DS Daily - 9th February 2011 |
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MoD urged to log soldier stress records with doctors
The report also highlights how many veterans turn to substance misuse, and how addiction and depression is also often a problem [BBC, UK]
Clubbers 'still using' banned drug mephedrone
A new survey suggests that clubbers are still taking the drug mephedrone, nearly a year after its UK ban [BBC, UK]
A mephedrone user explains how and why he takes the drug
Paul in Warrington is 38 years old and a mephedrone user [BBC, UK]
Vital residential rehabilitation services need to be properly funded
Residential rehabilitation services are an absolutely vital part of an addiction treatment system and should be properly funded [Addaction, UK]
Treatment and peer-led mutual aid – mind the gap!
Why are we so poor at getting our clients connected up to peer led mutual aid groups? [Binge Inking]
Charity cuts: 'To survive, we may have to be flexible with our principles'
Behind the cuts is a story of administrative panic and confusion. Here a charity explains how it has been given five days to find 40% cuts - or face the loss of all its funding [Guardian, UK]
Health and Social Care Bill Committee announce programme
The Health and Social Care Bill Committee will hear oral evidence on Tuesday 8 February and Thursday 10 February [Parliament, UK]
Eight of UK’s leading health charities join together to express concern over NHS reforms
Eight of the UK’s leading health charities have written a joint letter, published in The Times, urging the government to make vital changes to the Health and Social Care Bill [Rethink, UK]
Leading UK charities join forces to impart life-saving skills to people affected by substance misuse
Addaction, the UK’s largest treatment charity, has formed a partnership with humanitarian organisation British Red Cross to support people affected by misuse of drugs and alcohol [Addaction, UK]
Becoming a Resolving Multiple Disadvantage Local Inclusion Lab area
As part of a national cross-sector Resolving Multiple Disadvantage project being championed by the Cabinet Office, a range of Big Society partners, including the National Mental Health Development Unit, wish to work with a small number of localities from April to September 2011 to find ways to reduce multiple disadvantage amongst adults [National Mental Health Development Unit, UK]
Legal aid cuts risk homelessness
MPs have been warned that proposed legal aid cuts will result in vulnerable people losing their homes [Inside Housing, UK]
SMMGP Policy Update
January 2011 [SMMGP, UK]
The pills-for-problems culture is going to rehab
The government is acting against what is called the Prozac generation, and is proposing to reduce substantially the prescribing of such drugs [Children & Young People Now, UK]
Drug Prevention Activist’s Fury Over Sacking of Dr Hans Raabe
David Raynes from The National Drug Prevention Alliance contacted Know Drugs regarding Dr Raabe’s controversial dismissal with the following statement: [Know Drugs]
Top cop attacks supermarket alcohol prices
The UK’s leading licensing police officer has hit out at what he called ‘pocket money prices’ being charged by supermarkets for alcohol [The Publican, UK]
Suffolk police call for more drug sniffer dogs
The force said the drugs trade meant there was a constant need to recruit sniffer dogs [BBC, UK]
Drugs as instruments
A new framework for non-addictive psychoactive drug use - paper [INEF, Ireland]
The Evidence is Clear: Bill S-10 Will Result in Expensive, Ineffective Sentencing
Over 550 health professionals, including more than 260 physicians, researchers, and scientists, from across Canada have voiced clear opposition to proposed drug sentencing legislation in an open letter issued to the federal government this morning [UHRI, Canada]
Doctors, scientists want proposed federal drug law scrapped
More than 500 doctors, scientists and academics are calling on the federal government to abandon a new crime law tabled in Parliament that would impose mandatory minimum prison sentences on people convicted of drug offences [Vancouver Sun, Canada]
NIDA Brings Evidence-Based Substance Abuse Education to the Web
NIDA is taking its efforts to bridge the gap between physician education and high-quality care of patients with substance use disorders to selected medical schools, and ultimately, to the World Wide Web. NIDAMED [Join Together, USA]
Epidemic of Oxycontin theft at Walgreens
Sign of the Times [Addiction Inbox, USA]
Why it's known as reefer madness
Cannabis is widely used for its perceived positive effects, yet there is a growing scientific consensus that a range of health and social harms are associated with its use [The Australian]
Should cannabis be on WADA's banned substances list?
In this addition of Viewpoints we provide the arguments for and against keeping cannabis as a banned substance for sportspeople [New Zealand Drug Foundation]