DS Daily - 20th April 2010 |
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Report of the 53rd Commission on Narcotic Drug
Report on the fifty-third session (2 December 2009 and 8-12 March 2010) [United Nations]
Reducing drug and alcohol harms to communities and families: updated guidance on developing local practice
This guidance takes the local community as the starting point of its approach to dealing with drug and alcohol problems. Its focus is not only on meeting national priorities, but about making a difference at a local level [Home Office, UK]
ACPO guidance on policing new psychoactive substances
[Association of Chief Police Officer of England, Wales & Northern Ireland]
Police make drugs arrests hours after mephedrone banned
The first arrests in connection with possession of the newly banned drug mephedrone have been made in Scotland, it has been revealed [The Herald, Scotland, UK]
Professor John Strang - videos
Professor John Strang on the history of drug treatment and the growth of drug clinics; Sir Rolleston; The Maudsely; and the arrival of HIV in the 1970's [FEAD, UK]
Officers take £1.2m of drugs off city's streets
More than a million pounds worth of drugs have been taken off Plymouth's streets by police over the past year [This is Plymouth, UK]
Cocaethylene: responding to combined alcohol and cocaine use
A briefing paper 'Cocaethylene: responding to combined alcohol and cocaine use' has been produced by the AERC Alcohol Academy. The paper assesses the current understanding, data, trends and implications for public health and alcohol policy [Alcohol Policy UK]
A&E units save health service resources by addressing drinking
Based on a US study, this analysis estimated that each $ spent screening for and offering advice to heavy drinking emergency patients would save nearly $4 in health care costs due to reduced hospital re-attendance. Print publication 2006. [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Estimated effect of alcohol pricing policies on health and health economic outcomes in England: an epidemiological model
General price increases were effective for reduction of consumption, health-care costs, and health-related quality of life losses in all population subgroups [The Lancet, UK]
Binge-drinking 'well-established' in north-west England
One in 10 people on a night out plan to binge-drink, a study in the north-west of England has found [BBC, UK]
End Insanity Of The War on Drugs
Start With Decriminalizing Marijuana at The Federal Level [CNBC, USA]
Why We Should Not Legalize Marijuana
Contrary to the beliefs of those who advocate the legalization of marijuana, the current balanced, restrictive, and bipartisan drug policies of the United States are working reasonably well [CNBC, USA]
Cocaine- related charges up 55%
Cocaine-related charges laid by police in NSW rose 55 per cent in the 24 months to December and are now the highest in at least a decade [SMH, Australia]
It’s Sucking The Life Out Of Us
The Cancer Society’s Chief Executive, Dalton Kelly, says active smoking is directly linked to the premature deaths of 5,000 New Zealanders including over 600 Maori, every year [Scoop, New Zealand]