DS Daily - 16th July 2012

Are you an employer?

Please take a few minutes to complete our survey on employers attitudes to people with a history of drug and alcohol problems | DrugScope, UK

Mike Trace: Eva Rausing helped other addicts to live

The result of her work is that thousands are now living drug-free | Independent, UK

Using their [Rausing's] unearned wealth to support worthy causes made them feel they were doing something positive, but the act of giving was a distraction which allowed them to continue taking drugs without focusing on their problems | Independent, UK

Did we kill Eva Rausing through our toleration of her ghastly addiction?

This lifestyle and notoriety had not stopped her, by the time of her death, from being a co-patron with Kate Middleton of the drug charity, Action on Addiction. It had not stopped her from being a trustee of one of Prince Charles’s charities. She was hardly fit for either task. But neither charity, apparently, had asked her to step down | Daily Mail, UK

Eva Rausing's wonderful legacy for charities like ours should be celebrated

Eva was a selfless and generous patron of Action on Addiction. Her untimely death reminds us how destructive this condition is - Nick Barton | Guardian, UK

Drug-using couples enabled by co-dependency – and their happiness

In light of the Eva Rausing case, it's worth noting that celebrities aren't the only couples to use - and abuse - drugs | Guardian, UK

Clinical Update June-July 2012

SMMGP, UK

Alcohol packaging should carry graphic health warnings, urge doctors

The UK Faculty of Public Health (FPH) says harmful drinking has become so common that "no nonsense" warnings displayed in a prominent place on alcohol products are needed to overcome widespread public ignorance about the dozens of medical conditions excessive consumption can cause | Guardian, UK

The Olympics and harm reduction?

In this article we describe current anti-doping policy, reflect on its multiple unplanned consequences, and end with a discussion, if lessons learned from harm reduction experiences in the illicit drugs field could be applied to anti-doping | Harm Reduction Journal

Supermarkets urged to sell alcohol from separate tills

Supermarkets will be urged to sell alcohol from separate tills under radical plans drawn up by public health officials | Telegraph, UK

Police call to limit sale of drink in deprived areas

The more shops, bars, off-licences and supermarkets selling alcohol in a neighbourhood, the higher the crime levels in the area will be, according to new research | The Herald, Scotland, UK

Smoking ban: Wales 'needs fair approach on punishment'

Changes are needed to the way those breaking the smoking ban are punished, says a leading Conservative AM | BBC, UK

The deadly rise of 'hippy crack'

For celebrities, it's the party drug du jour. Now inhaling laughing gas - is spreading to middle-class living rooms | Daily Mail, UK

HM Inspectorate of Probation Annual Report

Independent inspection of adult & youth offending work | HM Inspectorate of Probation, UK

PCCs to play key role in reform of the criminal justice system

From November elected PCCs will help to forge this change, and with a new responsibility for victims they will want to ensure that crime is tackled effectively and the cycle of re-offending is broken | Home Office, UK

Videos - Health and Social Care Act 2012

Three short films to give you some of the key information about the Health and Social Care Act and what it may mean for you, the NHS, and the services that you deliver | Royal College of Nursing, UK

Serco wins first private probation contract

Security firm to supervise 'community payback' offenders as government announces plans to tender 60% of probation work | Guardian, UK

EMCDDA annual accounts 2011

The financial statements of the EMCDDA and the reports on implementation of the budget of the EMCDDA

HIV/AIDS among IDUs in Greece

In July 2011, Greece - historically a low HIV-prevalence country - reported an outbreak of new HIV infections among drug injectors | EMCDDA

Prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs

This joint guidance report explores good public health practices that can support effective policies to reduce infections. Common blood-borne viruses in this group include HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C | EMCDDA

Update on the Irish Pharmacy Needle Exchange

This video talks about development of the roll out of the pharmacy needle exchange service in Ireland | Irish Needle Exchange Forum

Huge quantities of booze sold at pocket-money prices

Ireland’s underage boozing is spiralling rapidly out of control and set to get worse, alcohol watchdogs have warned | Irish Sun

Small measures in right direction can tackle drink crux

The close link between alcohol and sport though is being questioned and challenged as never before, and the reasons for doing so are difficult to argue against | Independent, Ireland

At least 600 jobs go as cannabis cafe reforms begin to bite

The government closed cannabis cafes in southern parts of the country to non-residents on May 1 and the rest of the Netherlands will follow next year | Dutch News, Netherlands

UN official sees first-hand New York community’s response to drug abuse

While in New York to launch the 2012 World Drug Report recently, UNODC's Executive Director, Yury Fedotov, travelled to Post Avenue in Inwood to meet with people in the neighbourhood and learn about local efforts to end drug abuse | UN News Centre

Affordable Care Act Does Little to Increase Addiction Care Access

The demand for addiction treatment is high. The supply of addiction specialists is comparatively low. Yet unlike traditional economic models where money is the obstacle, in our field, the obstacle is time | Join Together, USA

UCLA Mobile Clinic Project benefits both sides of the clipboards

UCLA mobile clinic fosters students' skills and compassion as they care for needy patients | LA Times, USA

National Drug Strategy Governance Structure

Information about the National Drug Strategy Governance Structure is available in The National Drug Strategy 2010–2015: A framework for action on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs | Australian National Council on Drugs

National Drugs Campaign update

The second National Drugs Campaign (NDC) update for 2012 | Australian Government

Drug traffickers 'executing farmers, taking children'

Shocking evidence has been uncovered of people in Afghanistan being executed or forced to give up their children to repay drug traffickers | ABC News, Australia