DS Daily - 15th June 2011 |
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Summit on Scots fight against Aids
Roy Kilpatrick, chief executive of HIV Scotland, said the event would be a chance to take stock and address ongoing problems | The Herald, Scotland, UK
Government response to NHS Future Forum
The Government has announced that it accepts the core recommendations of the NHS Future Forum report and will make changes to its plans for modernisation of health and social care | Department of Health, UK
Video: David’s Story
David Prior talks about drug treatment for mental health problems, caring for his mother, and how poor monitoring of powerful drugs can be a bigger health risk than the side effects | Inexcess TV, UK
Harm reduction guidelines in Europe
This page contains a listing of national harm reduction guidelines in Europe, along with some international standards and guidelines | EMCDDA
Alcohol Related Brain Injury: ‘The Invisible Condition’
The soon to be launched study on Alcohol Related Brain Injury (ARBI), spear-headed by North West Alcohol Forum Ltd, also suggests that the condition is under-diagnosed within Ireland and Northern Ireland | Alcohol Action Ireland
Drinking, cannabis use and psychological distress increase, CAMH survey finds
The latest survey of Ontario adults from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows increasing rates of daily drinking and cannabis use and high levels of psychological distress | CAMH, Canada
Medicine and the Epidemic of Incarceration in the United States
More than 50% of inmates meet the DSM-IV criteria for drug dependence or abuse, and 20% of state prisoners have a history of injectiondrug use | NEJM, USA
A Call to Shift Policy on Marijuana
More people are arrested in New York City on charges of possessing small amounts of marijuana than on any other crime on the books | New York Times, USA
Elected Officials, VIPs and Grassroots Slam Drug War on 40th Anniversary
June 17 will mark forty years since President Richard Nixon, citing drug abuse as "public enemy No. 1," officially declared a "war on drugs." A trillion dollars and millions of ruined lives later, the war on drugs has proven to be a catastrophic failure | Huffington Post, USA
Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Dependence
This issue of the CESAR Fax answers frequently asked questions about buprenorphine | CESAR Fax, USA
Mexicans are uneasy about America's outsourced war on drugs
Many believe that Calderón's drug policies have been imposed by the US, which provides aid under the Mérida Initiative | Guardian, UK
Prison staff's petition adds to syringe program row
The fight over the introduction of a needle-and-syringe program at Canberra's jail is growing increasingly bitter, with prison staff threatening a strike if the Government goes ahead with a needle-exchange program | Canberra Times, Australia
Parents of drug addicts need our help
Families of drug addicts are often ignored but they need support from the community | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Allow the poppy a place in the new Afghanistan
If Afghans could grow poppy for medicinal opiates, it would strip the Taliban of funding and stop farmers being hit by both sides | Guardian, UK
Fetal alcohol syndrome: dashed hopes, damaged lives
Since the term was coined about 40 years ago, fetal alcohol syndrome has slowly become recognized as a public health issue. Alicestine October reports from South Africa’s Western Cape province, which has the highest reported rate in the world | World Health Organisation
Regional cooperation key in countering drug routes in Central Asia
Executive Director Yury Fedotov yesterday met with the President and several key leaders in Kazakhstan to discuss the country's and region's ongoing efforts in curbing drug use, illicit trafficking, and organized and financial crime | UNODC