DS Daily - 26th October 2010 |
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Bitesized Briefing on Payment by Results
Director of Policy and Membership, Marcus Roberts [DrugScope, UK]
Spending review changes could hold back individuals’ recovery
Drug and alcohol treatment charity WDP has warned that the changes to welfare benefits and social housing rules could hold back recovery for some people with drug and alcohol problems [WDP, UK]
Up to 50,000 jobs at risk in social care, union warns
Brian Strutton, national secretary for public services at GMB, believes up to one in five of the 250,000 workers employed by local government in social care are facing redundancy [Community Care, UK]
Tackling alcohol issues in Lothian
As part of a national programme to address Scotland’s alcohol use, patients attending A&E departments in Lothian are being asked to complete a simple alcohol self assessment questionnaire [NHS Lothian, UK]
SIBA attacks beer references in underage drinking report
Brewers' group says beer should not be lumped in with other drinks [The Publican, UK]
Pharmacy guidelines halve sales of codeine drugs
The pharmacy union says the new rules are misleading customers and creating a stigma regarding the use of certain painkillers [Irish Times]
What the World Can Learn from Switzerland’s Drug Policy Shift
This short film by the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU)outlines how the country successfully resolved the problems of asignificant increase in the use of injected drugsthrough the introduction of an innovative national drug policy based on scientifically proven methods, not rhetoric [Drug Reporter, Hungary]
Drug injection site pushed by Sask. students
Two nursing students in Prince Albert, Sask., will make a pitch Monday for the city to build a supervised injection site for drug users [CBC News, Canada]
Advances in Substances Abuse Prevention
Experience from a 32-Year Career [Of Substance Blog, ONDCP, USA]
Legalization, Medical Marijuana, & Alcohol Taxes Go Before State Voters Nov. 2
A marijuana-legalization question on the California ballot has better than a puncher's chance of passage on Nov. 2, and voters will go to the polls in Arizona and South Dakota to decide whether to allow medical use of the drug. The alcohol industry, meanwhile, is trying to strangle new impact and mitigation fees in California and roll back an alcohol tax passed in Massachusetts just last year [Join Together, USA]
Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts
U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Justice award almost $76 million to enhance adult and Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts [SAMHSA, USA]
A New/Old Treatment for Opiate Addiction
Gov makes naltrexone legit for heroin [Addiction Inbox, USA]
NIDA Notes
Volume 23, Number 2 [NIDA, USA]
Case Raises Alcoholic Energy Drink Concerns
Sugary, high-alcohol energy drinks that are popular with college students who want to get drunk quickly and cheaply came under renewed scrutiny Monday as investigators announced that nine freshmen had been hospitalized after drinking them at an off-campus party [abc News, USA]
Booze the greater of two evils
A century of propaganda has blinded us to the obvious: decriminalise and regulate less harmful drugs [The Age, Australia]
Global smart update 2010 - vol. 4
Trends in global synthetic drug situation [UNODC]