DS Daily - 14th November 2011 |
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Shooting Up – Infections among injecting drug users in the United Kingdom 2011
This report describes time trends on the extent of infections among PWID in the UK. It is based on data to the end of 2010. This year’s report focuses on infections caused by bacteria | Health Protection Agency, UK
The war on drugs and the shameful silence of our politicians
Must we rely on big business, not our leaders, to pave the way when it comes to tackling a narcotics industry that is ravaging Latin America? | Observer, UK
Alarm at growing addiction problems among professionals
Urgent action needed to tackle problems suffered by doctors, lawyers and people in other high-profile jobs, say healthcare experts | Observer, UK
A working life: the addiction counsellor
Addiction counsellor Richard Kingdon works with City clients in a world where it's acceptable to drink heavily or take drugs – but not to seek professional help | Guardian, UK
Highland schoolkids get digital drugs insight
Hundreds of primary and secondary school pupils from the Highlands and Islands will this week take part in an online event designed to encourage young people to make positive decisions around substance misuse | North Star, UK
Op Swoops On Drug Dealers
Operation Hibiscus hit the streets in the town as a result of several months work to gather information and evidence. The community intelligence led operation by Surrey Police culminated today in early morning raids at 15 addresses targeted across the Woking area | Police Oracle, UK
In defence of charities
The cultural shift in charitable behaviour means that charities are facing a very bleak future. What it is safe to say, however, is that the integrity of these voluntary organisations is not compromised by a perceived increased relationship with government | Independent, UK
'Alcohol' nurses placed in every hospital A&E unit in Greater Manchester
Specialist alcohol nurses are to be put on duty around the clock in every A&E department in Greater Manchester to help beat the region's booze epidemic | Manchester Evening News, UK
More support needed for ageing drinkers
Despite an ageing population and growing alcohol consumption among older drinkers, only five dedicated treatment centres in the UK are working with those who become addicted | Addaction, UK
Heavy drinking in pregnancy can alter unborn babies' brains, study shows
People born to alcoholic mothers at risk of problems ranging from poor brain development to loss of hearing and vision | Guardian, UK
Smoking and drinking in pregnancy 'harms 10,000 babies in UK each year'
Newborns suffer permanent harm, including brain damage, disability or physical deformity, says top children's doctor | Guardian, UK
UK's oesophageal cancer rate is worst in Europe
Heavy drinking and growing obesity are contributing to an increase in oesophageal cancer, a new analysis has claimed, as the UK topped a European survey of the disease | Guardian, UK
Responsibility Deal under renewed fire
The drinks trade has defended the Responsibility Deal it struck with the government in spring, after the accord came under fire from the health lobby at a recent forum | Off Licence News, UK
Drink in the real facts about booze industry, urges charity
Bosses at Alcohol Concern Cymru have made the call ahead of Alcohol Awareness Week, which gets under way on Monday | This is South Wales, UK
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse continues to inflict misery on a significant element of Irish society. According to a recent report from the Health Research Board, the number of instances of treatment for alcohol abuse rose by more than 40 per cent in the six years from 2005 | Irish Times
Action urged on NI alcohol abuse
With the estimated cost of alcohol misuse across society in the region standing at almost £700 million, the British Medical Association NI has called for action on the problem | Irish Times
Ten National Drug Conference Videos Now Online
We have now uploaded ten video presentations from last weeks National Drug Conference 2011 | Drugs.ie, Ireland
In Greek crisis, HIV gains ground
'Contagion' is the label financial markets use for the economic spread of the Greek crisis. For hundreds of people in an increasingly chaotic society, the word has a deadlier meaning | Reuters
Brazil police target drug gangs in Rio's biggest slum
Elite police units backed by armoured military vehicles and helicopters moved into the slum before dawn | BBC, UK
Life and death in Rio's drug wars
Gelson Domingos' death came on the eve of what may prove one of the biggest military operations in Rio's recent history | Observer, UK
Juan Manuel Santos: 'It is time to think again about the war on drugs'
Colombia's president speaks frankly of the price his country has paid and his success in dismantling the cartels | Guardian, UK
Colombian president calls for global rethink on drugs
Juan Manuel Santos stresses vital role of Britain, America and the EU to 'take away violent profit of traffickers' | Guardian, UK
Nature's love drug offers hope to addicts
Australian scientists have launched clinical trials involving alcoholics using oxytocin nasal sprays, to see if extra doses of the hormone can make drugs less appealing | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Schoolies get what they want: booze and risky sex
Almost two thirds of teenagers at schoolies week celebrations will have more than 10 drinks a night and ''hook up'' with a stranger, but most do so because they think it's the social norm, a new study has found | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Sustained efforts and cooperation in drug control essential to prevent suffering, says International Narcotics Control Board
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) held its 102nd session in Vienna this week to review efforts at the international and national levels to implement the international drug control conventions | UNODC