DS Daily - 16th September 2011 |
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'Ivory Wave' to become Class B drug
New psychoactive substances found in so-called 'legal high' brand 'Ivory Wave' are to become controlled Class B drugs | Home Office, UK
Letter to Addiction Today regarding Laura Graham's article on Prof Strang's review of prescribing practice
Your correspondent Laura Graham asks some big questions about Prof John Strang's review of prescribing practice (Addiction Today, September/October Vol 22 no 132), so here are the answers | NTA, UK
Swansea sees huge rise in drug and alcohol problems
THE past year has seen a significant increase in the number of people seeking help for addiction to alcohol and drugs in one of Wales’ biggest cities | Wales Online, UK
Drug Education ConDemned?
There is sufficient national guidance available, and many good quality resources, but local and national advisory staff with drug education experience and expertise are no longer as available, making schools' responsibility to fulfil their role more difficult | Drug Education Forum, UK
Brief incarceration increases risk of rebound in viral load for patients taking HIV therapy
Brief incarceration is associated with an increased risk of virological failure for injecting drug users taking HIV therapy - paper| Aidsmap, UK
An international consensus for medical leadership on alcohol
It is every clinician's responsibility to address alcohol harm, both on a daily basis with individual patients and in the wider context of health harms and inequalities at the population level | The Lancet, UK
3 Days Booze Free
Birmingham Drug & Alcohol Action Team is encouraging women to have at least three alcohol-free days every week by signing up to the ‘3 Days Booze Free’ challenge | BDAAT, UK
Health secretary praises industry
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has praised the industry’s work and progress in pledging to tackle alcohol abuse, and vowed to continue working with the trade | The Publican’s Morning Advertiser, UK
Re-thinking alcohol licensing
A new report by Alcohol Focus Scotland and Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) calls on licensing boards to make more effective use of licensing legislation to control the overall availability of alcohol and reduce record levels of alcohol-related harm | Alcohol Focus Scotland, UK
Spike's House Party
Free Android game from the | Oxfordshire DAAT, UK
Agencies must work together to prevent reoffending and homelessness
Nearly half of criminal justice staff would benefit from training around housing issues, while more than a third of homelessness workers want help to understand and address client offending, a new report reveals | Homeless Link, UK
European Parliament Adopts Resolution on EU Homelessness Strategy
With this Resolution (B7-0475/2011), adopted by a large majority, the European Parliament sends out a strong political message that homelessness is an urgent issue, on which the EU must step up its co-ordination and support of Member States’ policies | European Federation of National Organisations Working With the Homeless
Homelessness: it's now a crisis in middle-England
An explosion of homelessness in the wealthy Surrey greenbelt has opened up deeper fears about the social consequences of Britain's chronic housing shortage | Guardian, UK
Rehabilitation Survey
If you provide a residential service please complete our Residential Rehabilitation Survey | DrugScope, UK
State of Care 2010/11
Annual report on the state of health and adult social care in England. It covers the year from April 2010 to March 2011 | Care Quality Commission, UK
FA defends drug policy
Football Association last night defended itself after coming under fire from Channel 4’s Dispatches probe into drugs in football | Daily Express, UK
Presidential Memorandum - Major Illicit Drug Transit
Presidential Determination on Major Illicit Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2012 | White House, USA
Belize and El Salvador added to US drug blacklist
US President Barack Obama has added Belize and El Salvador to a blacklist of countries considered major producers or transit routes for illegal drugs | BBC, UK
Dr. Ilse Lowenstam dies at 98; VA physician tackled substance abuse issues
Dr. Ilse Lowenstam developed groundbreaking alcohol and substance abuse programs at the West Los Angeles VA hospital beginning in the 1960s | LA Times, USA
Electronic register could cut drug abuse
Software under trial that warns pharmacists not to dispense addictive medication to drug addicts if they have been given such medication just days before could bring addictions under control if introduced | The Australian
2011 Death Penalty report
Responsibility and Shared Consequences’ is the fourth report on the death penalty for drug-related offences produced by | Harm Reduction International