DS Daily - 25th August 2011 |
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15% of inmates 'had drugs in system'
The illegal drugs market behind the walls of Pentonville Prison in north London "lies behind many of the gang, debt and violence issues throughout the prison", the jail's independent monitoring board (IMB) said | Independent, UK
Leading article: The dark side of prescription drugs
A growing number of Britons are dependent on legal drugs, prescribed by their doctors, with a grip as unforgiving as that of their illegal counterparts | Independent, UK
'Disaster' looms over addiction to painkillers
Prescriptions for powerful drugs have soared in past 20 years, with death through overdose rising in their wake | Independent, UK
Prescription drug misuse growing in Northern Ireland
The seizure of £75,000 worth of oxycodone is part of a "growing culture of the misuse of prescription drugs", according to a drugs councillor | BBC, UK
Second generation mephedrone: The confusing case of NRG-1
PMMA in 'ecstasy' and 'legal highs' | Letter, BMJ, UK
New Effectiveness Bank bulletin
The latest Effectiveness Bank bulletin highlights three studies of alcohol treatment and prevention in Britain, including one revealing that in the mid-2000s, over half of Scottish alcohol treatment exits were drop-outs | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Liverpool and Blackpool top alcohol problem lists
The North West Public Health Observatory figures show Blackpool has the highest rates of chronic liver disease in England | BBC, UK
LAPE 2011
LAPE annual update of Primary Care Trust and Local Authority profiles published 25th August ... click on an area of the map. Also a Download via | North West Public Health Observatory, UK
Alcohol-related hospital cases soar
Hospital admissions due to alcohol have risen by 900 a day in five years, according to report | Guardian, UK
Supporting People cuts leave housing sector unable to help most vulnerable
Early analysis finds widespread axing of Supporting People-funded programmes leaving vulnerable groups at risk | Guardian, UK
Iain Duncan Smith accused of breaking promise in battle against drugs and gangs
The man credited with turning the Work and Pensions Secretary into the caring face of the Tories says the minister has gone back on his word to support the youth projects battling drugs and gangs | The Mirror, UK
Alcohol report - Problem too big to ignore any longer
The alarming cost of Ireland’s love affair with booze, estimated at a whopping €3.7 billion a year in a HSE report, should concentrate the minds of politicians, taxpayers, parents, teachers and excessive drinkers alike | Irish Examiner
Michigan: Appeals Court Rules That Private Shops Can’t Sell Marijuana
Medical marijuana cannot be sold through private shops, the Michigan appeals court said Wednesday in a major decision that strikes at businesses trying to cash in on the drug and that cuts off a source for people with chronic ailments | New York Times, USA
Substance Misuse Service Delivery Grants Fund
Discussion paper on the Substance Misuse Service Delivery Grants Fund guidelines | Department of Health and Ageing, Australia
Plain Packaging of Tobacco
Interview with Howard Sattler on 6PR Drive Perth | Ministry for Health and Ageing, Australia
Social networking increases risk of teen drug abuse: study
Time spent social networking increases the risk of teens smoking, drinking and using drugs, according to a national survey of American attitudes on substance abuse | SMH
Alcohol Reform Bill
New Zealand Parliament
Alcohol select committee continues to disappoint communities
The Drug Foundation today expressed surprise that the Justice and Electoral Committee recommended only tinkering to the Alcohol Reform Bill, saying that many thousands of submitters had expected much greater improvements to the Bill | New Zealand Drug Foundation
Teachers given new guidelines to deal with drugs and weapons
New guidelines for the search and seizure of drugs and weapons in schools will help support teachers and protect students and staff, Education Minister Anne Tolley says | NZ Herald
International Doctors for Healthy Drug Policies
A global call for doctors interested in drug policy. The purpose of International Doctors for Healthy Drug Policies is to increase the participation of medical doctors in drug policy reform | IDPC
Russia’s anti-drugs chief calls for NATO clampdown in Afghanistan
NATO should be obliged to combat the drugs trade in Afghanistan if it wants to renew its mandate to stay in the country. That is according to Viktor Ivanov, director of the Russian Federal Service for Control of Drugs and Psychotropic Substances | TV-Novosti, Russia