DS Daily - 15th February 2010 |
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DDN magazine - latest edition
Editorial: Too hot to handle? Why we have to take on the headline writers. Also Magazine Features and the Virtual magazine [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
Nightclub premiere for drug film Swansea Love Story
A VBS TV film that follows the lives of a group of Swansea drink and drug addicts is being premiered in a city nightclub [BBC, UK]
Crime and the Criminal Justice System: Substance Misuse
An Ideas Wales Policy Discussion Paper by Julian Buchanan, Jonathan Evans, Gordon Hughes and Kate Williams [Ideas Wales, UK]
Out of School Drug Education - Seminar Presentations
The role of trusted adults, whether those are parents or youth workers should not be underestimated and we drew together experts who could help us understand how their actions and those of young people themselves can help protect children and young people from the harms that drugs can cause [Drug Education Forum, UK]
I saved my over-dosing friend hours after training at pilot scheme
A drug addict saved the life of his overdosing housemate by injecting him with an heroin antidote – just hours after learning the pioneering technique [This is Plymouth, UK]
Nine arrested after drugs swoop
Drugs worth more than £1 million have been seized and nine people arrested in a major police operation in Northern Ireland and England [Belfast Telegraph, Ireland]
How ideology shapes the evidence – a discussion paper
An interesting paper this week from John Macleod & Matthew Hickman of the Department of Social Medicine at the University of Bristol. Headed “for debate” [UKCIA]
Pain and anger are the hidden burden for children with an alcoholic parent
At the start of Children of Alcoholics Week, victims talk about their shame, loneliness and guilt with nowhere to turn for help [Guardian, UK]
Children of Alcoholics Week 2010 14-20 February
Children of Alcoholics Week is a campaign to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by millions of children of alcohol-dependent parents in the UK [COA, UK]
Bottles of wine, beer and spirits must carry health warnings about safe drinking, Government to say
The mandatory cigarette-style warnings, which would include details of how many units a bottle contained, would appear on all alcoholic drinks for sale in shops and supermarkets to deter people from binge drinking [Telegraph, UK]
From the Government that gave us 24-hour drinking, a £7m ad campaign on the perils of that extra pint
Labour has spent almost £7million on television adverts warning about the dangers of drinking in pubs – just four years after giving the go-ahead to 24-hour opening [Daily Mail, UK]
Think Tank: Do we shun those who don’t drink?
Could it be that if one possesses a negative attitude towards non-drinkers, this might shine through in drinking? Apparently so - Daniel Regan, substance-use researcher, School of Psychology at NUI, Galway [Times, UK]
Government plans to ban large shots of spirits in all pubs
From October the size of a measure will be cut from 35cls to 25cls, and experts warn it could be the last straw for the struggling industry [News of the World, UK]
The growing burden our enjoyment of alcohol puts on us and on the NHS
A recent report from the NHS Confederation – Too Much of the Hard Stuff: What Alcohol Costs the NHS – shows how the burden of alcohol consumption on the NHS is growing and the pressure it is putting on services is unsustainable [Wales Online, UK]
Too Much of the Hard Stuff: What Alcohol Costs the NHS
This Briefing, produced with the Royal College of Physicians, outlines the extent of the problem and gives examples of where the NHS is managing problem drinkers effectively and efficiently [NHS Confederation, UK]
City of European cafe culture?
More like being in a war zone [The Herald, Scotland, UK]
Warning to Tesco store in Leicester over alcohol sales
A Tesco store caught breaking a pledge not to stock high-strength lagers and ciders has removed them from the shelves [Leicester Mercury, UK]
Public-private effort is needed on addiction awareness
The proposed initiatives described by Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray and John Auerbach, commissioner of public health, such as teaching physicians about the links between addiction and pain management, are timely and needed [Boston Globe, USA]
Time to prohibit drugs prohibition
From Juárez to London, the real victims of the 'war on drugs' are not the criminal gangs but ordinary young people [Guardian, UK]
Mexico: growing crisis over failed drug war policy
Every year has seen a steady increase in violence culminating in a three-year death toll estimated as high as 17,000 [World Socialist Web]
Low-carb beer 'not a healthy option'
Low-carb beer has been branded an "insidious health risk" by a doctor who says it could encourage more drinking [SMH, Australia]
Drug Use in New Zealand
Key results of the 2007/08 New Zealand Alcohol and Drug Use Survey. 233-page PDF [Ministry of Health, New Zealand]
Editorial: Case for drug law reform is serious
The Government's quick dismissal of the bulk of the Law Commission's work on drug use in New Zealand is regrettable [Dominion Post, New Zealand]
Heroin next in Afghan sights
Next phase of offensive set to target Taliban drugs industry [News of the World, UK]
West African cocaine use rises along smuggling routes
West Africans are consuming more of the drugs trafficked between South America and Europe, raising the specter of rising crime and health problems in already unstable states [Washington Post, USA]