DS Daily - 8th April 2011 |
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Models of care and building recoveries in communities
A bite sized briefing from | DrugScope, UK
Drinking over the limit 'raises cancer risk'
A large Europe-wide study in the British Medical Journal found that one-in-10 of all cancers in men and one-in-33 of all cancers in women are caused by past or current alcohol intake | BBC, UK
Too close? The drinks industry's unsteady deal with government
Two health organisations last month refused to sign a responsibility deal on reducing problem drinking because they felt the industry was dictating the terms. Six others have walked out. Is there a future for the initiative? | Guardian, UK
Young people's housing maze
This series of animated films illustrates the type of issues young people face in finding safe and secure housing and accompanies our Young people's charter on housing | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK
The housing charity given five days to slash its budget by 40%
Cosgarne, a charity offering housing support and accommodation to homeless people in St Austell, Cornwall, received a nasty shock | 24dash.com, UK
The Benefits of Social Networking Services
Young people‟s online behaviour is often not well understood resulting in a „digital disconnect‟ between young people‟s use of technology and the knowledge and concerns that parents, professionals and community members share about this use | Academic Research Centre, Australia
Polish dignitaries present drug-related programme of upcoming EU presidency
The purpose of the visit is to present the programme of the six-month mandate (July–December), review recent changes in Polish drug policy and explore future cooperation and information-exchange between the EMCDDA and Polish bodies working in the drugs field | EMCDDA
Effects of a large reduction in alcohol prices on mortality in Finland
An evaluation of the impact of a large reduction in alcohol prices on alcohol-related and all-cause mortality: time series analysis of a population-based natural experiment | Institute on Lifestyle & Health of Boston University School of Medicine, USA
Nearly all American adults with untreated alcohol use disorders don’t think they need treatment
A new report based on a national survey shows that only 1.2 percent of the nation’s more than 7.4 million adults aged 21 to 64 with an untreated alcohol abuse disorder perceive they could benefit from treatment | SAMHSA, USA
An Oral History of the War on Drugs & The American Criminal Justice System
This collection of testimonials from criminal offenders, family members, and experts on America's criminal justice system puts a human face on the millions of Americans subjugated by the US Government's 40 year, one trillion dollar social catastrophe: The War on Drugs | openDemocracy
U.S. not doing enough to decrease drug consumption, former Mexican president says
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox, a onetime U.S. ally in the war on drugs who now pushes for drug legalization, said the U.S. is not doing enough to decrease drug consumption and stop the flow of weapons to Mexico | LA Times, USA
World's Toughest Anti-Smoking Laws Released
The world’s toughest laws on tobacco promotion moved a step closer with the release on 7 April of the Australian Government’s proposed design and legislation for plain packaging | Department of Health and Ageing, Australia
Big Tobacco's fight to the death
Tobacco giants have signalled a billion-dollar fight to the death with the federal government over its plans to enforce plain packaging for tobacco products | The Australian
Reaching Women Drug Users in Iran
While women in Iran may use drugs less frequently than men, they are more likely to die as a result. Also, as in many countries, women who use drugs face extreme stigma and are much more likely than men to experience unemployment, depression, and anxiety as well as general medical problems than are their male counterparts | Open Society Foundations, USA