DS Daily - 28th September 2011 |
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National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times
This release includes quarterly data from 1st April 2011 to 30th June 2011 at National, Health Board and Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) level | ISD, Scotland, UK
The Scottish Health Survey
Chapter 3: Alcohol Consumption | Scottish Government, UK
The Cost of Alcohol: A Minimum Price per Unit of Alcohol
New independent research which reveals the views and misconceptions of the general public regarding the impact of a minimum pricing policy in combating alcohol-related harm in the UK | Our Life, UK
NHS Smoking Cessation Service Statistics (Scotland)
Data from 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2011 | ISD, Scotland, UK
The Daily Stigma
Help us fight back against benefit reform | Mind, UK
Dutch cannabis users more likely to drive than elsewhere in Europe
The research shows that 25% more cannabis users in the Netherlands drive than in other EU countries | Dutch News, Netherlands
MARS: Helping Those in Need Down the Path to Recovery
The program offers recovery support services to patients in the outpatient methadone treatment program | ONDCP, USA
Drugs, Risk and the Myth of the ‘Evil’ Addict
My column on making Naloxone available over-the-counter to reverse overdoses drew many plaudits and two main strands of criticism - Maia Szalavitz | New York Times, USA
Strategies to help patients break the chains of tobacco addiction
Evidence-based treatments can help patients quit despite psychiatric illness | Current psychiatry, USA
Mexico’s Battle Against Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking
This 54-page US monograph explores the effectiveness of the security and law enforcement and socio-economic approaches adopted in Mexico over the past several years to combat the drug trafficking organizations | Brookings, USA
Colombia: from illicit drugs to sustainable livelihoods
Some 80,000 farmers' families in Colombia depend on illicit coca bush cultivation to survive. UNODC runs projects to wean farmers off illicit crop cultivation by encouraging them to pursue alternative livelihoods | UNODC
Submission to the Whole of Victorian Government Alcohol and Drug Strategy
This necessary review comes after more than a decade of AOD reviews culminating in little reform and a neglected service sector which is burdened with a number of chronic long term challenges | VAADA, Australia
The health of Australia's prisoners 2010
Over half report drinking alcohol at risk levels and 2 in 3 had used illicit drugs during the previous 12 months | AIHW, Australia
Alcohol action groups want wine tax change
An alliance of health and social groups and academics is calling for the government to reconsider how it taxes all alcohol, especially wine | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Problem gamblers recruited into drug trade
The ABC has uncovered evidence that criminal networks are recruiting problem gamblers into the drug trade | ABC News, Australia
Krokodil takes toll on Russian addicts
In Russia a home-grown drug called krokodil is cheaper and more addictive than heroin and taking a terrible toll among many of the country's estimated two million addicts | ABC News, Australia