DS Daily - 21st May 2010 |
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The Coalition: our programme for government
Specific references to drugs and alcohol on pages 13 and 14 (Crime and Policing); 23 (Justice), and section on the NHS at pages 24-26 [H. M. Government, UK]
DrugScope responds to publication of the Coalition's programme for government
The document sets out the government's policy plans for the next five years, and contains a number of commitments relevant to drug policy [DrugScope, UK]
Time for a fresh look at drug policy governance
Lancet Editorial ACMD (17 April 2010) - Response from the [UK Drug Policy Commission]
National guidelines for services providing injecting equipment
Guidelines for services providing injecting equipment: Best practice recommendations for commissioners and injecting equipment provision (IEP) services in Scotland [Scottish Government, UK]
Provisional Information on the provision of injecting equipment in Scotland, 2008/09
This survey, carried out by ISD as part of the Hepatitis C action plan, collected information on Injecting Equipment Providers (IEPs) in Scotland for financial year 2008/09 and the 6 month period April to September 2009/10 PDF [ISD Scotland]
GW Pharma's cannabis medicine to win UK approval
GW Pharmaceuticals today announced its cannabis-based medicine for multiple sclerosis sufferers will win regulatory approval in the UK before the end of next month [London Evening Standard, UK]
Coroners: statistics on deaths reported
Annual National Statistics on deaths reported to coroners, including inquests and post-mortems held, inquest verdicts returned and finds reported to coroners under treasure legislation [Ministry of Justice, UK]
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Selected topic Alcohol [WHO]
Tesco backs minimum price for alcohol sales
Supermarket chain Tesco says it wants to see curbs on the sale of cheap alcohol during this parliament [BBC, UK]
Tackling problem drinking at the source
Giving people more information about the effects of alcohol will help stem its abuse, says Terry Leahy, chief executive of Tesco [Telegraph, UK]
Coalition policy: Alcohol loss leaders ban proposed
The UK's coalition government has pledged to ban the sale of alcohol below cost price in an effort to cut binge drinking in England and Wales [BBC, UK]
NHS explores paying people to become healthier
The NHS is exploring the possibility of using financial incentives to encourage healthier lifestyles [BBC, UK]
Festival survival guide
Including alcohol and drugs [NHS Choices, UK]
New technique enables drugs tests via exhaled breath
By examining people who had received emergency care for an amphetamine overdose, the researchers found that in all cases there were traces of amphetamine and metamphetamine in the exhaled breath [Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm]
Canada 'marijuana seed dealer' extradited to US
Canada's so-called "Prince of Pot" has been brought to the US where he is expected to plead guilty to selling marijuana seeds to US customers [BBC, UK]
Australian Government’s National Drugs Campaign
Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) has announced a new partnership with the Australian Government’s National Drugs Campaign (NDC) offering Drug Action Week organisers the ability to order free NDC promotional material [Australian Government]
Nations pledge crackdown on online alcohol ads
Countries around the world are pledging to get tough with companies that market beer and liquor on social media networks such as Facebook, warning that such promotions threaten to entice a new generation into harmful drinking patterns [The Age, Australia]
Early cannabis use may affect academic achievement
A new collaborative study of more than 6000 New Zealanders and Australians found those who used cannabis before the age of 18 ended up with fewer academic qualifications [Scoop, New Zealand]
Afghan heroin funds growing insurgency
Afghan heroin has been smuggled into Australia in increasing quantities in recent years, surpassing Southeast Asia's Golden Triangle as the principal source, as the deepening insurgency and a shift in US counter-narcotics policy block efforts to curb Afghanistan's flourishing opium trade [The Australian]