DS Daily - 23rd December 2011 |
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Strengthening Partnerships to Tackle Multiple Needs and Exclusions
Making Every Adult Matter would like to invite you to one of their upcoming regional learning events. They will each focus on developing locally coordinated approaches for supporting individuals with multiple needs and exclusions - event flyer | MEAM, UK
Recovery innovations in Yorkshire and Humberside
As part of the 'Models of Recovery' Project, Dr David Best evaluated eight examples of innovation and best practice across Yorkshire & the Humber – this report details his work and outlines his findings. Full report via | NTA, UK
Out of the so-called bonfire rises a grotesque new super quango - Public Health England
Kathy Gyngell - I wasn’t much surprised to read that the much heralded bonfire of the health quangos is never to be. We heard yesterday that the whole lot of them - from the Health Protection Agency to the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse are morphing into one grotesque new super quango: Public Health England | Daily Mail, UK
Comment from NTA on article by Kathy Gyngell
Jon Hibbs, NTA - National statistics show 27,969 people left drug treatment free of dependency in 2010-11, an annual increase of 18% that reflects the government's Drug Strategy goal to enable more people to recover from addiction to illegal drugs. Of the 255,556 unique individuals who entered a drug treatment programme for the first time since April 2005, mainly for heroin addiction, 71,887 (28%) were successful in overcoming their addiction and have not come back into the system. If Kathy can point to a comparable record anywhere else in the world, the NTA would be very interested to hear about it. Jon Hibbs | NTA, UK
Dead at 47: homeless people are exposed to much worse than cold
Comment by Rosanna O’Connor, Director of Delivery, National Treatment Agency: The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) would not dispute the links between homelessness and drug addiction, but does challenge your claim that “waiting lists for help with addiction are frustratingly lengthy”? The Crisis report calls for more help for homeless people with drug and alcohol problems but does not actually provide any evidence that there is a shortfall in treatment services| Guardian, UK
"Hazardous" drinking in minor injuries unit similar to that of emergency care
The number and profile of “hazardous” drinkers turning up to an urban minor injuries unit is similar to that seen in emergency care, suggesting these units may be equally suitable for targeted interventions on alcohol, according to research from the |Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London, UK
US emergency department brief alcohol intervention disappoints in first European trial
The first European trial of an emergency department brief alcohol intervention being implemented nationally in the USA found no significant impacts either short term or a year later, and in the major US trial there were short-term impacts only | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
The European Drug Prevention Prize
Call for applications to the Prize 2012 | Pompidou Group
Insight - Russia says no to West's way with HIV
In 2010, President Dmitry Medvedev said heroin was a threat to Russia's national security. This year, Russia pledged to finance programmes to reduce the harm done by drug use, including an HIV crisis that is one of the most severe in the world | Reuters
Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99): country overview 2010
This country overview provides a structured synopsis of the trends and characteristics of national drug problems in Kosovo - Download | EMCDDA
Methadone program cuts defended
The Department of Social Development is standing by a decision to scale back on travel subsidies given to methadone patients | CBC News, Canada
Youth Drug Use: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Last week, I joined officials from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Department of Health and Human Services to announce the results of the largest annual survey on youth drug use in America - R. Gil Kerlikowske. Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy | Huffington Post, USA
Gallagher 'not giving up' on needle exchange
ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher concedes she may not succeed in her plans to introduce a needle exchange program in Canberra's jail | ABC News, Australia
UNODC and OSCE join efforts to tackle crime and drugs
UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov met with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Lamberto Zannier to discuss a joint action plan that will see the two organizations cooperate to tackle organized crime and illicit drugs | UNODC