DS Daily - 27th July 2011 |
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Injecting Equipment Provision in Scotland Survey 2009/10
This is the third report on the findings of the survey of injecting equipment provision (IEP) to injecting drug users and relates to financial year 2009/10 |Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland, UK
Revealed: The true cost of Wales’ heroin habit
Substitute drugs are being supplied to at least 2,900 people in a treatment package costing an estimated £4m annually, when all associated costs are factored in | Wales Online, UK
GPs 'knowingly prescribing drugs to addicted patients'
Four in five family doctors prescribe drugs to patients despite suspecting they may be addicted to them, according to a survey | Telegraph, UK
Drugs gangs jailed for multi-million-pound heroin franchise empire
Drugs barons who franchised out their heroin ‘dealerships’ have today been jailed for distributing millions of pounds worth of drugs throughout the UK | SOCA, UK
Four tonnes of cannabis seized
Approximately four tonnes of cannabis have been seized following a UK Border Agency operation in the English Channel | Home Office, UK
Media Guide
The media guide to drugs: key facts and figures for journalists | DrugScope, UK
Ladettes 'risking death' for a drink
Some of Northern Ireland's top doctors have warned that women here are risking death as more of them become addicted to drink and drugs at a young age | Belfast Telegraph, UK
Britain's social elastic is almost at snapping point
With the gap between rich and poor widening still further, it is painfully apparent that we are not all in this together | Guardian, UK
Increased risk of Parkinson’s disease in methamphetamine users, CAMH study finds
People who abused methamphetamine or other amphetamine-like stimulants were more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than those who did not, in a new study from the | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada
Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime: Converging Threats in the 21st Century
ONDCP Director Kerlikowske and colleagues from throughout the Administration announced The Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime, a comprehensive plan that will, in part, help us build on our progress to further reduce drug use in the United States and disrupt drug trafficking and its facilitation of other transnational threats | ONDCP, USA
State Estimates of Substance Use and Mental Disorders from the 2008-2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
This report presents state estimates for 25 measures of substance use or mental disorders based on 2008 and 2009 statistics and estimates of change from previous years' data. Reports on illicit drug, alcohol and tobacco use; treatment need; and mental health factors | SAMHSA, USA
Former Mexican president urges legalizing drugs
Part of the solution to end drug violence in Mexico should include legalizing drugs like marijuana for personal use, former President Vicente Fox told | CNN, USA
2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey report
This 2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey report shows: positive and significant reductions since 2007 in daily tobacco smoking; mixed findings on alcohol consumption and risk; and a small overall rise in illicit drug use. Full report | AIHW, Australia
Tough new cannabis laws as usage soars
From next week, anyone in WA caught with more than 10 grams of cannabis will face two years jail or a $2,000 fine | ABC News, Australia
Jail report tipped to back needle swap plan
Chief Minister Katy Gallagher will issue this week a report by Public Health Association chief executive Michael Moore into possible models for a needle-and-syringe program at the ACT's jail | Canberra Times, Australia