DS Daily - 2nd August 2011 |
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Naloxone drugs kit trial saves lives
The deaths of at least 20 addicts were prevented during the course of a ground-breaking new trial in which their friends and family were given the heroin 'antidote' naloxone and training in life-saving techniques to cope with overdose situations. Report | NTA, UK
Amy Winehouse's father holds Home Office talks over new drug rehab centre
Mitch Winehouse meets Home Office minister to discuss gap in residential treatment services for young drug addicts | Guardian, UK
Mitch Winehouse urges more drugs help
Amy Winehouse's father has urged politicians to do more for young people needing help with drug and alcohol problems | BBC, UK
Who is right? Mitch Winehouse or Paul Hayes?
Still grieving for his daughter Amy, Mitch Winehouse is today meeting politicians and the media to urge that waiting times for rehab be cut – and Keith Vaz MP has called for a formal review of waiting times | Addiction Today, UK
Letter from Paul Hayes to The Times
These services (treatment and recovery) are widely available, and for some years now official statistics have confirmed that more than nine out of ten patients wait less than three weeks for treatment in England | NTA, UK
Drink and Drugs News published
Magazine features | DDN, UK
Customs raids target shops selling counterfeit alcohol
Raids on shops suspected of selling counterfeit alcohol are to be carried out by Revenue and Customs | BBC, UK
Summer drink-driving figures 'alarming', say police
Police have described as "alarming" the number of people arrested as part of a summer crackdown on drink-driving | BBC, UK
Charities 'hit by funding cuts'
More that 2,000 charities across England have had their funding cut or withdrawn altogether by local councils, according to research | BBC, UK
Charities fight for survival as funding slashed across country
Anti-cuts campaign False Economy obtained data from 265 freedom-of-information responses from local councils | Guardian, UK
Community sentences: a solution to penal excess?
This paper examines the use of community sentences as a mechanism for reducing reliance on custody in England and Wales since the late 1990s. Download | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, UK
Drink may cause ‘invisible’ brain harm
The report said research suggests that alcohol-related brain injury accounts for 10% of people with dementia | Irish Examiner
ASAP, Army to hire 130 substance-abuse counselors
The Army needs 130 additional counselors to help Soldiers who think they might have a problem with alcohol or other drugs | U.S. Army
Who Falls to Addiction, and Who Is Unscathed?
Who can experiment uneventfully with drugs and who will be undone by them results from a complex interplay of genes, environment and psychology. And, unfortunately, just plain chance | New York Times, USA
Call for monitoring of 'prescription shoppers'
A Victorian coroner is urging the Victorian Health Department to introduce a prescription monitoring program to help save the lives of addicts | ABC News, Australia
Synthetic drug laws a step ahead
Tasmania's drug laws have been broadened to ban new illicit drugs before they have been created | ABC News, Australia