DS Daily - 14th June 2011 |
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Drug addicts and contraceptives
Should drug addicts who’ve had children taken into care be put on long-lasting contraceptives? Martin Barnes from DrugScope and Dr Bernadette Hard discuss the moral and practical implications - starts at 1.20mins and ends 17.20 mins | BBC Radio 4, UK
NHS Future Forum recommendations to Government
The NHS Future Forum has published key recommendations to Government on the future for NHS modernisation | Department of Health, UK
Roadside 'drugalyser' test rejected
TextPlans to introduce a special device that can detect if a motorist is getting behind the wheel while under the influence of drugs have been dismissed by the Government | RAC, UK
MP pays tribute to volunteers at drug and alcohol treatment charity
Finchley & Golders Green MP Mike Freer paid tribute to the passion and commitment of the volunteers who help people to recover from drug and alcohol dependency at the charity | Westminster Drug Project, UK
Wendy’s Story - A Story of Addiction and Co-dependency
We are very privileged to have both a written and broadcast journey from Wendy. Her story in Carers Community is powerful and moving. This broadcast is compelling, at times haunting | Inexcess TV, UK
Tobacconomics
The Tobacconomics report (pdf), produced by ASH, reveals how the tobacco industry uses pseudo economic arguments to divert attention away from the health consequences of smoking to block new health regulations and ultimately protect its revenues | Ash, UK
Breaking the cycle of kids in custody
Clearly many of these cases involve troubled youngsters in one way or another, and many are probably drunk, so the police have a duty of care. But the figures are shocking | Channel 4, UK
Charities warn over changes to incapacity benefits
Many claimants will find employment and support allowance payments automatically cut off after 12 months | Guardian, UK
Press Ombudsman upholds Citywide Complaint
Joint press statement in response to Press Ombudsman decision ‘Sterilising junkies may seem harsh, but it does make sense’ | INEF, Ireland
Facing the challenge
The impact of recession and unemployment on men’s health in Ireland | Institute of Public Health, Ireland
Alcohol charity urges ‘hidden child carers’ to be remembered during National Carers Week
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, has called on the Government to remember the “hidden carers” - the thousands of children caring for siblings and parents due to parental alcohol problems and take the necessary steps to improve these children’s lives | Alcohol Action Ireland
A General in the Drug War
Nora Volkow: An interview with the neuroscientist in charge of the National Institute on Drug Abuse | New York Times, USA
Psychopharmacology in crisis
Many people affected by mental illness are facing a bleak future as drug companies abandon research into the area and other funding providers fail to take up the slack, according to a new report | Nature News
In Mexico, Growing Popular Movement Calls for End to Drug War
Traumatized by years of violence that have done little to curb the trade, Mexican activists are touring the country, demanding a new approach | The Atlantic, USA
Drugs barons accused of destroying Guatemala's rainforest
Environmentalists say settlers working for traffickers aiming to launder money or build airstrips have burned down huge tracts | Guardian, UK
Safety 'paramount' in any prison needle exchange
The Government has asked the Public Health Association to investigate how a prison-based needle exchange program at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) might be run | ABC News, Australia
Synthetic pot gives doctors a fright
Unlike natural weed, no one knows what chemicals drug cooks are putting into the smokeable product being sold as Kronic and various other names. And there lies a great danger, the Australian Medical Association says | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
WA the first to ban synthetic cannabis
The move comes after an investigation by Government agencies into the effects of products that mimic cannabis | ABC News, Australia
The health of Australia's males
Report includes Alcohol consumption and Illicit drug use. Download | AIHW, Australia
Drug dealers in Russia could be sent to labour camps
Drug dealers are to be ''treated like serial killers'' and could be sent to forced labour camps under harsh laws being drawn up by Russia's Kremlin-controlled parliament | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia