DS Daily - 6th April 2011 |
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DrugScope comment and opinion
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Regulator calls for evidence on methadone preparation
The General Pharmaceutical Council; (GPhC) is calling on patients, the public, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals for evidence supporting their experiences and views on the extemporaneous preparation of methadone - PDF Respond to the questions online | GPhC, UK
English Pharmacy Board calls for pharmacists to have a formal role in public health
Our response provides comments which will assist the development of this service as well as helping pharmacists and other healthcare practitioners engage with this development | English Pharmacy Board
Swansea's top officer not surprised by drug-use figures in wake of damning report
Swansea's sorry position as top of the Class As when it comes to suspect drug testing has not surprised the city's top cop | This is South Wales, UK
British criminal justice system fails many problem drinkers
New Effectiveness Bank bulletin features three critical officially funded reports on alcohol interventions in the British criminal justice system. HM Inspectorate of Prisons called it a depressing picture | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
A&E units failing underage drinkers, charity warns
Only eight A&E departments nationally offer alcohol harm reduction interventions for under-16s, Alcohol Concern says | Guardian, UK
Anger as court agrees garage alcohol sales
Campaigners have attacked a landmark judgment that will allow motorists to buy alcohol as they fill up their cars with fuel in towns and cities across Scotland | The Herald, Scotland, UK
Alcohol Focus Scotland launches Manifesto
The Manifesto calls for the new Scottish Parliament to take decisive steps to reduce the harm caused by alcohol - Full Manifesto | Alcohol Focus Scotland, UK
Manipulating morals: scientists target drugs that improve behaviour
Researchers say morality treatments could be used instead of prison and might even help humanity tackle global issues | Guardian, UK
Opening Doors, Breaking Barriers:
A Strategy for Social Mobility | HM Government, UK
Drugs, drink and crime are worst things about Dublin, survey shows
Drug abuse, drink-fuelled anti-social behaviour and crime are the worst things about living in Dublin, a city council survey of more than 2,000 people has found | Irish Times
Some doctors ask patients to sign 'pain contracts' to get prescriptions
The agreements may require patients to submit to blood or urine drug tests, fill their prescriptions at a single pharmacy or refuse to accept pain medication from any other doctor | LA Times, USA
Prisoners at risk over methadone administration: report
The Alexander Maconochie Centre is placing prisoners at high risk of injury or death by failing to safely administer methadone, an independent review of the prison has found | Canberra Times, Australia
HIV and injecting drug use: a global call for action
Their needs have been neglected, and their rights have been ignored, and, in many cases, horribly violated as governments have chosen to pursue punitive, disproportionate drug laws instead of evidence-based health strategies to address drug-related harm | The Lancet, UK
In Afghanistan, Methadone Improves Health and Reduces Crime
Researchers from the Kabul-based harm reduction NGO, Médecins du Monde, released results from Afghanistan’s first-ever methadone trial that shows drug users who are prescribed opioid substitution treatment, such as methadone or buprenorphine, reported both their general quality of health and their mental well-being had benefited | Open Society Foundations, USA