DS Daily - 26th May 2009 |
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Drug tests in the workplace aren't there to cut redundancy costs
Companies are ensuring the safety of their staff - not trying to catch them out [Guardian, UK]
A night of drunken shame on scotland's emergency frontline
A night with Scotland's paramedics runs from the nice housing "estates" to the "schemes", all to deal with over-imbibers [Edinburgh Evening News, UK]
Drug Use, Sex Work and the Risk Environment in Dublin
The NACD believe that this highly detailed report will increase understanding of the serious issues facing those who struggle with the daily burden of drug dependency and who engage in sex work. 208-page PDF [ANCD, Ireland]
Medical pot users need more than doctor's note
They must wait for state-issued cards [Freep, USA]
Brain-behavior Disconnect In Cocaine Addiction
Parts of the brain involved in monitoring behaviors and emotions show different levels of activity in cocaine users relative to non-drug users [Science Daily, USA]
Why must women pay the price of men's drunken deeds?
All the debate thus far has obscured the fact that drinking patterns and their consequences are profoundly gendered [The Age, Australia]
Centrelines
May edition [NDRI, Australia]
UN wants 'flood of drugs' in Afghanistan to devalue opium
Officials believe that in stopping smuggling across borders, the price will fall as the market is saturated internally [Guardian, UK]