DS Daily - 9th July 2012 |
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Legalise drug use, say Brits in poll
For the first time, six out of ten say they would back trials in which users escape prosecution - but get better medical treatment | The Sun, UK
At least Louise Mensch is brave enough to say drugs messed with her mind
The Conservative MP Louise Mensch raised eyebrows last week when she talked candidly on BBC’s Question Time about the effects of having taken hard drugs in her youth | Daily Mail, UK
MPs like to have a past, but not too much of one…
Are politicians owning up to a druggy adolescence to convince voters of their authenticity? | Observer, UK
17 previously unknown legal highs found by researchers
Potentially deadly new legal highs are being discovered at a rate of almost one every three weeks, according to a Home Office report | Telegraph, UK
Experts warn of ketamine bladder damage
Drug experts from Bradford Council and Airedale Bradford & Leeds Primary Care Trust warned today of the grave dangers associated with prolonged or heavy use of ketamine, a horse tranquiliser which is increasingly being used as a party drug | Bradford Metropolitan District Council, UK
Agencies highlight drugs harms
Local agencies across Bradford district are joining forces to highlight drugs harms during Drugs Prevention Week from 6-13 July | Bradford Community Safety Partnership, UK
Drugs Kingpin Faces Huge Bill
Drugs baron caught by international op ordered to pay back nearly half-a-million pounds of illicit profits | Police Oracle, UK
Police reveal strategy to enforce train alcohol ban
Police will take a "common sense" approach to enforcing a new alcohol ban on ScotRail trains and will not arrest everyone caught with a drink after 9pm | The Herald, Scotland, UK
NTA Annual accounts 2011-12
Presented to Parliament pursuant to Schedule 15 of the National Health Service Act 2006 | NTA, UK
Children's charities warn number of troubled families will soar
Poorest and most vulnerable households will bear the burden of austerity measures, research reveals | Guardian, UK
Young offender assessment system backed by ministers
Ministers have given the green light to proposals for a new assessment system for young offenders | Children & Young People Now, UK
PCC to investigate Daily Mail’s homelessness claims
The Press Complaints Commission has launched an investigation into an article on the Daily Mail website that suggested homelessness hostels are ‘packed full of immigrants | Inside Housing, UK
Deprived areas need urgent boost in GP numbers, RCGP warns
Practices in the most deprived parts of the UK cannot tackle health inequalities effectively because they have similar or worse numbers of GPs than wealthy areas, a landmark RCGP report has warned | GP, UK
Health and wellbeing boards directory
Our directory provides details and contact information for health and wellbeing boards in England | The King's Fund, UK
Tobacco plain pack consultation deadline extended
The government has exteneded its consultation on plain packaging by one month until Friday 10th August 2012 | Convenience Store, UK
Gardaí investigate suspected drug deaths after concert
Three suspected drug-related deaths and nine stabbing incidents were under investigation last night after a concert in Dublin’s Phoenix Park | Irish Times
Baby Boomers filling drug rehab clinics
They came of age in the drug-fueled psychedelic '60s, and faced adulthood's pressures as medications became a common way to deal with anxiety, pain and stress. Now Baby Boomers are in danger of becoming the Hooked Generation as they stumble into seniorhood | SF Gate, USA
States fight 'tourists' trafficking painkillers
Prescription tourists thwart local efforts to combat the illegal sale of painkillers and to treat addicts by bringing huge volumes of drugs in from outside | SF Gate, USA
Proposal for new compulsory drug tests for police
New South Wales Police have revealed plans to roll-out a new compulsory drug testing program for officers | ABC News, Australia
Youth mental health team too free with drugs: audit
Australia's largest youth mental health service prescribed medication to a majority of depressed 15 to 25-year-olds before they had received adequate counselling, despite international guidelines advising against the practice | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia