DS Daily - 21st July 2011 |
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Charities warn of ‘devastating impact’ of cuts to young people’s drug and alcohol services
DrugScope and other charities working in the sector are warning that young people experiencing problems with drugs and alcohol will increasingly find it difficult to get support, as services close or reduce their staff numbers | DrugScope, UK
eATA respond to interim report on Recovery Oriented Drug Treatment
eATA welcomes interim report on recovery oriented drug treatment, but calls for greater emphasis and investment to be directed towards abstinence-orientated pathways of recovery | eATA, UK
New issue of Druglink magazine out now
Read a free article via the headline above | DrugScope, UK
Ketamine smugglers cash in on growth of 'danger drug'
A BBC investigation has uncovered evidence of ketamine smuggling ahead of a new report into the dangers of the drug | BBC, UK
Opioid antagonists useful supplement in alcohol treatment
Comprehensive synthesis of results from 50 trials finds that the opiate-blocking drug naltrexone does on average help more detoxified alcohol dependent patients avoid relapse, but effects are generally small and inconsistent. Useful, but not a magic bullet is the verdict | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Commons Science and Technology Committee to examine alcohol guidelines
The Science and Technology Select Committee have announced that they will be undertaking a review of national guidelines on alcohol | Drug Education Forum, UK
Alcohol Care & Management in the General Hospital Setting Seminar
Free to nurses and alcohol workers working for statutory and nonstatutory services. Bradford Royal Infirmary 9.30 am – 4 pm Monday 17th October 2011 | Bradford District NHS Care Trust, UK
Crime fighting fund open for applications
As part of the government’s ambition to drive up community activism and build safer neighbourhoods, organisations from the voluntary sector across England and Wales are being invited to apply for a share of two new crime fighting funds | Home Office, UK
Housing Benefit Reform – Supported Housing – public consultation
This consultation seeks views on the Government’s proposals to change the way Housing Benefit helps those living in supported housing within the social and voluntary sector with their rent | Department for Work and Pensions, UK
Homeless shared room rate exemption a ‘sensible decision’
St Mungo's has welcomed the Government's decision to step back on some of its housing benefit reforms likely to have adversely affected homeless and vulnerable people | St Mungo's, UK
Crisis wins concession to ‘pernicious’ housing benefit cut
Crisis has welcomed an exemption in regulations which have been laid before Parliament this evening that will protect some previously homeless people from a housing benefit cut. However, tens of thousands of 25-34 year-olds still face a dramatic cut in housing benefit which could leave them facing homelessness due to lack of shared accommodation. Read the full regulations | Crisis, UK
Unfair Shares
A report on the impact of extending the Shared Accommodation Rate of Housing Benefit. Full report - Summary| Crisis, UK
A step into the unknown
The impact of housing benefit reforms | 24 Dash.com
Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning Web Page
Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning and Implementation for Metropolitan Statistical Areas Most Affected by HIV/AIDS | CDC, USA
Safety of dissolvable tobacco products disputed
The industry touts lozenges and other smokeless products as safer alternatives to smoking. But public health officials and others raise health concerns and worry that they will entice a new generation to get hooked on tobacco | LA Times, USA
UNODC Executive Director visits drug treatment centre in Tehran
With 1.2 million opiate-dependent users, equivalent to 2.26 per cent of the population aged 15-64 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has the second most severe opiate addiction problem in the world after Afghanistan | UNODC
Cambodia’s Alarming New Drug Law
Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen last week approved a controversial new drug law that opens the door to rampant human rights violations | Open Society Foundations, USA