DS Daily - 10th July 2012

MPs visit Brighton for drugs lessons

A group of MPs came to Brighton and Hove on Monday to learn about innovative work to reduce drug-related harm | Brighton and Hove News, UK

Drugs in the workplace 'widespread'

A “million workers have Class A drugs in their system”, The Guardian has wrongly reported. The Guardian is not alone in making a hash of its reporting of an apparent 43% rise in the use of drugs at work over the past five years | Nursing Times, UK

Sun poll shows UK public wants to explore alternatives to drug war

The Sun survey results | TDPF

Steroid users 'doubling' year on year, new figures show

The number of steroid users seeking help is doubling year on year according to health officials and charities | BBC, UK

Alcohazard! ...... Think Before You Drink

Series of short animations about alcohol produced by young people in Wiltshire working with creative professionals | You Tube

Acquisitive Crime

Imprisonment, Detection and Social Factors | Civitas, UK

Chris Christie Calls War On Drugs 'A Failure'

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has become the latest leader to condemn the now 40-year-old war on drugs | Huffington Post, USA

Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders

General Principles for the Use of Pharmacological Agents to Treat Individuals with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders | SAMHSA, USA

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Co-Occurring Opioid Use Disorders

Pharmacologic Guidelines for Treating Individuals with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Co-Occurring Opioid Use Disorders | SAMHSA, USA

CDC Discloses Menacing Data on Methadone

According to newly released reports from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the synthetic opioid methadone accounts for less than 2% of analgesic prescriptions but is involved in more than 30% of opioid-overdose deaths. However, in some ways, the selective analysis and presentation of data may be misleading | Pain-Topics, USA

States restrict welfare purchases

More states are enacting or considering laws that prohibit people who get welfare cash from spending it on liquor, cigarettes, strip clubs, gambling and guns — laws that even supporters say are difficult to enforce | USA Today

Addicts: dying for love?

Has anyone noticed that we're only kind to addicts when they're dead? | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia

Mental disorder prevalence at the gateway to the criminal justice system

This is the first Australian study to measure the prevalence of mental disorder among offenders nationally, using information provided by 690 police detainees who participated in the Australian Institute of Criminology’s Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program | Australian Institute of Criminology