DS Daily - 5th May 2011

Missed chance: Expert calls for tougher drugs policy

Writing in today's Scotsman, Neil McKeganey warned the nation's drug problems cost £3.5 billion a year and "the equivalent of two jumbo jets' crashing each year killing hundreds of young Scots" | The Scotsman, UK

Outlawed legal highs head list of police seizures in the city

Drug users in Plymouth have continued to use recently-outlawed "legal highs" to replace the dwindling amount of 'old' drugs | This is Plymouth, UK

Adfam response to the NTA Building Recovery in Communities consultation

Adfam has made a submission to the National Treatment Agency's consultation on Building Recovery in Communities to press for the needs of families to be properly recognised in a recovery-orientated system for tackling the country's problems with drugs and alcohol. PDF | Adfam, UK

Social care professionals opposed to outsourcing, finds survey

The transfer of social care services from councils to private providers has been bad for the sector, and government plans to go further in this direction risk wreaking future damage, say professionals | Community Care, UK

A social contract for the 21st century

What does the future hold for people and places in poverty and so for organisations like JRF trying to deliver positive social change? | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK

Teenage deaths in prison cause mounting concern

Apparent suicides of five young people in five weeks have led campaigners to call for independent review | Guardian, UK

Young people's housing maze

This series of animated films illustrates the type of issues young people face in finding safe and secure housing and accompanies our Young people's charter on housing | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK

Quitex

Quitex provides interactive support for people wanting to quit smoking | Ash Wales, UK

Don’t Lose The Head

Don’t Lose the Head - Support Booklet for Parents & Guardians. PDF | Drugs.ie, Ireland

My son has been on heroin for more than 10 years

And of course I still love him | Independent, Ireland

The TEDS Report - Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Aged 12 to 14

In 2008, approximately 23,770 substance abuse treatment admissions were adolescents aged 12 to 14 | SAMHSA, USA

The Threat of Menthol Cigarettes to U.S. Public Health

The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee’s overall recommendation that “removal of menthol cigarettes from the marketplace would benefit public health in the United States” parallels the conclusion of the 1964 Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health | NEJM, USA