DS Daily - 11th March 2011 |
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Drug Use and Possession
Royal Commission - Question for Short Debate. House of Lords debates, 9 March 2011, 7:48 pm [Thy Work For You, UK]
Matching psychotherapy to the patient
Bulletin devoted to a special issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychology recording the conclusions and evidence gathered by a high-level US task force on promising ways to match therapeutic approaches to different types of patients [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Police call for alcohol ban around Old Firm fixtures
Supermarkets could face restrictions on alcohol sales around Old Firm fixtures as part of moves to clamp down on violence and anti-social behaviour surrounding the fixture [The Herald, Scotland, UK]
It's the tests that deceive, not the people claiming benefits
Mental illness fluctuates. A one-off assessment of fitness to work is not only inadequate, it's making people's conditions worse [Guardian, UK]
Cuts monitoring
Homeless Link is contacting members and local authorities across England to build a comprehensive picture of likely cuts, and the impact these may have on services and the people who use them [Homeless Link, UK]
Statutory Homelessness
4th Quarter (October to December) 2010, England [Communities and Local Government, UK]
Diageo severs ties to drink awareness body in row over smoking
Drinks giant Diageo has cut its ties with Scotland's most prominent alcohol awareness charity over controversial moves by the campaigning group to link the impact of alcohol to that of smoking [The Scotsman, UK]
Homeless 'HSE teen' died after methadone overdose
The death is the latest in a series of fatalities involving children and young people who were in, or had just left, the care of the HSE [Independent, Ireland]
10-year-olds show signs of drug addiction
Children as young as 10 are showing signs of addiction to drugs such as cannabis and a reliance on alcohol, according to the country’s oldest community-based drugs project [Irish Examiner]
U.S. set to employ radar along border
The United States government will set up radar along the border with Canada to thwart low-flying aircraft used to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S., senators said Wednesday [The Province, Canada]
The NSDUH Report - Substance Use among Young Mothers
Young mothers were more likely than young women who were not mothers to have smoked cigarettes in the past month, to have used marijuana in the past month and were just as likely to have used alcohol [SAMHSA, USA]
What Women and Girls Should Know About Drug Use and HIV/AIDS
On National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, it is important to raise awareness among women and girls about the intersection of drug use and HIV/AIDS [Of Substance Blog, ONDCP, USA]
National Drug Strategy 2010-2015
The Strategy is the result of an of an extensive consultation process that began in December 2009 with the release of a consultation paper and concluded in December 2010 with the close of comments on a draft of the Strategy. Full Strategy [Australian Government]
Rising Alcohol and Drug Abuse Becoming National Emergency in Kenya
Concern about drug and alcohol abuse in Kenya has grown in recent years, leading some to demand that the president and prime minister declare substance abuse a national disaster [Irish Sun]