DS Daily - 19th August 2010 |
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Drug Related Deaths in Scotland in 2009
NHS Board and Council statistics for certain drugs for 2009, on the 'all drugs found present in the body' basis [General Register Office of Scotland, UK]
Plea for drugs deaths truth
Dr Robertson, a GP and chairman of the National Forum on Drugs-Related Deaths, said yesterday that statistics on drug-related deaths should be widened to include murders, road accidents and deaths caused by blood-borne viruses such as HIV [The Herald, Scotland, UK]
Methadone our madness
Professor Neil McKeganey claimed the battle against the drug menace is being lost because health bosses see only one weapon in the campaign to cure sufferers [The Sun, UK]
Drugs policy: The 'British system'
Sir Ian Gilmore's valedictory e-mail to colleagues at the Royal College of Physicians calling for laws to be "reconsidered with a view to decriminalising illicit drugs use" fits squarely in a British tradition which stretches back a century and more [Mark Easton, BBC, UK]
Would decriminalising drugs work?
Although decriminalisation maybe a step too far for the coalition government, it will be interesting to see how it adapts current policy - a major review is due to end in December [Fergus Walsh, BBC, UK]
Reconsidering addiction
A film about Bruce Alexander's remarkable 'rat park' experiment [TDPF, UK]
Hooked 39: Contraception
We decided it was time to do a show on contraception, mainly because sexual health is something that drug services are supposed to address [Injecting Advice, UK]
The Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010
The Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 (No. 22 of 2010) will come into operation next Monday, 23 August 2010 [Drugs.ie, Ireland]
Netherlands' locals-only plan to fight drugs cafe 'tourism'
Struggling to reduce traffic jams and a high crime rate, the city is pushing to make its legalised use of recreational drugs a Dutch-only policy, banning sales to foreigners who cross the border to indulge. But whether the European Union's free trade laws will allow that is another matter [The Scotsman, UK]
ER Intervention Addresses Aggression, Alcohol in Teens
Among adolescents seen in the emergency department and reporting recent alcohol use and aggression, a brief intervention may reduce both aggression and alcohol consequences [Newsvine, USA]
High price does not deter heroin uptake
It's no surprise that Dr O'Neil says his naltrexone implant is the way forward [ABC News, Australia]
Money fix for St Kilda needle exchange
Ongoing funding will be provided for Victoria's only 24-hour needle-exchange service, in St Kilda, and to expand its operation to provide more health services for injecting drug users [The Age, Australia]