DS Daily - 22nd August 2012 |
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Leading for outcomes: parental substance misuse
A training resource manual for any team working with families where there is substance misuse by parents. Produced for use by teams in Scotland the manual is applicable for teams in other parts of the UK | Skills Consortium, UK
Prison inspectors find drugs and idleness at G4S jail
The chief inspector of prisons has criticised a G4s-run privatised prison for high levels of illegal drug use | Guardian, UK
War on drink driving being won
The war on drink driving is being won because motorists now run a huge risk of being caught | Independent, Ireland
2012 Teen Survey
CASAColumbia’s 2012 back-to-school teen survey reveals that 86 percent of American high school students say that some classmates are drugging, drinking and smoking during the school day and almost half know a student who sells drugs at their school. Download | CASA, USA
Denver bans outdoor advertising for medical pot shops
Denver has prohibited medical marijuana dispensaries from advertising their wares on billboards, bus-stop benches, handbills and other outdoor signs, just 2 1/2 months before Colorado votes on legalizing the drug for recreational use | CNBC, USA
Matrix intensive outpatient treatment: family education (videos)
These nine short video clips support the family education element of a much wider treatment protocol developed for stimulant use [SAMHSA, 2012] | Skills Consortium, UK
The ‘designer drugs’ sending children to the ER
The creators and marketers of some of these new drugs sidestep government regulations by making minor changes to the drugs’ molecular composition or by advertising them for a different use | Miami Herald, USA
U.S. may soon make HIV testing routine
The U.S. Preventive Services Task force, a government-backed group of clinicians and scientists, is expected to make a new recommendation requiring HIV screening become a standard practice | Digital Journal, USA
Brazil Eradicates Drug Crops in Peru
Brazilian police, working with their Peruvian counterparts, have conducted coca eradication operations in Peru as the Latin American superpower steps up its involvement in the regional war on drugs | In Sight
Lesbians more likely to binge drink, take drugs: study
Lesbian and bisexual women are less likely to have a pap smear and more likely to use drugs and binge drink than the general population, a Curtin University study reveals | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia