DS Daily - 20th September 2010 |
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Petition and Government's response
Petition to: Halt and reverse the slide towards incorrect, confusing and politically driven drugs (mis)information [H.M. Government, UK]
Scottish government debate: drugs strategy - video
MSPs have passed a Scottish government motion and opposition party amendments after a consensual debate on the government's drugs strategy on 15 September 2010 [BBC, UK]
Police chief issues call to decriminalise cannabis and redirect resources
Intervention comes amid growing warnings from experts that prohibition does not deter drug use [Guardian, UK]
Portugal's drugs policy is a poor model for our own
Far from reducing consumption, decriminalising drugs in Portugal led to a rise [Observer, UK]
Evidence on the best way to run needle exchanges
This thorough review formed the evidential basis for recent guidance from the English National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on how best to distribute sterile syringes to injectors to prevent infection [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Unstoppable force meets immovable object: Reality Vs drugs policy
If you listen to the noises coming from the government you could be forgiven for assuming the future drugs policy was done and dusted; a harsher version of what’s gone before based on beefed up enforcement, deterrence and repression, there is no debate to be had [UKCIA]
What's the point of jailing George Michael when our prisons are awash with drugs?
The jailing of George Michael for crashing his car while high on cannabis is deeply disturbing on more than one level - Melanie Phillips [Daily Mail, UK]
Neath drugs centre to tackle addiction
Health Minister Edwina Hart opened the assembly government funded project.
She said £52.6m was being spent on supporting the substance misuse strategy in Wales this year [BBC, UK]
Video: My Name is Bill - 12 Step Programme
Two powerful performance pieces from the Outside Edge Theatre Company [Inexcess TV, UK]
Alcohol threat to native Scots
Native Scots are more than twice as likely to die an alcohol-related death than Scottish residents born south of the border, according to a new study [The Herald, Scotland, UK]
Consumption controversies
Alcohol policies in the UK [Royal Geographic Society, UK]
Coroner's court jury urges introduction of methadone protocol for all Garda stations
A jury at the inquest of a man who died after being in Garda custody has recommended that a methadone protocol be introduced in all Garda stations as soon as possible [Irish Times]
Money worries blamed for spike in addictions
Treatment centre reports sharp rise in number of women seeking help for drug and drink problems [Independent, Ireland]
Move junkies out to the suburbs - mayor
Dublin's Lord Mayor Gerry Breen is to hold talks this week with the Health Service Executive about its policy of locating drug-maintenance clinics in the city centre, thereby attracting thousands of addicts in from the suburbs every day [Independent, Ireland]
Report of the Substance Use, Abuse, and Addiction Working Group
The working group is committed to the finding that the current organization of SUAA research at NIH is not optimal for fulfilling the agency’s mission or optimizing research in substance use, abuse, and addiction [NIH, USA]
Access to social networking tools in the AOD sector
This survey is quick straw poll to get an idea of what level of access staff in our sector currently have to Web 2.0 in their workplace [Moreland Hall , Australia]
'Don't' isn't enough to stop binge drinking
Reports about the increasing incidence of binge drinking among young Australians are now as familiar a source of headlines as interest rate changes or housing prices [The Age, Australia]
Task for pubs, not politicians
We have ways to crack down on irresponsible drinking [The Australian]