DS Daily - 9th August 2011 |
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Consolidation and review of the misuse of drugs regulations 2001
This consultation document seeks your comments on proposals to consolidate and review specific provisions under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 and on the accompanying impact assessment | Home Office, UK
Adfam response to Payment by Results consultation
Adfam's response argues that families should be more explicitly recognised in the draft outcomes, which should acknowledge the contribution that families (and the services that support them) can make to recovery and the need to support families in their own right | Adfam, UK
Tottenham riot: a community blighted by drugs and gun crime
While all illegal substances are readily available on Tottenham’s streets, it is the heroin trade which has put the area on Britain’s crime map with the so-called Turkish Mafia said to control around 90 per cent of the country’s heroin market | Telegraph, UK
Charities 'to face £3bn in cuts' says report
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations used figures on the Government's spending plans produced by the Office for Budget Responsibility to calculate what they believe is the first authoritative figure for the impact of the austerity programme on charities | Independent, UK
Right Time Right Support
Smarter support for families to keep young people out of care and out of trouble | Catch22, UK
Councils fail to involve voluntary sector in youth services commissioning
Local authorities are failing to consider outsourcing youth services to the voluntary and community sector, an Ofsted report has warned | Children & Young People Now, UK
Addiction: What gets us hooked?
Some people have their lives destroyed by drugs or alcohol, while others can indulge and walk away. Now doctors are beginning to understand the reasons why | Independent, UK
Pub crawl - alcohol use among students attending organised drinking events
Little is known about actual levels of alcohol consumption on student pub crawls in the UK. This study will address this gap in knowledge by measuring and monitoring alcohol consumption, blood alcohol levels and drunkenness amongst students on pub crawls across three English cities | Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
One in 10 cigarettes being bought illegally, says study
Illicit sales of cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco are thought to cost the UK around £2 billion a year in lost tax | The Herald, Scotland, UK
Smoking may be banned in public parks and cars in new 'zero-tolerance' zones
It would be the first time smoking outdoors has been banned in Britain | Daily Mail, UK
New plan to legalise use of medicinal cannabis
According to departmental briefing documents prepared for Health Minister James Reilly, officials were looking at plans to allow travellers from other EU states to legally bring cannabis products prescribed for medical use into Ireland | Independent, Ireland
More Marines may get alcohol-abuse treatment
With orders from the top, the Marine Corps’ inspector general is canvassing the service to see how well commands are enforcing rules on alcohol use among Marines | Marine Corps Times, USA
Help for addicts all too remote
An inquest has revealed a dearth of mental health and substance abuse services | The Australian
Lawyers challenge police alcohol ban powers
Police powers to ban people from licensed venues could be challenged in the Supreme Court after a young woman was excluded for a year from every pub, bottle shop and licensed restaurant in her home town despite not being found guilty of any crime | The Age, Australia