DS Daily - 5th October 2010 |
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Experts report big rise in enquiries about recreational drug mephedrone in 2009-10
The Health Protection Agency's National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) has reported a large increase in enquiries related to the recreational drug mephedrone in 2009-10 [Health Protection Agency, UK]
National Poisons Information Service
Annual Report 2009/2010 and Five Year Review - Drugs of misuse in section 4.2 [Health Protection Agency, UK]
Dodgy dossier 3: National Treatment Agency figures
The statistics of failure in the NTA annual accounts 2009/10, and 2005 outcomes research [Addiction Today, UK]
NTA treatment outcome research
Hard evidence or political spin? - Professor Neil McKeganey [Addiction Today, UK]
Parents adopting more open attitude to alcohol, drugs and sex
A third of UK parents see drugs as inevitable part of growing up and most allow children to drink at home from 13, study says [Guardian, UK]
Mev Brown: Why waging a war on drugs is futile
The battle against drugs has been lost, says Mev Brown, and he has a wealth of depressing figures to back this claim up. If what he says is true, then what should we do to tackle this enduring and always controversial problem? [The Scotsman, UK]
Wales’ top doctor backs moves for Assembly powers on alcohol pricing
Wales' leading doctor will today call for a minimum price for alcohol in a bid to address the nation’s binge drinking culture [WalesOnline, UK]
Alcohol Awareness Week
To mark the launch of Alcohol Awareness Week 2010, adults across Scotland are being asked how their drinking habits measure up and encouraged to "make every day count" [Scottish Government, UK]
Alcohol in: Oldham - Bolton - Greater Manchester
Fact sheets from [Centre for Public Health, UK]
New Fuel for Local Papers: Medical Marijuana Ads
What would happen in the many communities now allowing medical marijuana had been a subject of much hand-wringing. But few predicted this: that it would be a boon for local newspapers looking for ways to cope with the effects of the recession [New York Times, USA]
Russia proposes international drug smugglers database
Russia's State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee and the National Counternarcotics Fund held a conference on drug trafficking in Moscow on Monday. Russian deputies suggest that an international database of drug smugglers should be created [The Voice of Russia]