DS Daily - 4th September 2012

 

Drugs advice charity in sudden closure

The leading advice service offering assistance to British Jews with drug problems has suddenly closed after more than 20 years of service | Jewish Chronicle, UK

Consultation on the revision of statutory safeguarding guidance

Adfam's submission to the Department for Education's consultation on the revision of statutory safeguarding guidance concentrates on the role of drug and alcohol treatment agencies in effective local responses to safeguarding and the need to support children affected by their parents' drug use or drinking | Adfam, UK

NHS funds methadone black market in death

Prescription methadone is traded for street heroin leaving hundreds like teenager Danielle Scott dead | Daily Record, UK

The price of a drink - abstract

The potential of alcohol minimum unit pricing as a public health measure in the UK | British Journal of Psychiatry

Rebuilding Shattered Lives

St Mungo’s Rebuilding Shattered Lives campaign launches new theme – domestic abuse and sexual violence | St Mungo’s, UK

Help people affected by closures of squats and derelict buildings

Steps for local authorities | Homeless Link, UK

Hardship handouts scrapped

Hardship payments for the jobless are to be axed amid fears they are wasted on booze, fags and holidays | The Sun, UK

Disabled benefits claimants face £71 a week fines for breaching work plan

Government wants to increase penalties for sick and disabled claimants who fail to adhere to back-to-work agreements | Guardian, UK

Have your say on access to reoffending data

New Philanthropy Capital and the Ministry of Justice would like your views on a proposed system for giving charities and social enterprises access to reoffending data | New Philanthropy Capital, UK

UK Could Be A 'No Smoking Nation' By 2032

Campaigners want to make cigarettes more expensive and too socially unacceptable for most people to continue smoking | Sky News, UK

A Social Marketing Pilot

Enhancing engagement to support referrals into West Dunbartonshire Community Health Care Partnership Smoking Cessation Services | NHS Scotland, UK

Heroin pills on the way

Health Minister Astrid Krag (Socialistisk Folkeparti) has proposed that heroin in pill form be made available to addicts. Heroin abusers can currently receive the drug free from the state, but only as an injection | Cophenagen Post, Denmark

‘Do it discreetly’, college website advises students smoking cannabis

Students are being advised on the official NUI Galway website that if they are going to use cannabis, they should ‘do it discreetly’ and ‘preferably in their own home’ | Connacht Sentinel, Ireland

Few doctors know how to treat addiction

A new program aims to change that | Washington Post, USA

Supply, demand and harm reduction in Australian prisons: an update

A new report from the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) has highlighted that the operation of Australia’s prisons need far greater levels of accountability and transparency, as well as a much stronger commitment to providing effective programs and treatment for people with drug and alcohol problems issues if we are to see any real reductions in reoffending rates | NDARC, Australia

Alarming rise in drug use in jails

Drugs are rife in the State's jails, with more than 1000 drug tests returning positive in 2011-12, according to new figures from the Department of Corrective Services | The West Australian

NDARC Annual Research Symposium 2012

A select number of presentations are available | NDARC, Australia

Booze and drugs culture rife in construction industry: study

A new study has found substance abuse, including alcohol, is common among construction workers | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia

The liquor industry

This study aims to present a broad outline of the liquor industry in Australia and the influences on it | The Australian Institute

Campaign helps bring Maori smoking rates down

The government-funded smokefree campaign ‘Smoking Not Our Future’ is successfully helping to bring down the numbers of young Maori smoking | Scoop, New Zealand

Plain cigarette packs backed

An international study has thrown weight behind the campaign for New Zealand to adopt plain cigarette packaging | Stuff.co, New Zealand