DS Daily - 18th December 2012 |
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NICE apps for smartphones and tablets
Find out more about smartphone and tablet applications developed by NICE to help users find information and guidance on the move | NICE, UK
Cigarette packs to feature larger health warnings under EU plans
European commission suggests covering 75% of packaging with warnings and banning menthol cigarettes | Guardian, UK
Making Research Work: How Blenheim Hosted a Successful Contingency Management Research Project
The report gives a real insight into how to run a contingency management intervention rewarding abstinence and also documents how to approach integrating high quality research into clinical treatment | Blenheim Project, UK
New appointments to the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission announced on 17 December 2012, the appointment of its members | DoE, UK
Croatia Decriminalizes Drug Use
The Croatian parliament approved a bill on 14th December that decriminalizes the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs | IDPC, UK
Drug war has increased violence
A senior minister in Mexico's new government harshly criticised the country's US-backed attack on drug cartel leaders, saying it had caused violence to surge | Daily Express, UK
Picture power: Living dead of the drug war
Louie Palu explains how he met Frank, a long-term drug addict, in the Mexican town of Ciudad Juarez while working on a project focusing on the troubled US-Mexican border | BBC, UK
Pharmacists illegally sell Valium and morphine
The government faces "urgent" calls to overhaul pharmacy regulation after a BBC investigation exposed numerous chemists illegally selling dangerous and addictive drugs | BBC, UK
Exposed, the 'small-time drug pusher' chemists running black market in Valium and Viagra
Rogue chemists have been accused of acting like ‘small-time drug-pushers’ after they were discovered selling anti-depressants, sleeping pills and Viagra on the black market | Mail Online, UK
Amy Winehouse coroner's inquest to be reheard in London
The inquest into the death of singer Amy Winehouse is to be reheard after the coroner involved in the case quit | BBC, UK
Isle of Man government MDAI 'legal high' ban extended
The Isle of Man government has extended its ban on the "legal high" MDAI for a second year, it has been confirmed | BBC, UK
Customs drug hauls treble in just a year to €63m
Drug shipments seized by customs have almost trebled in value in a year, according to statistics due to be published soon | Independent.ie, Ireland
Gangs use Luas and children to deal drugs
Gangs are using children, the Luas, bicycles, and mobile phones to try and thwart anti-drug gardaí in Dublin city centre | Irish Examiner, Ireland
Drug to curb alcohol dependence gets go-ahead
A new drug that treats alcohol dependence by removing a person’s desire to drink is due to be available on prescription in Ireland next year | Irish Examiner, Ireland
Column: How Ireland’s modern drug scene began in 1960s Dublin
"Drug habit unlikely to grow here" read The Irish Times headline on May 4 1964 | Journal.ie, Ireland
Everything We Thought We Knew About Drug Users is Wrong
Would you believe that people who use drugs are, on average, more educated than the average citizen? Or that less than 10 percent are unemployed? | Open Society Foundations, USA
Prescription Drug Abuse: Young People at Risk - infographic
Most teens get prescription drugs they abuse from friends/relatives | NIDA, USA
Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off
Health officials and social service workers in the state find early efforts to combat drug dependency save money and lives | USA Today, USA
Pakistan’s drug menace
Pakistan's geographic location next to Afghanistan places the country in a vulnerable position with respect to the illicit trafficking of opiates and precursors | Dawn.com, Pakistan
Heroin treatment to be trialled on gamblers
Problem gamblers will be given the same drug as heroin addicts and alcoholics as part of a new study to help treat gambling addiction | TheAge, Australia