DS Daily - 21st September 2011 |
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Housing for Recovery
Findings from a survey on access to housing on behalf of the Recovery Partnership | Druglink, UK
Proposals to amend the NDTMS dataset
The NTA is proposing to amend the data that is collected by National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) from April 2012, to ensure it remains relevant to drug and alcohol treatment delivery | NTA, UK
New Lords minister at Home Office
Lord Henley's brief will include the drugs strategy, licensing and community activism | Home Office, UK
Vacancy > Senior policy officer at DrugScope
Applications must be received by 5pm Tuesday 10th October | DrugScope, UK
Treatment staff in job centres modestly increase treatment access
In three high drug use urban areas in England, treatment staff were placed in job centres to facilitate the referral of unemployed substance users in to treatment. It worked, but not well enough to recommend a national roll out | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
East Lancs Service Modernisation Continues
The modernisation of substance misuse services in East Lancashire continues with the opening of a new Inspire service base in Pendle | CRI, UK
The way forward for drug and alcohol recovery
Views are being sought on how services for people with alcohol and drug problems in the capital are commissioned. Draft EADP Commissioning Plan and survey can be accessed here | Edinburgh Alcohol and Drug Partnership, UK
Health experts warn against a dangerously deceptive mix of energy drinks and alcohol
Alcohol Concern Cymru said the high caffeine content of energy drinks can mask the effects of alcohol, making people less aware of how drunk they may be | Wales Online, UK
National Licensing Conference 2011 presentations now online
National Licensing Conference - 'From Principles to Practice' 15 September 2011 | Alcohol Focus Scotland, UK
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
Key Performance Indicators (IAPT KPIs) Q1 Apr 2011 - Jun 2011 | NHS Information Centre, UK
Response to NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies report
There are six million people experiencing depression a and anxiety in the UK and only 210,540 people have been referred for psychological therapies which shows that we still have a long way to go | Mental Health Foundation, UK
Gardaí believe drugs haul linked to international gang
Gardaí AND Revenue’s Customs officers believe they have disrupted the activities of an international drugs gang operating in the Republic following one of the biggest seizures of drugs so far this year | Irish Times
Facebook deal with Diageo fuels under-age drinking fears
A multimillion-dollar deal agreed between Facebook and drinks company Diageo will fuel the under-age drinking epidemic by exposing increasing numbers of young people to alcohol marketing, health experts are warning | Guardian, UK
New Rules for Alcohol Companies to Advertise and Market on Social Networks
Starting Sept. 30, spirits makers in the U.S. and Europe will be held to a new set of self-regulatory guidelines for advertising and marketing on social networking sites and other digital media designed to prevent marketing their products to kids | Wall Street Journal, USA
War on drugs' blocks medical access to morphine
Patients suffering from terminal illnesses in some countries denied pain killer, UBC Graduate School of Journalism study finds | Vancouver Sun, Canada
Needle exchange proudly flouts the law
A Fresno program that treats addicts continues to operate after county supervisors back away from a plan to legalize the operation | LA Times, USA
Crime rose in LA near closed pot clinics
A new study released Tuesday showed that when hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries were closed last year in Los Angeles crime rates rose in surrounding neighborhoods, challenging claims made by law enforcement agencies that the storefronts are magnets for crime | Seattle PI, USA
Mexican president hints US should legalise drugs
In a speech in New York, Mr Calderón said the high demand for illegal drugs in the US was a "key issue" and was "the most important source of power of the criminals." | Telegraph, UK
President of the INCB addresses the General Assembly High-level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases
Yesterday in New York at the General Assembly High-level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases, the President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) emphasized that millions of people around the world are afflicted by mental illnesses, which are non-communicable diseases and which include substance use disorders | UNIS
Celebrity campaign backing drug legalisation was based on 'flawed' figures, says UN
The group, headed by major names including former UN chief Kofi Annan and Sir Richard Branson, published a study claiming that drug use around the world has soared over the past decade | Daily Mail, UK