DS Daily - 8th June 2011 |
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Alcohol admissions 'stretch' NHS
A huge rise in people suffering alcohol-related injuries and illness is putting an increasing strain on the NHS in Brighton and Hove, and is said to be costing millions of pounds a year | BBC, UK
National Crime Agency details to be outlined
It will replace the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) covering drugs and gun crime, and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre | BBC, UK
Homeless may lose safety net under NHS reforms
The chief executives of Homeless Link, the National Housing Federation and St Mungo's have written an open letter to the media expressing their concern that homeless people could be left without a safety net under plans to reform the NHS | Homeless Link, UK
How secure is Silk Road, the eBay of drugs?
Now you can buy illegal drugs anonymously - but users’ identities may not be safe | First Post, UK
Strengthening families program for teens and parents
Year 1 Evaluation Report | Blanchardstown Local Drugs Task Force, Ireland
UNODC and Italy discuss crime and drug prevention
UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov met with several senior Italian officials to discuss a range of drug- and crime-related matters | UNODC
London officials defend ban on methadone clinics as challenge goes to OMB
London’s one-year ban on new methadone clinics was defended by city hall officials Tuesday as a formal challenge against the temporary restriction began | London Free Press, Canada
Organized crime won the war on drugs
U.S. taxpayers have spent an estimated $2.5 trillion on the "war on drugs" since former President Richard Nixon first declared it in 1971 | CNN, USA
The War on Drugs and the Surveillance Society
Future generations will look back on the “war on drugs” as a crude, barbaric and inhumane response to the social and public health problem of drug abuse. And they’ll look back with dismay at how our primitive “drug war” had ugly repercussions in so many areas | American Civil Liberties Union
O.A.S. Promises to Tackle Drug Trafficking and Crime
Goaded by what they say are extraordinary levels of violence, the Central American nations and their allies are moving closer to a transnational strategy to attack drug trafficking and organized crime | New York Times, USA
Felipe Calderón's cartel war dead-end
The evidence is mounting that the militarised policing strategy against Mexico's organised crime gangs has failed horribly | Guardian, UK
Huge drug lab found near NSW border
Authorities have smashed a major drug ring and dismantled a lab preparing to dump $30 million worth of methylamphetamine on to the streets | SMH, Australia
Roxon approves national plan for minimum alcohol price
The cost of some cask wine could quadruple, with Health Minister Nicola Roxon signing off on a plan to develop a nationwide minimum floor price for alcohol | The Age, Australia
The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use ... are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky health behaviors | Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn