DS Daily - 21st December 2011 |
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SALSUS National Report 2010
Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) - National Report 2010 | ISD Scotland, UK
SALSUS - Local reports 2010
These documents present survey information at ADP local level on the Smoking, Drinking And Drug Use Among 13 And 15 Year Olds | Drug Misuse in Scotland, UK
National drug and alcohol treatment waiting times
Period ending July - Sept 2011 | Drug Misuse in Scotland, UK
Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics, 2010-11
Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics. Includes data on Drug Treatment Testing Orders | Scottish Government, UK
Therapy goals, effectiveness and styles
A new bulletin has been published collecting together the latest documents added to the Effectiveness Bank. Three of the four entries analyse important British and US therapy studies, the fourth offers hope that early years programmes can prevent substance use problems | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Warning of 'catastrophic' wave of homelessness ahead of further benefit cuts
Homelessness charity Crisis has warned the Government of an impending "catastrophe" ahead of further housing benefit cuts due to come in from next month | 24dash, UK
Homeless people die 30 years younger, study suggests
The report for the charity Crisis found an average homeless person has a life expectancy of 47, compared with 77 for the rest of the population | BBC, UK
Crisis policy briefing: No One Turned Away
A briefing on the assistance available to single homeless people and the steps needed to ensure all homeless people get the right help at the right time | Crisis, UK
Partygoers warned of drug dangers
Of major concern are tablets which look like ecstasy that have been found to contain PMMA (paramethoxymethylamphetamine) | Scottish Drugs Forum, UK
PIED outcomes tool
This new tool is has been written to be easy and intuitive to use, but still be robust enough to enable workers to have in-depth conversations and keep track of outcomes and work done with this group of users - Download | Injecting Advice, UK
Cocaine found in nine out of ten baby changing units
More than nine in 10 baby-changing units in the North West have tested positive for traces of cocaine | Telegraph, UK
Using YouTube to study effects of hallucinogen salvia
Dr Jim Lange Co-ordinator alcohol and other drug initiatives, San Diego State University | BBC, UK
Plan for minimum alcohol prices will be contested in court admits Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon said she is working on the basis that the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill will be contested in court, as she answered questions from Holyrood's Subordinate Legislation Committee | Daily Record, UK
One in seven children ‘drinking regularly’
The scale of Scotland’s under-age alcohol problem was laid bare yesterday when a new survey showed that more than one third of 15 year-olds and one in seven 13 years olds admitted that they had taken a drink in the previous week | The Scotsman, UK
Drinking problems 'near most homes', church survey suggests
More than 60% of people believe excessive drinking is causing problems near their homes, a poll by three of Britain's leading churches suggests | BBC, UK
Department of Health moves to life course approach and streamlines its communications agencies
The successful agencies were able to communicate an ambitious programme of activity across all four campaign strands and demonstrate how their integrated approach would meet the objectives of the public health social marketing strategy, effectively targeting audiences, promoting healthy lifestyles and improving health | Department of Health, UK
Teenage smoking rate at its lowest for 30 years
The rate of smoking among teenagers has fallen to its lowest level in almost 30 years, according to the latest Scottish adolescent health survey | The Scotsman, UK
Drug Programs Could Close
Among the potential casualties of budget cutting in Washington are programs in Georgia that help women break their drug addiction and find work | GPB News, USA
Arizona authorities dismantle ‘extensive’ drug trafficking cell tied to Sinaloa cartel
Arizona authorities have arrested some 200 people, and seized $7.8 million in cash and more than 1,200 pounds of drugs following an investigation they say has dismantled an “extensive” drug trafficking cell tied to the powerful Sinaloa cartel, federal and state authorities announced Tuesday | Washington Post, USA
'Weed Wars' is nothing to blow smoke at
"Weed Wars" offers unprecedented access into the medicinal-cannabis universe, from entrepreneur-activists like DeAngelo to growers, sellers and patients, all operating on the edge of legality | LA Times, USA
In A Drug War, Mexican Forces Accused Of Abuses
In Mexico, the past five years of President Felipe Calderon's drug war have been marked by brutal violence, unsolved kidnappings and tens of thousands of deaths. Most of the violence has come from the drug gangs, but some of these atrocities have been committed by the Mexican military and police | npr, USA