DS Daily - 29th September 2011 |
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Turning the Tide launch
On 13th September 2011, Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) and Revolving Doors hosted a Parliamentary Reception to launch our joint Vision Paper, Turning the Tide: A Vision Paper for multiple needs and exclusions - Download of paper | MEAM, UK
Deadline for surveys extended
The deadline for the two recovery and employment surveys has been extended to 4th October Service provider survey and Service user survey | Recovery Partnership, UK
NHS Wandsworth announces new drug & alcohol services
NHS South West London today announced the launch of a new streamlined alcohol and drug service for Wandsworth offering personalised treatment and support intended to help patients reintegrate into their communities | NHS South West London, UK
Sunderland campaign warns of “legal highs” dangers
A hard-hitting campaign warning of the dangers of “legal highs” has been launched across Sunderland | Sunderland Echo, UK
UK drinking guidelines are better for the alcohol industry than the public
We urgently need revised, evidence based guidelines on adult alcohol consumption in the UK | British Medical Journal
Plan to impose separate alcohol queues
Supermarkets would have to introduce a separate alcohol purchase till and sell groceries in a different aisle, under plans backed by ministers | Alcohol Focus Scotland, UK
Smokers get chance to beat the habit with 12p tablets
Tabex tablets mimics nicotine's effects on smokers by stimulating the brain's reward pathways | Guardian, UK
Tax raid on cigarettes and alcohol will damage us
The head of a retail industry lobby group has attacked an "illogical" plan to tax large stores that sell cigarettes and alcohol | The Scotsman, UK
Make-or-break court decision on Insite safe-injection project coming Friday
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada will announce its landmark decision on whether North America's first supervised injection site for addicts, will be allowed to operate without a federal government legal exemption from drug laws | Canada.com
Heroin Epidemic Leads to Largest DEA Operation Against Deadly Drug
The Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with 32 other Law Enforcement Agencies, conducted an aggressive and unprecedented heroin enforcement operation resulting in the arrest of 53 individual | DEA, USA
UNODC head tells President Santos that Colombia plays vital role in fighting drugs and crime
Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), praised Colombia for demonstrating strong political will to counter transnational threats | UNODC