DS Daily - 18th October 2010 |
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Charity offers UK drug addicts £200 to be sterilised
The first person in the UK to accept the cash is drug addict "John" from Leicester who says he "should never be a father" [BBC, UK]
'Sterilise addicts' charity targets Scots
A controversial charity offering drug and alcohol addicts £200 to be sterilised says Scotland's addiction problems made it an obvious place to target [The Scotsman, UK]
Should addicts be encouraged to be sterilised?
Have your say [BBC, UK]
Big Society strategy for charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises
It is the first step towards helping civil society organisations grasp new opportunities arising from the massive devolution of power to local communities and reform of public services that underpins the Big Society [Cabinet Office, UK]
New homeless hub planned for London
A rough sleeping hub is likely to be set up in London to organise housing and support for homeless people, as part of a drive to end the problem by 2012 [Inside Housing, UK]
'Take my advice – don't traffic drugs'
Three UK prisoners detained in Peru explain why trafficking drugs wasn’t the easy money they were led to believe it would be [Home Office, UK]
Effectiveness of universal programme – Healthy School and Drugs
A three year randomised clustered trial and evaluation of the Dutch Healthy School and Drugs (HSD) programme is just about to enter its final year [Drug Education Forum, UK]
Do the dangers of codeine outweigh the benefits?
Some estimates suggest as many as 30,000 people may be addicted to the drug [Independent, UK]
Police net record drugs haul worth £5m
The drugs haul, initially thought to be worth £3.3m, is one of the biggest in Strathclyde Police's history [Scotland on Sunday, UK]
BBC snubs tribute to drug death star Mark Speight
Executives decided against becoming directly involved in the service because of concerns that it might tarnish the Corporation’s reputation [Daily Mail, UK]
Drug smuggling 'harder to detect' says UK Border Agency
Drug smugglers bringing cocaine into the UK have started using more advanced techniques to avoid being caught [BBC Radio1, UK]
Four-week naltrexone injection extends opiate abstinence
The first placebo-controlled trial found that a long-acting injection of the opiate blocking drug naltrexone nearly doubled the time heroin dependent patients were retained in abstinence-based treatment, potentially creating an opiate-free space during which to construct non addicted lifestyles. Print publication 2006 [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Warning over parent alcohol abuse 'child effect'
Millions of children are at risk of neglect because of a parent's drinking, and yet the problem is being ignored, say charities [BBC, UK]
Councils to lead new crackdown on cheap alcohol deals
Local authorities are to be given new powers to stop supermarkets and off licences offering cheap alcohol deals [Telegraph, UK]
Getting drunk now cheaper than chocolate
Bingeing Britons can get drunk for half the price of a bar of chocolate, worrying research showed last night [Daily Express, UK]
Call over booze 'plague' of illness
Health groups have called for the Government to act to tackle the "plague" of illness caused by cheap alcohol after it was revealed that youngsters could get drunk for half the price of a bar of chocolate [Daily Express, UK]
Drug driving - the ‘drugalyser’ is Coming - Review Show
In the fourth Review Show George Williams talks to Iain Forcer from drug testing company Concateno about the issues and the success of roadside testing in other countries [Inexcess TV, UK]
Tobacco increases the risk of mental illness – another reason to support “Toke Pure”
It has long been the view of this website that tobacco represents the biggest health threat to cannabis users and it’s a view that’s easy to justify [UKCIA]
Have We Bottled It?
Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, delivers the opening address at Alcohol Action Ireland’s Have We Bottled It? Alcohol Marketing and Young People conference [Alcohol Action Ireland]
Is alcohol too cheap?
According to the Rand report, commissioned by the European Commission’s Department of Health, Ireland is one of six countries in the EU where alcohol has become over 50 per cent more affordable than it was 15 years ago [Irish Times]
Prison Drug Treatment Would Reduce Overcrowding, Crime, Budgets
Robert Weiner, Ex-White House Drug Spokesman [Earth Times]
The European Alcohol and Health Forum
First Monitoring Progress Report - summary - full document [RAND]
California Voters Take on the Drug War
The great divide between politicians and the people is showing itself in California where polls show the voters support Proposition 19 and where the mainstream politicians mostly oppose it [Consortium News]
Hilary Clinton in vow to aid Mexico's drug war
Hilary Clinton has vowed that the United States will do more to clamp down on Mexico's warring drug cartels [The Scotsman, UK]
Drug users turn to 'meow meow'
A survey shows that drug users are turning away from ecstasy due to a drop in quality, and are instead using a drug known as 'meow meow' [VAADA, Australia]
Judges fed up with drunken violence clogging our courts
Judges and magistrates in NSW are appalled at the epidemic level of alcohol-fuelled crime in their courts, which accounts for more than half of their work and includes violence they never imagined when they started on the bench [SMH, Australia]
Sport fuelling alcohol abuse: AMA
The Australian Medical Association says sporting organisations must take some responsibility for the culture of binge drinking in Western Australia [ABC News, Australia]
UNODC strengthens partnership with Korea
The Anti-Drug Liaison Officials' Meeting for International Cooperation celebrates its 20th anniversary [UNODC]
Drug trade flourishing in Burma
Opium growth in Burma is eclipsing all other countries in south-east Asia and production is trending ''relentlessly upward'', the head of a UN drugs unit will say today [SMH, Australia]
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