DS Daily - 11th April 2011 |
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Radical approach to drugs recovery piloted
Eight areas in England will test innovative new ways to help drug addicts recover and achieve a sustained recovery, Public Health Minister Anne Milton announced | Department of Health, UK
Payment by results pilot schemes announced
Bracknell Forest, Enfield, Kent, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Stockport, Wakefield and Wigan have been chosen to test innovative new ways to help drug addicts recover and achieve a sustained recovery, Public Health Minister Anne Milton announced - Paul Hayes' letter to partnerships | NTA, UK
Cocaine use to be reviewed by government drug advisers
Renewed popularity in the drug in recent years has put Britain at the top of European 'league table' for cocaine abuse | Guardian, UK
Drink and Drugs News - April
Support measures and other magazine features | Drink and Drugs News, UK
10,000 children are sleeping rough
The shocking truth about Britain’s young homeless | Daily Mail, UK
Leaders debate alcohol measures
On the Politics Show leaders' debate, the minimum pricing of alcohol led to a heated exchange | BBC Scotland, UK
Glass or two of wine a week 'could damage baby'
Pregnant women who drink as little as a glass of wine a week could be putting their babies at risk, according to new research which contracts recent studies indicating that an occasional tipple is harmless | Telegraph, UK
Health warnings on alcoholic drinks can and bottles to be implemented in Ireland
The blunt messages, displayed prominently on labels, are part of a new drive to curb the spiralling social and health problems associated with the country’s alarming alcohol consumption | Daily Mail, UK
“It’s a buzz” - Finding recovery after 45 years
After 45 years of addiction, from class A drugs to alcohol abuse Richard tells us about how he feels about recovery | Inexcess TV, UK
Plain cigarettes packets could help stop people start smoking
Researchers have found that plain cigarette packaging could help prevent people taking up the habit but would have little effect on those who already smoke on a daily basis | Addiction
New warm line helps clinicians tackle patients' substance abuse
A free, nationwide service launched to help primary care providers seeking to identify and advise substance-abusing patients | NIH, USA
Prescription drug monitoring database set to go forward
The news prompted cheers from those who see the database as a critical tool in the fight against the state’s prescription drug epidemic | Miami Herald, USA
Newly Born, and Withdrawing From Painkillers
Those who do treat pregnant addicts face a jarring ethical quandary: they must weigh whether the harm inflicted by exposing a fetus to powerful drugs, albeit under medical supervision, is justifiable. | New York Times, USA
Melbourne's 9000 overdoses a year
Melbourne is fighting a drugs epidemic, with 9000 overdoses a year putting enormous strain on emergency services | Herald Sun, Australia
Doctors like dealers for prescription drug addicts
Perth's black market in prescription drugs is booming and health professionals say they cannot control it | The West Australian
Hep Chat
470th show of Hep Chat and 10th anniversary of program but also last show of Hep Chat. Interview with Prof Carla Treloar, Head of hepatitis C research UNSW, on harm reduction – the past, the present and the future | 3CR, Australia
Plan for heroin users to self-treat overdoses with drug Narcan
Giving heroin users medicines to self-treat overdoses would reduce harm and ease the burden on emergency services | Herald Sun, Australia
Afghanistan's Drug Career: Evolution from a War Economy to a Drug Economy
German research paper looks into the beginnings and the evolution of drug production in Afghanistan during decades-long war | German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Video from IHRA 2011
Video of Nigel Brundson talking about Last years #OD10 campaign and the resulting report | Injecting Advice, UK