DS Daily - 29th January 2010 |
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Alcohol-related deaths in the United Kingdom 1991-2008
The number of alcohol-related deaths in the United Kingdom has consistently increased since the early 1990s, rising from the lowest figure of 4,023 (6.7 per 100,000) in 1992 to the highest of 9,031 (13.6 per 100,000) in 2008 [Office for National Statistics, UK]
Alcohol Deaths
UK rates increase in 2008 [Office for National Statistics, UK]
One death every hour new alcohol stats confirm
The Office for National Statistics today published its latest data on alcohol-related mortality rates in the UK [Alcohol Concern, UK]
New powers to tackle teen drinking come into force
New powers to tackle underage drinking, including making it easier for police to confiscate alcohol, move on groups of teenagers causing trouble and stop retailers selling to underage children come into effect today [Home Office, UK]
More than half of drinkers think only binge drinking harms their health
A new campaign backed by major health charities will warn drinkers of the unseen health damage caused by regularly drinking more than the NHS advises ... The campaign website launches on Monday 1 February [DoH, UK]
New NHS Campaign Reveals Unseen Alcohol Damage
A new campaign backed by major health charities will warn drinkers of the unseen health damage caused by regularly drinking more than the NHS advises. [DoH, UK]
Campaign warns of unseen health damage caused by alcohol misuse
A government-funded advertising campaign launching today, backed by Cancer Research UK and other major health charities, aims to raise awareness of the unseen health damage caused by regular alcohol misuse [Cancer Research UK]
Drink and Drug driving statistics reveal massive testing gap
Concateno calls for national pilot and routine testing for drug
driving as almost
quarter of a million more drivers tested for alcohol than drugs [Concateno,
UK]
Alcohol misuse, suicide and imprisonment – the price of failing to look after our veterans
In a new policy briefing, the Mental Health Foundation today called for more to be done to look after the mental health of military veterans [MHF, UK]
Beer starts to shake off recession slump
UK beer sales show signs of lifting out of the recessionary slump as 2009 fourth quarter results show the lowest fall for two years. Quarterly Beer Barometer [British Beer and Pub Association , UK]
UK is drinking less, national survey reveals
Alcohol consumption and smoking both dropping - and more drinking at home, ONS figures show [The Publican, UK]
Middle-aged 'twice as likely to drink every day as younger people'
The middle-aged are twice as likely to drink every day as younger people, putting their health at risk as a result, according to Government statistics [Telegraph, UK]
Professional women are the new big drinkers
They down double the alcohol of those in lower paid jobs [Daily Mail, UK]
New scheme to cut alcohol abuse
A scheme to cut the number of people with alcohol-related problems being admitted to Northamptonshire hospitals has been awarded a £1.1m grant [BBC, UK]
Recovery Agenda Strong in Warrington
The recovery agenda and CRI ethos of rehabilitation are at the heart of a new model of service delivery developed by the Warrington Pathways project [CRI, UK]
Schools wage war on 'meow meow' as pupils lap up new 'legal high'
Teachers UK-wide given emergency training after some as young as 12 fall victim to £3-a-go 'plant food' drug linked to two deaths [TES, UK]
Bad medicine: pain
Risks of opioids are underplayed [Letter - BMJ, UK]
100 Ways to Support Recovery
A guide for mental health professionals [Rethink, UK]
4 1/2 Years For Bogus Anti-Drugs Campaign
A fraudster who deceived businesses into backing a bogus anti-drugs campaign has been jailed for four and a half years [Police Oracle, UK]
EU drugs agency signs accord with Ukrainian Ministry of Health
The European Union and Ukraine will share information on drugs more systematically in future, thanks to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in Kiev today [EMCDDA]
Menthol May Be Nicotine's Partner In Addiction
Some researchers suspect that menthol allows smokers to take deeper drags or puffs on cigarettes, drawing in greater amounts of nicotine and its byproducts [NPR]
Similarities and Differences in Opioid Treatment Programs that Provide Methadone Maintenance or Buprenorphine Maintenance
A total of 1,132 substance abuse treatment facilities (or 8 percent of all substance abuse treatment facilities) operated an Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) in 2008, a percentage that has remained constant since 2002 [SAMHSA, USA]
Research in Brief
Does a permissive workplace substance use climate affect employees
who do
not use alcohol and drugs at work? [Research Institute on Addictions, USA]
Cameron Douglas Faces More Time Than a Murderer or a Rapist for a Non-Violent Drug Charge
Who benefits from Cameron Douglas getting at least 10 years in prison? No one does. But the government is hell bent on punishing him for the crime of being an addict. [Huffington Post, USA]
Senator: medical marijuana might not come up this session
Steve Murphy is still deciding whether to try to pass the bill again this year [mndaily, USA]
Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Bill 2009
The Bill is likely to be passed or rejected by parliamentarians in February of this year [Victorian Government, Australia]
Human Rights Safeguards Needed under Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Bill
The Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Bill 2009 (Vic), currently before Victorian Parliament, proposes to introduce short-term involuntary detention and treatment for persons with severe substance dependence in circumstances where it is necessary as a matter of urgency to save a person’s life or prevent serious damage to a person’s health [Human Rights, Australia]
Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Bill 2009
Youthlaw has written to express their concerns regarding the introduction of the Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Bill 2009 [Youthlaw, Australia]
Anti-Drugs Chief Calls Heroin a National Problem
Heroin has become a national pandemic, with the number of drug users soaring 20 times over the past 20 years, Federal Drug Control Service chief Viktor Ivanov said Wednesday [Moscow Times, Russia]