DS Daily - 16th September 2010 |
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Students warned about risks of 'legal highs'
A campaign which highlights the risks of ‘legal highs’ was launched by James Brokenshire, Minister for Crime Prevention [Home Office, UK]
Anger at 'appalling' Government legal high campaign
The Government's 'crazy chemist' campaign which aims to warn students of the dangers of trying legal highs has prompted a fierce reaction from scientists [Daily Mail, UK]
Addicts 'on road to recovery'
Scotland's national drugs strategy is helping to make a positive impact for addicts, accoding to government figures [The Scotsman, UK]
History of methadone and methadone prescribing
British policy has always been a pragmatic mix of harm reduction, abstinence, and social control [Exchange Supplies, UK]
Heroin death of girl who became an alcoholic at 13
A girl who became a symbol of underage alcoholism after a TV documentary died of a heroin overdose, an inquest heard yesterday [Daily Express, UK]
Home Secretary and ACMD to be judicially reviewed with regards to Alcohol and Tobacco Policy
Incarcerated US LSD chemist Casey Hardison, currently serving 20 years in the UK, seeks to judicially review the Home Secretary and the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs for their political exclusion of alcohol and tobacco from the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Though the claim is in the public interest, Casey ultimately wants equal treatment [Drug Equality Alliance]
Welsh Health Survey 2009
Chapter 4.4 - alcohol [Welsh Assembly Government, UK]
New method to tackle binge drinking in young people
Researchers at Aston University have come up with a new way to help young people control their drinking [BBC, UK]
Banning Buckfast ‘will not reduce crime level’
Chief Superintendent Bob Hamilton, of Strathclyde Police, told MSPs yesterday that people who drink the high-caffeine tonic wine would just switch to something else [The Herald, Scotland, UK]
El Chapo – the Mexican drug czar whose influence we should all fear
Although we should learn from our mistakes and the mistakes of others, we persist in following the failed tactics of the US in relation to drugs. Our drug problems, which began in Dublin, have gradually spread throughout the country [Irish Examiner]
40% of teens own alcohol branded goods
Four out of 10 teenagers own alcohol branded merchandise and half of their favourite television ads are about alcohol, new research shows [Irish Examiner]
100 people dying a month in ‘alcohol epidemic'
Dr Tony Holohan’s stark alert came as new research revealed the alcohol industry is aggressively targeting young people, including children, onlin [Irish Examiner]
Injection drug use cessation and use of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility
While the role of addiction treatment in promoting injection cessation has been well described, these data indicate a potential role of SIF in promoting increased uptake of addiction treatment and subsequent injection cessation [PubMed]
Report: Illegal drug use up sharply last year
The rate of illegal drug use rose last year to the highest level in nearly a decade, fueled by a sharp increase in marijuana use and a surge in ecstasy and methamphetamine abuse, the government reported Wednesday [Associated Press, USA]
Courage and common sense in battle against drug addiction
Just over two months ago, the governing Council of the AMA (NSW) passed a unanimous resolution calling on the NSW government to make Sydney's supervised injecting clinic permanent [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]
Bikie heroin to flood streets
Police are searching for one of Australia's largest heroin importations amid concerns it will lead to a flood of the drug in Sydney and Melbourne and further enrich one of the nation's most powerful bikie gangs, the Comancheros [The Age, Australia]
Stanhope opens up to needle exchange
Chief Minister Jon Stanhope says he is now more open to the idea of a having a needle exchange in Canberra's jail [ABC News, Australia]
War on drugs expensive and futile
Dr Alex Wodak says there's no shortage of drugs on the streets and spending billions of dollars on drug law enforcement is a futile exercise [ABC News, Australia]
Mexican connection
Around half of the cocaine entering Australia is being sent from Mexico, a notorious and powerful syndicate behind many of the shipments [ABC News, Australia]
Simple Act of Targeting ‘Drinking Hours’ Works, Says ADCA
Findings from a university study on a reduction in assaults as a result of restricted hotel closing times in the Newcastle CBD validates calls by the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) for similar trading hours to be adopted Australia-wide [ADCA, Australia]
Cambodia opens first methadone clinic for heroin users
Cambodia has launched the country's first methadone-treatment programme, in a new approach to help heroin users [BBC, UK]