Weekly news - 17th September 2010 |
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Controls on Legal Highs
In securing the debate today, I wish to address the issue of so-called legal highs, which are new psychoactive synthetic substances [Parliament, UK]
2010 Street Drug Trends Survey
The ban on mephedrone, the recession and Britain’s rising alcohol problems have all left their imprints on the UK drug market over the last year, according to Druglink Street Drug Trends 2010 [DrugScope, UK]
Students warned about risks of 'legal highs'
A campaign which highlights the risks of ‘legal highs’ was launched by James Brokenshire, Minister for Crime Prevention [Home Office, UK]
Head to head
Why putting aside differences is vital. Editorial - Claire Brown.
Also features from DDN’s first issue after the summer break [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
Consultation on Proposed Changes to Guidance on Evaluating the Extent of Rough Sleeping - Summary of responses
We intend to adopt most of the proposed changes in the revised guidance to be issued on 14 September 2010, subject to a small number of modifications in response to issues raised during the consultation - PDF [Communities and Local Government, UK]
Early Day Motion (709) - 2010 drug strategy consultation
That this House is concerned at the duration of the Home Office's consultation on the Government's drug strategy 2010 published on 20 August 2010 which closes to submissions on 30 September 2010; considers the length, lack of policy detail and inaccessibility of this consultation to contravene the Cabinet Office's Code of Practice on public consultation - Caroline Lucas, Paul Flynn, Peter Bottomley, Kelvin Hopkins [House of Commons, UK]
Impact of supervision of methadone consumption on deaths related to methadone overdose (1993-2008)
Impact of supervision of methadone consumption on deaths related to methadone overdose (1993-2008): analyses using OD4 index in England and Scotland [BMJ, UK]
Teens feel ill-equipped to handle consequences of underage drinking
The British Red Cross campaign to improve life-saving skills of young people [Red Cross, UK]
A cross-sectional survey of compliance with national guidance for alcohol consumption by children
Measuring risk factors, protective factors and social norms for excessive and unsupervised drinking [BMC Public Health]
Welsh Health Survey 2009
Chapter 4.4 - alcohol [Welsh Assembly Government, UK]
Risk-assessment report on mephedrone
The risk-assessment report is now submitted to the Commission and Council of the EU in the final stage of the process. On the basis of the report, the Council, upon an initiative of the Commission, may decide to subject mephedrone to control measures throughout the EU [EMCDDA]
First-of-its-kind study shows supervised injection facilities can help people quit drugs
BC-CfE study finds links between insite use, addiction treatment and stopping injection drug use [BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Canada]
SAMHSA's Latest National Survey on Drug Use & Health
SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older. PDF [SAMHSA, USA]
Emergency Department Visits Involving Illicit Drug Use by Older Adults: 2008
In 2008, an estimated 118,495 emergency department (ED) visits involved illicit drug use by older adults [SAMHSA, USA]
New Data Show Millions of Americans with Alcohol and Drug Addiction Could Benefit from Health Care Reform
New government data released today demonstrate the continued, urgent need for more Americans to have access to drug and alcohol addiction treatment, according to an analysis by the Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap (CATG) initiative [Open Society Foundations, USA]
Defining the addiction treatment gap
An estimated 23.5 million Americans are currently addicted to alcohol and/ or other drugs and need treatment and other supportive services. Unfortunately, only one in 10 of them (2.6 million) receives the treatment they need. The result: a treatment gap of more than 20 million Americans [Open Society Foundations, USA]
Alcohol Awareness Study 2010
Almost every year since 2002, Roy Morgan Research has asked a nationally representative sample of Australians their alcohol consumption habits, including the average number of standard drinks they drink each week and the greatest number of standard drinks they have drunk in one session in the last month [Salvation Army, Australia]
New UNODC Executive Director sets out immediate priorities
Yury Fedotov, the new Executive Director of UNODC, spelt out his initial priorities for his Office upon assuming duties today [UNODC]
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