DS Daily - 13th September 2010 |
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British Red Cross says teach children alcohol first aid
Children should learn first aid skills to help friends who become dangerously drunk, says the [British Red Cross, UK]
A cross-sectional survey of compliance with national guidance for alcohol consumption by children
Measuring risk factors, protective factors and social norms for excessive and unsupervised drinking [BMC Public Health]
Head to head
Why putting aside differences is vital. Editorial - Claire Brown.
Also features from DDN’s first issue after the summer break [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
Ageing drug addicts 'face chronic health problems'
Dr Caryl Beynon, from the Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University, studied a small group of people aged 49 - 61 who had all sought help from drug treatment services [BBC, UK]
Drug cases 'will fail' if forensic labs are cut
Suspected drug offenders could escape prosecution because police budget cuts will lead to fewer forensic tests being carried out on evidence, a leading lawyer has warned [Scotland on Sunday, UK]
Fears for public health grow as Department of Health culls experts
More than 100 specialists in tackling problems such as obesity, alcohol abuse and smoking are being sacked by the Department of Health in a move that has alarmed senior doctors [Guardian, UK]
NOMS annual report and accounts 2009-10
The annual report and accounts of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) details the agency’s performance in 2009-10 alongside audited accounts for the year [Ministry of Justice, UK]
Early Day Motion (709) - 2010 drug strategy consultation
That this House is concerned at the duration of the Home Office's consultation on the Government's drug strategy 2010 published on 20 August 2010 which closes to submissions on 30 September 2010; considers the length, lack of policy detail and inaccessibility of this consultation to contravene the Cabinet Office's Code of Practice on public consultation - Caroline Lucas, Paul Flynn, Peter Bottomley, Kelvin Hopkins [House of Commons, UK]
Early Cannabis Use and Estimated Risk of Later Onset of Depression Spells – yet another “wrong” result!
An interesting study this week from the American Journal of Epidemiology entitled “Early Cannabis Use and Estimated Risk of Later Onset of Depression Spells: Epidemiologic Evidence From the Population-based World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Initiative” [UKCIA]
British troops investigated for heroin smuggling
Military police are investigating claims that British soldiers may have trafficked heroin from Afghanistan [BBC, UK]
Newsagents lobby ministers to stop ban on tobacco displays
Shopkeepers fear rules to stop cigarettes being on show will cost them their livelihoods [Independent, UK]
Cigarette point-of-sale displays ban must go ahead, say leading doctors
Coalition yet to decide on whether Labour legislation to put cigarettes out of customers' sight will be implemented [Observer, UK]
No longer criminals for medicating themselves
The legalisation of cannabis moved a step closer to reality this week after Health Minister Mary Harney announced she is open to making cannabis legal for medicinal purposes in Ireland [Irish Examiner]
Outside Edge – 10 Years on the boards
In December 2009 Inexcess TV had the opportunity to film the Outside Edge Theatre Company’s ten year celebrations [Inexcess TV, UK]
Buprenorphine: A more accessible treatment for opioid dependence
Research indicates that buprenorphine may be as effective as other medical options, such as methadone maintenance therapy, the current gold standard. Additionally, buprenorphine is more readily available in an outpatient setting [JAAPA, USA]
Emergency Department Visits Involving Illicit Drug Use by Older Adults: 2008
In 2008, an estimated 118,495 emergency department (ED) visits involved illicit drug use by older adults [SAMHSA, USA]
U.S. weapons fuel drug violence, Mexico's president says
We live next to the world's largest drug consumer, and all the world wants to sell them drugs through our door and our window. And we live next to the world's largest arms seller, which is supplying the criminals," Mexican President Felipe Calderon told [CNN, USA]
Drugs and Prison in Latin America
These videos feature people who have spent years in prison enduring harsh sentences that are disproportionate to the crimes they committed [TNI]
Mexico arrests suspected drug kingpin
The Mexican authorities say they have arrested one of the country's most wanted drugs traffickers [BBC, UK]
Weary of drug war, Mexico debates legalization
A debate about legalizing marijuana and possibly other drugs - once a taboo suggestion - is percolating in Mexico, a nation exhausted by runaway violence and a deadly drug war [Seattle Times, USA]
When Bipolar Patients Abuse Drugs
The Dual Diagnosis Dilemma [Brain Blogger]
Methadone clinics 'need to relocate'
Methadone clinics and drug addicts are having an impact on Liverpool CBD, according to newly-elected Hughes Federal Liberal MP Craig Kelly [Liverpool Leader, Australia]
Police launch nationwide blitz on drunks
Hundreds of people have been arrested on the first night of an Australian and New Zealand-wide police operation against alcohol-fuelled violence [The Age, Australia]
Cheap as champers
Young people get drunk to bond with their social group, an academic says [SMH, Australia]
Booze is the reason for crime: Scipione
Australia's booze-fuelled culture causes more than 70 per cent of street crime, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione says [SMH, Australia]