DS Daily - 14th August 2012 |
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All cut up
Cocaine is cheaper, but weaker | The Economist
Judge backs down on magistrates standing as police commissioners
A senior judge has backed down on his controversial ban on magistrates standing for election as police commissioners | Telegraph, UK
Shocking figures show one Scottish child in 10 is living with an alcoholic parent
Nation's drink problem sees many children growing up in unstable, chaotic homes suffering emotional and physical abuse | Daily Record, UK
Middle classes driven to drink by the recession
GPs say tough times mean their patients are drinking more, exercising less and suffering more anxiety – and the middle-classes are particularly hard hit | Daily Mail, UK
Studies on alcohol so often involve going to the pub
There are thousands of studies in scholarly journals about the effects of alcohol on people. But what are they trying to learn, asks Marc Abrahams | Guardian, UK
Safer Future Communities news - Issue 4 - August 2012
The latest news bulletin from Safer Future Communities with updates about the work of the project and useful information for the local Safer Future Communities networks and others interested in community safety | Safer Future Communities, UK
Anti-smoking campaigners 'hooked on legislation'
As a UK government consultation on plain packaging for cigarettes ends, this think-tank fellow wonders why anti-smoking campaigners are addicted to new legislation even when bereft of empirical evidence to support their claims | Public Service Europe
Mental illness among the homeless: Prevalence study in a Dublin homeless hostel
The high prevalence of dual diagnosis highlights the need for greater collaboration between psychiatric services and addiction services | Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
Once a model, crisis imperils Portugal's drug programme
Portugal's famously liberal drug policy has been held up as a model for other countries - Norway is considering adopting parts of it and countries as far afield as Argentina have expressed interest. But experts warn that budget cuts and the threat of more cuts to come - combined with an increase in hard drug abuse - risk turning it into a shadow of its former self | Reuters
Alcohol-drug combinations account for nearly 37 percent of substance abuse treatment admissions
According to a report 23.1 percent of all admissions reported the abuse of alcohol and one other drug, and 14.1 percent reported the abuse of alcohol and two or more drugs | SAMHSA, USA
Mexican drug war's innocent victims
Claims that 90% of Mexican drug war victims are criminals is a statistic far removed from Cristina Roman's experience in a country where police and military have fallen into corruption | Guardian, UK
Launch of New Trauma and Substance Use Resource
Putting together the pieces: Responding to trauma and substance use. Download here | ReGen, Australia
Government to resolve legal issues in alcohol interlock and community sentencing laws
Attorney-General Robert Clark today announced the Victorian Coalition Government will tomorrow introduce legislation to resolve legal points that have arisen about the drafting and interpretation of laws on alcohol interlocks and community correction orders | Premier of Victoria, Australia
No new funding for petrol sniffing program
The Federal Government will not renew funding to a pilot program aimed at reducing petrol sniffing on remote Aboriginal lands in South Australia's outback | ABC News, Australia