DS Daily - 12th April 2012 |
 |
Probe into county drug use to form part of Leicester MPs' inquiry
A Mercury investigation into the scale of drug use in Leicestershire is to be presented to a group of MPs - Publication | This is Leicestershire
Cannabis crackdown across the North West
‘Waste of money and police resources’, says Manchester activist | Mancunian Matters, UK
Human Enhancement Drugs - the Emerging Challenges to Public Health
The widespread availability of such drugs has generated a new and growing audience of users | Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Tax reform project running into trouble, say experts
The far-reaching reform of the tax system has 'critical' weaknesses that need 'immediate attention', a leaked report discloses | Telegraph, UK
Warning on epidemic of liver disease
A public health doctor has warned that a significant surge in liver disease is expected to take place in Ireland over the next 20 years as a long-term legacy of the country's heroin problem | Irish Health
Kicking alcohol sponsorship to touch?
The Irish Sports Council, the IRFU and the GAA all announced last week their opposition to the proposed recommendation phasing out alcohol sponsorship of sports by 2016 - a key recommendation of the National Substance Misuse Strategy | Alcohol Action Ireland
Full report of the Toronto and Ottawa Supervised Consumption Assessment Study
Toronto and Ottawa Supervised Consumption Assessment (TOSCA) a scientific study involving the collection and analysis of data from a variety of sources. TOSCA focuses on the cities of Toronto and Ottawa since they account for approximately half of all people who inject drugs in Ontario - Download | INEF, Ireland
At war over the war on drugs
In the war on drugs, a neutral zone is hard to find. The battle over Vancouver’s Insite has been a case in point | Globe and Mail, Canada
Should the U.S. legalize hard drugs?
Amelioration of today’s drug problem requires Americans to understand the significance of the 80-20 ratio. Twenty percent of American drinkers consume 80 percent of the alcohol sold here. The same 80-20 split obtains among users of illicit drugs | Washington Post, USA
Coca cultivation shift
As production of the leaf used to make cocaine dropped in Colombia, output climbed in Peru and Bolivia. Cocaine production followed the same trendline | Washington Post, USA
NDARC 2011 Annual Report published
As the pages of this report show, the research team at NDARC and their many national and international collaborators are conducting numerous studies involving a wide range of substance types and areas – treatment, prevention, epidemiology, policy – all designed to strengthen the evidence base for policy development, treatment provision and prevention | NDARC, Australia
In Poppy War, Taliban Aim to Protect a Cash Crop
So focused are the Taliban on securing this year’s opium poppy crop — and the support of the farmers tending it — that in the early days of their spring offensive in the south, they are targeting not only the officials trying to eradicate the plants, but also the tractors they use | Washington Post, USA