DS Daily - 19th August 2011 |
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Amy died at 27... thanks to rehab that's the age I began to get better
In Halifax, a carefully devised recovery programme is delivered on a shoestring budget by former users who know the pitfalls young people like Amy face. In recent years they have seen an increase in the numbers of young girls attending | The Sun, UK
Ayrshire drug deaths soar
A shortage of heroin in Ayrshire has resulted in drug deaths more than tripling in a decade | Ayrshire Post, UK
Benefits of fine-tuning prevention to high risk personality traits
Addressing the substance use promoting tendencies of the personality traits of London schoolchildren at particular risk of substance misuse led to fewer drinking and, among the drinkers, fewer drinking heavily. The study showed that school staff could effectively conduct the focus group interventions | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Benefits fade after fine-tuning prevention to high risk personality traits
Addressing the substance use promoting tendencies of the personality traits of London schoolchildren at particular risk of substance misuse led to persistently lower drink-related problems, but after a year drinking itself was not significantly affected | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
DoH Pilot
A pilot to raise awareness of the support needs of families and carers affected by another person's substance misuse has increased referrals to family substance misuse counselling services in Brighton & Hove by 180% | CRI, UK
EFE European Family Empowerment – Survey of family organisations
The overall aim of this project is to appraise parents' understanding of the problems young people face. It will then try to assess how best they might contribute to prevention through their social networks or the organisations where they are represented | Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
British ladettes match men in binge drinking as they top European poll of alcohol abusers
British women have topped a European league of ‘ladette’ drinking
shame.
They are now as likely to binge on alcohol as men, according to EU research
| Daily Mail, UK
Government continues to listen to patients and health professionals
Prime Minister David Cameron and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley today committed to continue listening to patients and health professionals on the future of the health service | DoH, UK
Large increase in seizures of heroin over last year
The value of heroin seized in the Republic so far this year is almost three times as high as seizures of the drug for all of last year | Irish Times
Do snus and e-cigarettes need a health warning?
Before making these decisions, US regulators must first answer a more fundamental question: will these new tobacco products help smokers reduce their tobacco-related disease risks | Guardian, UK
Russia’s alcohol problem
Alcohol misuse accounts for over half of deaths among working aged men in Russia | BMJ, UK
Peru suspends US-funded coca eradication programme
Prime minister announces anti-drugs scheme will be halted while government rethinks strategy | Guardian, UK