DS Daily - 13th October 2010 |
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Demand grows for better social work skills on drugs misuse
Calls are growing for compulsory training for social workers on substance misuse amid concern that families receive inadequate support to overcome drugs and alcohol [Community Care, UK]
Support for drug misusing parents to help the families stay together
Multi-agency working in Scotland and the efforts of the UK's only Family Drug and Alcohol Court are challenging the notion that children must be removed from substance misusing parents. Molly Garboden and Camilla Pemberton report [Community Care, UK]
Sharing: Injection by others
In this second part of my series on sharing issues I'm going to be looking at people who are injected by others [Injecting Advice, UK]
I lost ten years of my life as a middle class, NHS sponsored drug addict
The lives of 1.5million Britons have been ruined by prescription drugs [Daily Mail, UK]
Police warning over 'cheese'
Lethal combination of heroin and cold medicine behind 20 deaths [Daily Mail, UK]
Case management pulls it all together
An expert Euro-US collaboration examines what in Britain is now seen as the core mechanism for transforming isolated episodes of care into coherently staged and comprehensive reintegration programmes - the coordinating and continuing role of the case manager. Print publication 2006 [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Alison Chesney and Eddie Killoran Memorial Lecture
For the inaugural lecture, on 17th November, we are delighted that Professor Gerry Stimson, former Director of IHRA and honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has accepted our invitation to deliver an address entitled: "Harm Reduction: the Advocacy of Science and the Science of Advocacy" [Conference Consortium, UK]
£50m from public sector pensions is invested in tobacco
An investigation by this newspaper has uncovered how the body responsible for managing thousands of workers’ pensions has millions tied up in the deadly industry [Belfast Telegraph]
Harm reduction interventions
In this section we present the current evidence base for harm reduction interventions. [EMCDDA]
The European Union and the drug phenomenon
Frequently asked questions [EMCDDA and the European Commission]
Alcohol use among the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Community
This feature highlights the issue of [reported] higher levels of alcohol misuse among members of the LGBT community, compared with their heterosexual counterparts [Drugs.ie, Ireland]
NI Social Development Minister Starts Consultation On Alcohol Promotions Ban
A ban on irresponsible drinks promotions moved another stage closer after Social Development Minister Alex Attwood received backing from the Northern Ireland Executive for his proposals [eGov Monitor, UK]
IHRA releases new briefing on the death penalty for drug offences
The purpose of this briefing is to highlight the dangers associated with funding drug control activities in countries with capital drug laws as detailed in IHRA’s report Complicity or Abolition Report? The Death Penalty and International Support for Drug Enforcement PDF [IHRA]
Buprenorphine Implants for Treatment of Opioid Dependence
Among persons with opioid dependence, the use of buprenorphine implants compared with placebo resulted in less opioid use over 16 weeks as assessed by urine samples [Journal of the American Medical Association]
Buprenorphine Expands Access to Addiction Treatment
Drug May Help Many Painkiller Addicts Break Their Addiction [abc News, USA]
Experts Mull Impact of Proposed 'National Institute on Addictions'
Opponents of a proposed union between the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the smaller National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) worry, in part, that combining these two National Institutes of Health (NIH) agencies as part of a new 'National Institute on Addictions' could result in a lack of focus or funding for alcohol research [Join Together, USA]
The Real Facts on Marijuana and Driving
Other than alcohol, Marijuana is the most prevalent drug detected in impaired and injured drivers [ONDCP, USA]
The Marijuana Number That Was Too Good to Check
Over the last few years, supporters and opponents of marijuana legalization have both cited the same statistic to back their cause: 60% of the profits made by violent Mexican drug lords come from marijuana. But now, it seems, both sides have been wrong [TIME, USA]
Drug crime and criminalisation threaten progress on MDGs
International drug crime and the policies intended to tackle it are both threats to progress on health, human rights, and the Millennium Development Goals [The Lancet, UK]
Reducing Drug Trafficking Revenues and Violence in Mexico
This paper examines how marijuana legalization in California might influence DTO revenues and the violence in Mexico PDF [RAND, USA]
How Might Marijuana Legalization in California Affect Drug Trafficking Revenues and Violence in Mexico?
Discusses whether legalizing marijuana in California would reduce the revenues of Mexican drug trafficking organizations and related violence PDF [RAND, USA]
The tossed cannabis that became a canine curiosity
The dogs are using because the owners are using [Washington Post, USA]
Alcohol and pregnancy research - confusing message
Alcohol Healthwatch is concerned by the conclusions reached by another highly questionable piece of research suggesting that light drinking during pregnancy presents no risk to child development [Scoop, New Zealand]