DS Daily - 4th August 2010 |
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International Statistics on Crime and Justice
Chapter 3 - Drug crime [Henui and UNODC]
Our Programme for Government on the NHS
Department of Health response to the public's comments on The Coalition: Our Programme for Government on the NHS [Department of Health, UK]
Programme for government - our response
Home Office responses to the comments made on the Coalition programme for government website ... Crime and policing [Home Office, UK]
Legalising the Drugs Trade: Reducing Crime or Increasing Addiction?
Debate - Danny Kushlik, Transform Drug Policy Foundation and Neil McKeganey, Centre for Drug Misuse Research [Speakers’ Corner Trust, UK]
4th West Midlands SMMGP, RCGP, SCAN & NTA Conference Presentations
Driving Excellence in Local Services: Beyond National Standards was held in Birmingham on 25 June 2010 [SMMGP, UK]
Mindfulness meditation promising but unproven addiction therapy
With their blend of Western behavioural and Eastern contemplative and meditation traditions, variants of mindfulness meditation are prominent among the new wave of behavioural therapies. This first review of their application to addiction delivers a promising but unproven verdict [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Scottish parties gather for alcohol summit
Speaking ahead of Wednesday afternoon's meeting, Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the government would confirm the proposed minimum price for alcohol before the next stage of the Alcohol (Scotland) Bill [BBC, UK]
National Drugs Rehabilitation Framework Document
This document has been produced arising out of recommendations from the Report of the Working Group on Drugs Rehabilitation, May 2007, as a framework to assist services to plan practically and implement a range of different approaches to provide an 'Integrated Care Pathway' for former and current drug users [Health Services Executive, Ireland]
Retailers who have sold certain ‘legal highs’ could face up to 10 years in prison
Retailers who have sold certain 'legal highs' could face up to 10 years in prison following the initiation of prosecutions by the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) against several companies for the "unauthorised" sale and importation of medicinal substances [Drugs.ie, Ireland]
Number of drug-induced deaths recorded in EU
Number of drug-induced deaths recorded in EU Member States and Norway according to EMCDDA standard definition 'Selection B', 1995 to 2008 [EMCDDA]
Obama Signs Drug Parity Law
President Obama signed legislation on Tuesday reducing sentencing disparities between those caught with crack and those arrested with powder cocaine [New York Times, USA]
In Recession, Drinking Moves from Bars to Home
That's the word from a new Gallup poll showing that 67% of Americans are hitting the bottle, the most since 1985 [TIME, USA]
Hard Drinkers, Meet Soft Science
“Secret of AA: After 75 Years, We Don’t Know How It Works”, written by Brendan Koerner for Wired, does a thorough job explaining the history and approach of Alcoholics Anonymous in the United States [Neuroanthropology]
Mexico drug violence 'still growing'
Mexico's government says the level of drug-related violence in the country is still growing, more than three years after President Felipe Calderon declared war on the drugs cartels [BBC, UK]
An evaluation of the compulsory drug treatment program (CDTP)
The research involved a series of face-to-face interviews with CDTP participants [NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Australia]
Federal Election – the APC seeks action on alcohol
A suite of evidence-based strategies to tackle the harms that alcohol is causing to the Australian community [Alcohol Policy Coalition, Australia]