DS Daily - 12th October 2010 |
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Minister asks for khat review
A stimulant used predominately by members of the UK’s Somali, Yemeni and Ethiopian communities is to be reviewed by the government’s expert advisory body [Home Office, UK]
Perceptions of the social harms associated with khat use
This report describes the findings from a study exploring the perceived social harms associated with the use of khat [Home Office, UK]
Drugs advisers to consider qat ban
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs asked to evaluate stimulant used by several ethnic communities around UK [Guardian, UK]
Victims of the latest legal high are already in our emergency rooms
Mephedrone might have banned - but Dr Max Pemberton doesn't believe that it has solved the problem of legal highs [Telegraph, UK]
Cannabis should be sold in shops alongside beer and cigarettes, doctors' journal says
An editorial in the British Medical Journal suggested that the sale of cannabis should be licensed like alcohol because banning it had not worked [Telegraph, UK]
My way or yours?
Do you bristle when someone else takes the lead or gladly take a back seat? In therapy too, directiveness matters, and in a surprisingly consistent way. Part 5 of the Manners Matter series unpicks the common threads from the literature. Print publication 2006 [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Alcohol Awareness Week 2010
The theme for Alcohol Awareness Week (AAW) 2010 is 'Alcohol and Childhood' in which we ask the question 'is alcohol damaging childhood? [Alcohol Concern, UK]
Guidance for DATs & ADPs
What you can do to promote SMART Recovery and why you should do it! [SMART Recovery , UK]
Re:Drug decriminalisation in Portugal
Rapid Response from Anders Ulstein, Secretary General EURAD [BMJ, UK]
The Good Childhood Index
Our groundbreaking measure of children and young people’s well-being is the latest development in our well-being programme [The Children's Society, UK]
Drinkers to get message on a bottle
Alcohol safety messages are to appear on the necks of bottles sold from off-licences in a bid to promote safe drinking [The Scotsman, UK]
Alcohol Alert
Latest edition from [Institure of Alcohol Studies, UK]
Attwood in bid to tackle binge drinking
Social Development Minister Alex Attwood has said he wants to end happy hours and all-you-can-drink promotions in licensed premises [BBC, UK]
Smokers 'more likely' to binge drink, eat badly and face mental illness
Study finds 50% of smokers drink more than recommended limit and 14% have been treated for mental health problems [Guardian, UK]
Boosting drug monitoring capacity across Europe and beyond
EU drugs agency explores cooperation with Europe's closest neighbours [EMCDDA]
Drug-driving reaching an ‘alarming scale’
The head of the Road Safety Authority has described the potential scale of drug-driving in Ireland as "alarming" as it emerged that 1,444 motorists tested positive for drugs last year [Irish Examiner]
Gardaí gear up for major crackdown on drug driving
Gardaí are to receive new powers and training in the detection of drug driving as part of a major crackdown to get under way early next year [Irish Times]
EU Commissioner Pushes for a Smoke-Free Europe
A smoking ban for all of Europe? That is what European Health Commissioner John Dalli is calling for. He also wants to cut the amount of nicotine in cigarettes and outlaw their display in shops and supermarkets [Spiegel, Germany]
A bit of tarnish on marijuana's benign reputation
As California considers legalizing pot, there has been little discussion about the potential fallout on people's health [LA Times, USA]
The New Cannabinoids
Army fears influx of synthetic marijuana [Addiction Inbox, USA]
Mexico's growing legion of narco orphans
Neither Mexico's government nor the various independent groups studying organized crime keep track of the number of narco orphans who have lost fathers, and sometimes mothers too, to the drug war [Reuters]
Bolivia government backtracks on coca production law
The Bolivian government has said it has annulled a new coca production law which cut by a third the number of coca leaves which growers could sell [BBC, UK]
Youth pilot next generation of alcohol treatment
The youth pilot, Mana Arahi, provides secondary school students who have an interest in health with online studies in addiction and the option to go on to undergraduate study at WelTec once finishing secondary school [Scoop, New Zealand]
Drug World News
October 2010 [Paul Cook]