DS Daily - 29th August 2011 |
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Hepatitis Scotland welcomes new national Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework
Using coordinated approaches for enhancing prevention, testing and treatment initiatives will improve services however we must ensure that joint service initiatives are carefully planned and are clearly based on effectiveness | Hepatitis Scotland, UK
Review of police drug test policies urged
The region’s police forces have been urged to review their internal drug-testing policies after spending nearly £450,000 on a screening programme that has only snared two officers in four years | Yorkshire Post, UK
New survey linking social media to drug use stirs up hot debate
"But it's not the fact that teens visit social network sites that makes them more likely to abuse alcohol or other drugs," writes WebMD. "Instead, the issue seems to be what they view on those sites." | Independent, UK
Poor parenting increases likelihood of binge drinking at ages 16 and 34
A study of over 15,000 children by the think tank Demos shows parenting style is one of the most important and statistically reliable influences on whether a child will drink responsibly in adolescence and adulthood | Demos, UK
'Social Impact Bonds' to fund Government schemes to help troubled families
Ministers want philanthropists, charities and other organisations to plough cash into projects tackling anti-social behaviour, crime, addiction and poor education | 24dash, UK
Latest hot topics from the Effectiveness Bank
Updated summaries and one-click searches on some of the most contentious and important drug- or alcohol-related issues. This set are all about treatment; how best to serve the needs of the whole patient and to individualise care, how to extend that care to their families - and why some services are better at doing all this than others | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Nick Clegg warns housing minister about cuts to homeless services
Deputy prime minister wants to reinstate Supporting People ring fences, say letters obtained by freedom of information requests | Guardian, UK
Films that 'encourage smoking' claim £338m in UK tax credits
Imperial College team says government is 'seriously undermining' anti-tobacco campaign | Guardian, UK
Smoking is drug taking and should be banned, warns anti-doping chief
The campaign for a ban is being led by Olivier Rabin, sports director of WADA, the world anti-doping agency | Daily Mail, UK
Warning over 'very toxic' chemical in Guernsey cocaine
Guernsey's Health and Social Services Department has issued a warning about the danger of a toxic chemical found locally in cocaine | BBC, UK
Avoiding Fatal Opiate Overdose
Although naloxone has been used in emergency settings for decades, it is rarely available at that critical moment when people need it most | Open Society Foundations, USA
Outlawing Legal Highs
Can Emergency Bans Hinder Drug Development? | TIME, USA
Evaluation of the Victorian Dual Diagnosis Intiative 2010
Since the inception of VDDI, some additional strategies have been added, including youth specific positions, additional psychiatric time, funding to support rotations between sectors and the establishment of an education and training unit. Appendices| Department of Health, Victoria, Australia
Government moves to ban bongs
The State Government will introduce legislation into Parliament this week to ban the sale of bongs | ABC News, Australia
Drug policy experts warn things must change
Drug Foundation Executive Director Ross Bell says New Zealand’s governments have consistently underinvested in addiction treatment services despite alcohol and other drug abuse being the sixth highest contributor to our burden of disease | Scoop, New Zealand
John Key is a fact free zone on alcohol pricing.
John Key is rewriting history as he tries to explain why the government won't act on New Zealand's heavy drinking culture, Progressive Wigram MP Jim Anderton says | Scoop, New Zealand
Few Treatment Options for Afghans as Drug Use Rises
There were about 900,000 drug users in Afghanistan in 2010, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, a marked increase from previous years. That means about 7 percent of the adult population of 14 million is using narcotics | New York Times, USA