DS Daily - 1st April 2011 |
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Drug laws 'may make matters worse'
Police efforts to fight drug gangs tend to lead to more violence and an increase in murders, according to a new international study - Mark Easton [BBC, UK]
Enforcement crackdowns make drug markets more violent
Updated review finds that the link between enforcement and violence in studies to date suggests that crackdowns which fail to suppress an illicit drug market may simply make it more violent [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Re-think needed on health and social care outcomes
The King’s Fund has called for a single performance framework to ensure that NHS and social care services work together to improve outcomes for patients and service users in a new paper published today - Integrating health and social care: Where next? [The King's Fund, UK]
The Big Society: government strategy or resistance movement?
If a fraction of the social energy unleashed onto the streets of London over the weekend could be harnessed to the Big Society, the project would be considered a success. This might yet happen [RSA, UK]
Minister admits poorest areas will be hardest hit by cuts
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has conceded that the poorest local authorities will suffer the most under Government spending cuts [Channel 4 News, UK]
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, Commons Report Stage
Whilst we regret nothing is included in the Bill on the below cost price sale of alcohol, the LGA is encouraged by the Home Office’s commitment to “taking forward proposals to implement the ban on sale below cost without delay” - Briefing [Local Government Association, UK]
Glaring omissions in the Government's new proposals for measuring health outcomes
Rethink Mental Illness and the Royal College of Psychiatrists are worried that the proposals as they stand, will not measure how well local authorities are doing in terms of tackling mental health stigma or improving the resilience of young people at risk of mental health problems [Rethink, UK]
Health Trends in Wales 2011
This publication contains a wide range of statistical information on the health of the population and the range and quality of health care services in Wales - PDF or Excel [Welsh Assembly Government, UK]
Alcohol policy comment: determinants, influences and the media
James Nicholls, an alcohol policy and history researcher from Bath Spa University, has contributed the following guest post. It explores recent news and developments in the alcohol field within the context of policy making and journalism [Alcohol Policy UK]
Now fifth of women are drinking too much - rate rises to a quarter in under-24s
Soaring numbers of women are drinking hazardous amounts of alcohol, figures show [Daily Mail, UK]
Senators pare back prescription drug abuse plan, would limit who is monitored by state
Maryland state senators want to limit who would report to the state under a monitoring plan aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse [Washington Post, USA]
Top woman lawyer 'to lead drug war'
Mexico's attorney general, known mainly for his weak image in a country fighting a drug war, has resigned, paving the way for President Felipe Calderon's top organised crime prosecutor as a successor [Independent, Ireland]
Licence to drink in battle against the booze
The Northern Territory government has introduced a bill to establish the nation's toughest alcohol laws, which would ban problem drinkers from buying booze for three months and require every bottle-shop customer to have their driver's licence checked into a database before each purchase [The Australian]
Why It's Obvious We Are Losing The War On Drugs
The drug cartels are strong because the US strategy in the drug wars makes them strong. Here's why [Business Insider]
The last gasp
For Big Tobacco, South-East Asia is the final frontier [The Economist]
IHRA 2011 on Twitter
This page is set to show the most recent Tweets from the people at the International Harm Reduction Association's conference [Injecting Advice, UK]
Drug dependence treatment and HIV prevention in Kenya
During his first visit to East Africa since taking office as head of UNODC, Executive Director Yury Fedotov visited the Nairobi Outreach Services Trust in Kenya, an NGO working to prevent HIV among injecting drug users and other vulnerable sections of the population in the capital [UNODC]