicit drug use.

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