DS Daily - 2nd December 2010 |
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Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
[Parliament, UK]
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
What will the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill do? [Home Office, UK]
New plans to overhaul alcohol licensing regime
People will be given greater control over alcohol licensing decisions from next year as the government moves to reclaim high streets for sensible law abiding drinkers [Home Office, UK]
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
Schedule 16: Temporary Class Drug Orders (amends the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to introduce a temporary banning power) [Parliament, UK]
May proposes immediate ban on legal highs
An immediate temporary ban on suspected legal highs is among measures unveiled in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill [Children & Young People Now, UK]
The Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations
The Social Security Advisory Committee report, in which they conclude "the evidence we have seen suggests that, over time, these changes will serve to further exclude low-income households from all but the most economically disadvantaged areas of the country " (para 6.3, page 26) [Social Security Advisory Committee, UK]
Housing benefit reforms should not go ahead, warned government advisers
Experts said welfare shakeup could increase crime and homelessness and force poor families to move to deprived areas [Guardian, UK]
In Prison Again
Mr Clarke also revealed that he has swallowed whole the 'French Connection' myth about the supposed physical dangers of ceasing to take heroin - Peter Hitchens [Daily Mail, UK]
Final Connections Project Update
The project culminated in a conference in London and the production and dissemination of four research reports which are listed as PDFs [Connections, UK]
Understanding the route to and from hospital for underage drinkers on the Wirral
Data extraction and case note analysis highlighted a number of key findings [Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK]
An evaluation of the Young Person’s Alcohol Intervention Programme
Final Report [Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK]
Investigating drinking behaviours and alcohol knowledge amongst people resident in Linacre and Derby
An updated evaluation of It’s Your Choice. Interim Report [Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK]
Push to 'set example' in new drink-drive limit
Safety experts have urged Scotland to use its new powers to "set an example" by cutting the drink-driving limit [The Scotsman, UK]
MPs call for drink-drive limit to be reduced to almost zero
The drink-drive limit should be slashed to almost zero but police should not be given powers for random breath tests, according to MPs [Daily Mail, UK]
The myths of 24-hour drinking
The Licensing Act 2003 has had terrible press but no-one is demanding a return to the old days. If anything, today's Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill simply hangs a few coalition horse brasses on the beams of the existing legislation - Mark Easton [BBC, UK]
The end of binge Britain?
Half of all pubs and clubs could give up late licences as Government plans £4,500 levy [Daily Mail, UK]
Young and jobless
The number of young long-term jobless in Britain has almost doubled in the last two years according to new analysis of official unemployment figures - Mark Easton [BBC, UK]
A healthy nudge? No, shock us to our souls
Tackling alcoholism and drug abuse needs more than a nudge: it requires a spiritual reawakening [Guardian, UK]
Use of prescribed drugs to treat alcohol addiction
The main types of drug used in the treatment of alcohol addiction are listed [Irish Medical Times]
What is a drugs task force?
If you are interested in finding out exactly what a Drugs Task Force actually does, read on ... [Drugs.ie]
Police 'undermine' public health efforts: report
Ottawa police may undermine harm-reduction efforts when they seize or destroy the same crack pipes and syringes given to prostitutes by the city or community organizations, according to the report [Ottawa Citizen, Canada]
Safe injection sites will open with or without permission
Addiction support groups are preparing to open safe-injection sites for drug addicts in Montreal and Quebec City next June, even if the province doesn't approve them [The Gazette, Canada]
World AIDS Day, 2010
Message from the Director [NIDA, USA]
The NSDUH Report - HIV/AIDS and Substance Use
About one in six individuals with HIV/AIDS had used an illicit drug intravenously in their lifetime [SAMHSA, USA]
Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
PATH services are for people with serious mental illness, including those with co-occurring substance use disorders, who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless [SAMHSA, USA]
A guide to reviewing and developing alcohol, tobacco and other drug resources for young people
[Prepared by the Australian Drug Foundation in partnership with the Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT and the ACT alcohol, tobacco and other drug sector]
Youth squad to hit streets in war on booze
First the City of Melbourne wanted red and yellow cards issued to unruly nightclub patrons, then it put CCTV monitoring vans on CBD streets and now it will send out a "youth squad" to help intoxicated clubbers in the city [The Age, Australia]
Access to HIV services is a right for drug users
An estimated 16 million people across the world inject drugs, with over two-fifths, or around 3 million people, of these living with HIV [UNODC]
Tajikistan is the first line of defence in stemming Afghan drugs, says UNODC Executive Director
As part of his visit to West and Central Asia, Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of UNODC yesterday met with Tajikistan officials to discuss increased cooperation to tackle drug trafficking [UNODC]