DS Daily - 26th January 2012 |
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A Framework for Reducing Alcohol and Drug Related Harm in Northern Ireland
Phase 2, 2011-2016 | DHSSPS, UK
Drug Offences
The responses to the consultation | Sentencing Council, UK
Drug advice for schools
Updated: 25 January 2012 | Department for Education and the Association of Chief Police Officers, UK
UK could become 'smuggling hub' for herbal high khat
The UK could become a hub for smuggling the herbal stimulant khat, European police and politicians have warned | BBC, UK
How to improve treatment cost-effectiveness
A new bulletin has collected together the latest additions to the Effectiveness Bank. They show that adding to treatment can be cost-effective, that group therapy costs less but works as well, and that despite its expense, heroin prescribing may be worth it. Plus clues to who gets most from motivational interviewing | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Scans reveal brain effects of magic mushrooms
As this was not a clinical trial it is not possible to say from this study whether psilocybin, in combination with psychotherapy or not, would have any beneficial effect for people with depression. Also, importantly, the possible harms of using this drug, either in the short or long term, have not been studied here | NHS Choices, UK
Improving outcomes and supporting transparency
Part 1: A public health outcomes framework for England, 2013-2016 | Department of Health, UK
YJB independence under threat
Details of the change feature in a government response to the justice select committee’s report on youth justice, which reveals that work is now under way to create more direct ministerial accountability for youth justice | Children & Young People Now, UK
Voluntary Sector Cuts - Report a cut
Voluntary Sector Cuts is a new collaborative project which maps intelligence about voluntary groups experiencing reductions in public sector funding | Voluntary Sector Cuts, UK
The discretionary social fund: a lifeline the government wants to cut
The welfare reform bill allows the state to wash its hands of all responsibility for the ultimate safety net | Guardian, UK
Eric Pickles to intervene in Nottinghamshire voluntary sector cuts
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has agreed to intervene in the case of Nottinghamshire County Council over its disproportionate funding cuts to the voluntary sector, according to the | National Council for Voluntary Organisation, UK
Homeless Tour Guides Show a New Side to London
Being led around by a homeless person gives one a different perspective on the city, says Andrew, a volunteer with the non-profit organization Sock Mob, who accompanies Wilding on the tour | Spiegel, Germany
Global forum on combating illicit drug trafficking and related threats
Speech by Wolfgang Götz, Director | EMCDDA
Prescription pain reliever abuse
Agencies have begun coordinating education efforts, but need to assess effectiveness | GAO, USA
Florida primary: where the Republican candidates stand on drugs
As the race moves to a state with a big drug problem and controverisal laws to deal with it, here's a primer on an issue that has been largely absent from the campaign trail | Guardian, UK
Maldives battles scourge of rampant heroin use
For several years, the country has been flooded with cheap, low-grade heroin - ''brown sugar'' as it is known on the streets of the capital, Male - smuggled from Afghanistan and Pakistan | The Age, Australia