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A summary of the health harms of drugs
A reference document summarising, for a non-medical audience, the latest scientific evidence about the health-related harms of emerging and established licit and illicit drugs commonly used in the UK | NTA, UK
A summary of the health harms of drugs - Technical document
This technical document accompanies ‘A summary of the health harms of drugs’. It summarises methodological aspects of the work; articles identified through literature searches; and references for literature used | NTA, UK
Pilot scheme shows that giving naloxone to families of drug users would save lives
A pilot scheme has shown that providing family and friends with training and the drug naloxone seems to reduce deaths from overdose among heroin users and other opioids misusers, says the English National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, a special health authority of the NHS | BMJ, UK
Substance Misuse, January-March 2011
The latest quarterly statistics on Substance Misuse in Wales produced by the Welsh Government were released on 25 August 2011 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Download PDF | Welsh Government, UK
Adfam responds to latest figures on drug-related deaths
Adfam would like to draw attention to the needs of bereaved families, who are often forgotten - sadly there are still thousands of these families every year | Adfam, UK
Methadone is main killer in drug deaths
Recently released figures show that 18 people in the area died as a result of drug abuse. The main killer was found to be methadone followed by heroin and then alcohol | Dumbarton Reporter, UK
2,000!!
We now have over 2,000 Followers of the DrugScope Twitter page. Please let your colleagues know about this useful news and information source | DrugScope, UK
The Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework 2011-2015
The Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework combines areas of work surrounding Sexual Health, HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B. It is a multi-agency, cross agenda approach based on five high level outcomes | Scottish Government, UK
Contraception advice to be part of drugs/alcohol client assessments
Sexual health assessments, including contraception advice and the offer of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC), where appropriate, should be part of the routine assessment process for clients entering drug and alcohol harm reduction, treatment and rehabilitation services, according a new Scottish Government plan | Scottish Drugs Forum, UK
“Optimism and indomitability” in recovery
But it’s not the UK! David Best | Binge Inking, UK
Needle stick injury
Guidance from | Injecting Advice, UK
Alcohol taxes hitting consumption
Alcohol taxes in the UK are among the highest in Europe, threatening jobs and leading to less booze being drunk, new figures have shown | Daily Express, UK
Social impact bonds launched by government to help poor
They are often affected by multiple issues, such as poor education and drug or alcohol addiction, and ministers are concerned the current focus on treating the problems of individuals creates a costly cycle of deprivation, which they find almost impossible to break | BBC, UK
Charity urges volunteers to accommodate homeless young people
Youth homelessness charity Depaul UK has launched a volunteer-based scheme to help young people move off London streets | Children & Young People Now, UK
New rules for tobacco sales
Retailers intending to sell tobacco were today reminded that they have until October 1 to sign up to a new national register | Scottish Government, UK
Irish prison service annual report 2010
Drug offences accounted for 852 offenders | Irish prison service
Violence among inmates blamed on drug debts and gang rivalry
The report goes on to say that attacks by prisoners on prisoners are not usually random acts of violence — they are related to matters on the outside such as drug debts and gang rivalry | Irish Examiner
Crack cocaine epidemic sweeps Brazil from the Amazon to Rio
At street level the consequences of addiction are dramatic: murder, robbery and destruction of families | Guardian, UK
Why It's No Longer Raining Cocaine in the Dominican Republic
Super Tucano's success has also been a reminder that the drug war's "balloon effect" (when interdiction squeezes one part of the trafficking balloon, the drugs simply move to another part) still holds true | TIME, USA
Drug policy experts warn things must change
Experts from around New Zealand, and from overseas, will gather in Wellington on Tuesday 30 August for a Drug Policy Symposium organised by NZ Drug Foundation and NZ Society on Alcohol and Drug Dependence | Scoop, New Zealand
Key defends alcohol bill
Prime Minister John Key has defended the Government's decision not to include a minimum price in the alcohol reform legislation | Stuff.co, New Zealand
Alcohol: The New Election Issue
Justice Minister Simon Power has today announced that the Government welcomes the report from the Justice and Electoral Select Committee on the Alcohol Law Reform Bill | Scoop, New Zealand
Death for 50 rupees: Misuse of prescription drugs in South Asia
"Death for 50 rupees" is the title of freelance photographer Enrico Fabian's latest photographic series | UNODC