DS Daily - 26th April 2012

LDAN News speaks with the Mayoral Candidates

With the Mayoral elections now less than a month away, LDAN News put questions to the three candidates representing the main parties - LDAN via | DrugScope, UK

Full transcripts from each of the interviews

Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, and Ken Livingstone | DrugScope and LDAN, UK

The police, young people and drugs

One of the key issues for those in Public Health will be the number of young people coming into the criminal justice system. Which makes us interested in the data that the Home Office have released showing how the police are using their powers to search and arrest people | Mentor, UK

Screening, searching and confiscation

Advice for head teachers, staff and governing bodies | Department of Education, UK

Police in Cornwall work to stop 'legal highs'

Police in Cornwall have been working with trading standards officers to stop the sale of so-called "legal highs" | BBC, UK

Internet self-help low-cost way to extend public health impact of alcohol interventions

This synthesis of nine relevant studies of non-student adult samples confirmed that computer-delivered self-help interventions offer a low-cost way to extend the public health impact of interventions for risky drinkers | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK

Computer based alcohol interventions

A report to rapidly assess the effectiveness evidence in relation to computer-based alcohol interventions | NHS Health Scotland

World Book Night

Double Impact, a Drug and Alcohol Service that supports individuals recover from substance & alcohol misuse and the Atlas Deli bar put on an evening on to celebrate “World Book Night” | Double Impact, UK

Untreated HIV infection is associated with higher blood alcohol levels

Starting HIV treatment is associated with reductions in blood alcohol levels, results of a small pilot study published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes suggest. The investigators believe this could be related to “inflammatory responses to untreated HIV infection” in gut tissue, which could produce “greater likelihood of alcohol-related toxicities.” | Aidsmap, UK

Adolescence and the social determinants of health

We review existing data on the effects of social determinants on health in adolescence, and present findings from country-level ecological analyses on the health of young people aged 10-24 years | The Lancet, UK

Seizing the opportunities of adolescent health

Adolescence is central to global health goals for physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health, reductions in injuries, incidence of HIV, and chronic substance misuse | The Lancet, UK

Crisis calls for clear guidance in light of Newham Council plans

Crisis is concerned by today's reports of Newham Council seeking to place homeless households in Stoke on Trent | Crisis, UK

The truth about the voluntary sector and the state

What is the voluntary sector’s involvement in public service delivery? - How big is the voluntary sector compared to the rest of the economy? - What are the main trends in statutory funding? | National Council for Voluntary Organisations, UK

Commercial promotion of drinking in Europe

Key findings of independent monitoring of alcohol marketing in five European countries | European Centre for Monitoring Alcohol Marketing

Will Booze Bans Stop Party Trains?

Public transport in Berlin and other German cities is often the site of spontaneous parties on the weekend, but not all passengers want to share the ride with beer-swilling drunks. Now, many cities want to impose alcohol bans on mass transit | Der Spiegel, Germany