DS Daily - 9th March 2011 |
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2011 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
The 2011 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. Volume I and Volume II [Department of State, USA]
INCSR - United Kingdom section
[Department of State, USA]
Briefing on Drug Control Issues
This short briefing paper was prepared for a Question for Short Debate: Lord Norton of Louth to ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to establishing a Royal Commission on the law governing drug use and possession [UKDPC]
Audio - Mother tells of baby addicted to methadone
She tells BBC Radio 5 live in an exclusive interview [BBC, UK]
Female drug addicts with contraceptive implants or coils fitted
Includes a report on the female drug addicts who've become the first in the UK to be paid to have contraceptive implants or coils fitted [Breakfast 5live, UK]
Homeless persons legislation in Scotland
The publication provides detailed information about applications to local authorities for assistance under homelessness legislation covering the period April to September 2010, including the main reasons for homelessness [Scottish Government, UK]
Time at the bar
Pubs urge Government to reconsider duty rise as beer drinking falls [Daily Mail, UK]
Plans to target sale of tobacco products to be unveiled
Tougher steps covering the sale and promotion of tobacco products are to be unveiled by ministers [BBC, UK]
D.C. backsliding in efforts to fight AIDS, study finds
The city's grades declined in three other areas: gathering and tracking data on the illness, managing grants to groups that help people with the disease, and its needle exchange program [Washington Post, USA]
Government must get tough on alcohol abuse
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO), Māori nurses, emergency nurses and mental health nurses have all called on the government to get much tougher on New Zealand’s “disastrous drinking culture” [Scoop, New Zealand]