DS Daily - 13th July 2012

 

Core data set items

Changes to the core data set items collected by adult drug and alcohol treatment providers through the NDTMS | NTA, UK

Audit Commission presentation at Commissioning for PbR Event

For commissioners who were interested in finding out more about payment by results (PbR) for drug recovery services and learning in more detail about the local models developed through co-design | Department of Health, UK

Eva Rausing's wonderful legacy for charities like ours should be celebrated

Eva was a selfless and generous patron of Action on Addiction. Her untimely death reminds us how destructive this condition is - Nick Barton | Guardian, UK

Survey - Mephedrone

Mephedrone/ Meow Meow/ Plant Food/ Mkat/ Bath Salts/ Bubbles/ Bounce Research | Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Matt Bowden: The drugs lord who's strictly legal

It is a remarkable statement - the rock musician and drugs activist credited with spawning the global legal highs industry is now calling for new laws in Britain to protect the millions of young people who take the substances | Independent, UK

Consultation on local authority health scrutiny

The consultation runs until 7 September 2012 | Department of Health, UK

Mental Health in the New Public Health System

Seminar briefing now published. Download | Royal Society for Public Health, UK

EU and Russian drugs agency chiefs meet in Moscow to discuss plans for future cooperation

At the talks, Wolfgang Götz, Director of the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and Viktor Ivanov, Director of the Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation (FDCS), will be focusing on the agencies’ exchange of information and expertise and laying groundwork for joint activities over the next three years | EMCDDA

National strategy urged to halt legal-drug woes

When it comes to fighting prescription drug abuse in the country, government officials, health-care providers and law enforcement officers agree that without a national strategy their efforts are doomed to fail | Herald News, Canada

How Bad is Binge Drinking, Really?

Faculty Peer Reviewed | Clinical Correlations, New York University, USA

Brazil Launches Campaign to Decriminalise Drug Use

A host of academic, legal, health, political and social figures are joining together to back a campaign to decriminalise drug use in Brazil, as tens of thousands of consumers uninvolved in the drug trade are currently jailed | Inter Press Service

National Drugs Campaign update

In addition to traditional advertising including radio, print, digital and outdoor, this year’s campaign saw the inclusion of some new channels and sponsorship opportunities to extend the campaign reach | Department of Health and Ageing, Australia

Users faking to get GP drugs

Three-quarters of illicit drug users take prescription tranquillisers, which they frequently obtain directly from doctors, including by faking symptoms, Melbourne researchers have found | The Age, Australia

Trauma chief says doctors alone can't cut alcohol deaths

The head of trauma at St Vincent's Hospital has called for new strategies to limit drinking in inner-city suburbs, saying doctors are reaching the limit of their capacity to treat seriously injured victims | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia

UNODC chief briefs Security Council on threats of drugs and crime in West Africa

During a briefing to the Security Council, UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov expressed his concern about drugs and crime in West Africa | UNODC