DS Daily - 22nd March 2011 |
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Home Office Drug Strategy blog - closing comments from David Oliver
As the two week blog pilot draws to a close, I’d like to thank everyone who either visited the site or shared thoughts by submitting comments. I think the blog has raised some interesting discussion points [Home Office, UK]
Government's Response to the Reports by Sir Peter North and the Transport Select Committee on Drink and Drug Driving
This is the Government's response to the independent report on drink and drug driving in Great Britain commissioned by the previous Government from Sir Peter North in December 2009. PDF [Department of Transport, UK]
Lower drink-drive limit rejected
The government (press release) has rejected lowering the legal drink-drive limit by nearly half, as recommended in a Whitehall-commissioned report [BBC, UK]
Lord Advocate warns of Scotland's drunken 'apocalypse'
The head of the prosecution service in Scotland has warned of an "apocalypse" of alcohol-fuelled crime unless the country curbs its hard-drinking culture [BBC, UK]
Scotland could go it alone in cutting legal alcohol limit
Plans to lower the legal drink-drive limit could go ahead in Scotland despite the UK Government yesterday rejecting any change to the law [The Herald, Scotland, UK]
Scottish teenagers' drink and drug use declines
The findings are from the latest NHS-funded Health Behaviours in School-aged Children (HBSC) report [BBC, UK]
Cheap alcohol sales prompt calls for minimum pricing
Calls for a minimum price for alcohol are intensifying as ministers prepare to outline the latest steps to make drinking less affordable [BBC, UK]
Misery of the tranquilliser addicts forced to go cold turkey by GPs
Campaigners believe this has been prompted by a Department of Health review looking into the number of prescriptions GPs are issuing for benzodiazepines [Daily Mail, UK]
Latest Effectiveness Bank bulletin
Features the inside story of British prevention guidance, implications of the polarisation of UK drinking patterns, how services can help clients gain employment, and other national and international effectiveness research and related documents [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Hooked 43: Heroin Drought
This episode of Hooked was recorded at the end of January in the middle of the recent heroin drought, although in many places heroin is returning to its previous strengths its still something that I think we need to keep in mind [Injecting Advice, UK]
Mums who smoke during pregnancy increase child's smoking risk
Exposure to nicotine in the womb may increase the risk of smoking in later life, research suggests [GP, UK]
Citywide responds to Programme for Government
Citywide welcomes the inclusion of the section on drugs in the recently published Programme for Government. Full response PDF [City Wide, Ireland]
Isle of Man's bid to tackle youth drinking
The government's only real chance at addressing a youth binge culture appears to be the provision of low-cost centres to counteract teen boredom [BBC, UK]
On skid row, what's just?
As a cop tries to clean up its streets and an ex-con tries to make his life there, maybe justice takes the form of a second chance [LA Times, USA]
War on Drugs takes Stage on Obama's Latin America Trip
Speaking in Santiago, Chile Monday, Obama expressed the concerns that gangs and traffickers threaten not only security of citizens but democracy for the region [FOX NEWS, USA]
Addressing the underlying causes of crime
Victoria Police recently ran the drug-diversion program Operation Elizabeth, to tackle Yarra's illicit drug problem and associated volume crime - comment here [Neighbourhood Justice Centre, Australia]
Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs opens in Vienna [UNODC]
Fifty-fourth session
Draft resolutions [UNODC]