DS Daily - 24th June 2011 |
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World Drug Report 2011
The World Drug Report documents developments in global drug markets and tries to explain the factors that drive them. Its analysis of trends and emerging challenges informs national and international drug and crime priorities and policies, and provides a solid foundation of evidence for counternarcotics interventions | UNODC
'New drugs' offset cocaine and heroin gains, says UN
Gains made in tackling global use of cocaine and heroin are being offset by rising consumption of synthetic and prescription drugs, the UN says | BBC, UK
Harry Shapiro: What you see in drugs may not be what you get
While the Government might control various legal highs through legislation, in terms of public health and safety advice, these drugs are not more "reliable" or safe than more familiar drugs like cocaine or ecstasy | Independent, UK
The Centre for Drug Misuse Research will be scrapped
Glasgow University backs cuts to courses | BBC, UK
Blue lights update
Whilst prevention and dispersal procedures involving blue lights may be well-intended in design, the actual consequence of these installations may be typically overlooked, understated, or simply ignored - Written by Dr. Stephen Parkin | Injecting Advice
Glastonbury festival refuses 'golden opportunity' drugs test on sewage
Wastewater analysis project to detect legal highs and illicit drugs is turned down by festival founder Michael Eavis as 'a cheek' | Guardian, UK
SMMGP Training Day (May 2011) - Download Documents
Problematic Use of Over-the-Counter (OTC) Medication, Benzodiazepines and Other Prescribed Medications: How Do We Manage These Increasing Problems? | SMMGP, UK
New facility unveiled
A new unit which will give prisoners recovering from drug dependency more privacy when accessing substance misuse services has been opened at HMP Blundeston | NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney, UK
Minister says he wants drug-free prison spaces
It was imperative that there be a safe environment in prisons. “In particular we need to provide drug-free support units in all prisons,” said Mr O’Brien | Irish Times
Treatment Episode Data Set 1999 – 2009
The report provides information on the demographic and substance abuse characteristics of admissions to treatment aged 12 and older for abuse of alcohol and/or drugs in facilities that report to individual State administrative data systems | SAMHSA, USA
Bolivia to withdraw from drugs convention over coca classification
President Evo Morales says chewing coca leaves is a cultural heritage and ancestral practice | Guardian, UK
Peru's challenge to tackle cocaine trade
Peru's Ene-Apurimac valley is the world's densest coca-producing belt but it is also home to some of the Andean nation's poorest people | BBC, UK
Overdose antidote to be trialed in Canberra
Naloxone is a prescription-only drug that reverses overdoses of opiates like heroin and methadone | ABC News, Australia
Alcohol and drug tests for police on cards
Exposure of a boozy and drug-tolerant culture among police on the Gold Coast has revived arguments for officers to be routinely tested for alcohol and drugs while on duty | The Australian
Moves to establish alcohol advisory body
A Parliamentary Committee investigating alcohol and illicit drug problems is urging the State Government to establish a liquor control advisory council | ABC News, Australia
Drug production slumps as blight hits poppy crops
World opium production decreased sharply last year due to a blight in Afghanistan but is expected to rebound. Coca growing and cocaine production also fell, the United Nations has reported | The Scotsman, UK