DS Daily - 4th October 2011 |
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Nearly 400 public health experts warn Lords to reject NHS reforms
Andrew Lansley is facing a fresh revolt over his controversial health reforms, as 300 experts warn that the plans will cause the NHS “irreparable harm” | Telegraph, UK
Giving Something Back
People recovering from drug and alcohol dependency in Enfield are ‘giving something back’ to their local community through a Big Lottery funded project | Westminster Drug Project, UK
Drinkaware launches life-skills based education programme to lower young people’s alcohol misuse
Alcohol education charity Drinkaware has today launched its In:tuition programme - a free life-skills based interactive teaching resource for primary and secondary schools | Drinkaware, UK
Health and Homelessness
Health Snapshot Study of People Using Simon Services and Projects in Ireland | Simon Communities of Ireland
Report highlights ill health suffered by homeless people
Depression, dental decay and the threat to health from alcohol and drug use feature heavily among homeless people, almost half of whom suffer from both physical and mental ill health, according to a report | Irish Examiner
Minister to include alcohol in new drugs strategy
The Drugs Minister Roisin Shorthall has said she will be announcing a new strategy to deal with the alcohol problem in Ireland later this year | Irish Examiner
Student Drug Use
Cross-Canada Report on Student Alcohol and Drug Use. Summary - Full report | Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
National report sheds light on student alcohol and drug use
Authors of a new report released today on alcohol and drug use by high school students across Canada raise concern about the prevalence of alcohol and cannabis use among senior high school students (grades 10-12) | CCSA, Canada
Naloxone: Still an Overlooked Overdose Solution
Recent news and research articles have been decrying escalating trends in overdoses and deaths from opioid analgesics and heroin. Yet, rarely is mention made of the fact that there is an effective and safe antidote for such tragedies — naloxone | Pain-Topics, USA
New direction for jail needle plan
An agency running needle and syringe programs in the Canberra community for more than 20 years wrote to Chief Minister Katy Gallagher today offering to operate a similar program in the Alexander Maconochie Centre | Canberra Times, Australia
Synthetic cannabis back on the market
A synthetic cannabis product is back on the market - and others are on the way - less than three months after the so-called "legal highs" were banned | New Zealand Herald