DS Daily - 6th May 2010 |
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Drugscope Publications Survey
DrugScope is looking to improve the range of available publications both in print and possibly online as well [DrugScope, UK]
How a heroin substitute helped to fuel profits for Reckitt Benckiser
Becht's cash and shares rewards shows how group earnings growth, the main measure of his performance, received a huge boost over recent years from a little talked about legacy division which makes large profits from exclusive rights to sell a heroin substitute called Suboxone, an alternative to methadone, in the US [Guardian, UK]
Student scientist develops new test to find minute traces of cocaine
This important piece of work opens the door to analysing a whole range of different drug types with similar sensitivities [Daily Mail, UK]
Nicola Sturgeon rejects minimum alcohol price call
The health secretary has again rejected calls to reveal the level of the minimum alcohol price which the Scottish government hopes to set [BBC, Scotland, UK]
Cross-sectional
measures and modelled estimates of blood alcohol levels in UK
nightlife
A public health approach to nightlife is needed to better understand and take into account the chronic effects of drunkenness, the damages arising after drunk individuals leave city centres and the costs of people avoiding drunken city centres at night [Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy]
Judge calls for review of 24 hour licensing laws
A judge has called for a review of the 24 hour licensing laws after becoming exasperated at dealing with cases of drunken violence "on an almost daily basis" [Telegraph, UK]
Differences in Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions between Mexican-American Males and Females
Among Mexican admissions, males reported alcohol as their primary substance of abuse more often than other substances, and females most commonly reported methamphetamine [SAMHSA, USA]
NIDA NewsScan
May 2010 [NIDA, USA]
Mexico: War without end?
Last weekend in Mexico, in a new escalation of the drug war, 24 people were killed in a 24 hour period [Release, UK]
Recent changing trends in heroin and other opioid use across Australian jurisdictions
The bulletin concludes by summarising the measures taken in Western Australia in response to recent trends in the event that heroin availability, use and harm increase further [IDRS, Australia]
However You Do It, Tell Them to Ease Up On Drink
A second television commercial goes to air tonight as part of the Alcohol Advisory Council’s (ALAC) new Ease up on the drink campaign [Scoop, New Zealand]