Statistics and More
Addiction problems and their cosequences cut across multiple government departments. Current policy updates and other useful information can be found in the Health and Social Care GOV-UK website pages.
The aim is to have accessible, high quality, effective, person-centred alcohol and drug treatment and recovery systems, judged by…
how quickly people get appointments
how close the services are to the people they serve
if services are welcoming to new people
how accessible services are for disabled people
how to provide services for people with low literacy
how responsive services are to different groups of people
There were 329,646 adults aged 18 and over in contact with drug and alcohol treatment services between April 2024 and March 2025. Just over two-fifths (42%) of adults in treatment were there for problems with opiates. People in treatment for alcohol alone make up the second largest group (30%) of adults in treatment. There was an increase in the proportion of adults entering treatment in 2024 to 2025 with ketamine problems (from 2.3% in 2023 to 2024 to 3.2% this year).
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The European Union Drugs Agency, EUDA, compiles the European Drug Report 2025: Trends and Developments which presents the EUDA’s latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe. Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report provides a comprehensive set of national data across these themes, as well as on specialist drug treatment and key harm reduction interventions. There are many pages of data to view.
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