DS Daily - 17th July 2012 |
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Crucial report aims to rehabilitate methadone as a recovery tool
On behalf of the UK government an expert group has developed and documented a clinical consensus on how prescribing-based treatment for heroin addiction can be made more recovery oriented in line with national strategy. Their report will be the main reference point in tussles over what recovery means for methadone services and patients | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Two Futures of British Drug Policy
Professor Alex Stevens - video via | INEF, Ireland
Drug Prevention in schools
Slide show from | Mentor, UK
Longer prison sentences are not the way to cut crime
At the same time, the Netherlands has made in-patient psychological treatment and drug and alcohol support available for all offenders | Guardian, UK
Nicotine Harm Reduction - an End to Smoking?
Gerry Stimson looks at alternatives to smoking tobacco or using NRT - posted by Exchange Supplies on | You Tube
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Lack of therapy means prisons are turning to pills
The abuse of legal tranquillisers, already a major problem in the community, is now a cause of concern in prisons | Irish Examiner
Alcohol abuse in final year a factor in 78 per cent of suicide deaths, Cork study reveals
The first report of the Suicide Support and Information System (SSIS) shows that 78.1 per cent of people who took their own lives were abusing alcohol in the year prior to death and more than half were abusing alcohol and/or drugs | Irish Times
Gardai say more certain to die from lethal cocktail of drink and drugs
An increasing trend of mixing alcohol with drugs is having a potentially lethal effect on young revellers | Independent, Ireland
Cabinet to discuss alcohol plans
Fine Gael and Labour Ministers are at odds over proposals to counter alcohol abuse which are due to come before Cabinet | Irish Times
New cannabis rules not working
The new rules affecting the sale of cannabis in coffeeshops in three southern Dutch provinces are having an adverse effect according to a new study | Radio Netherlands
U.S. Priorities in Drug War Debated as Pill Abuse Rises
America’s drug problem is shifting from illicit substances like cocaine to abuse of prescription painkillers, a change that is forcing policy makers to re-examine the long and expensive strategy of trying to stop illegal drugs from entering the United States | New York Times, USA
A breakthrough in the making?
Shifts in the Latin American drug policy debate. Download | Transnational Institute, Netherlands
Alcohol abuse is not the only problem facing Kings Cross
A crackdown on hotels in response to violence in Sydney's Kings Cross could ''drive a lot of the industry underground'', leading to illegal alcohol sales and corruption, a senior NSW minister has warned | Canberra Times, Australia
New regulatory regime for psychoactive substances
Current legislation has proved ineffective in dealing with the rapid growth in new psychoactive substances, such as party pills and other legal highs, which can be synthesised to be one step ahead of existing controls. Cabinet has agreed to new legislation to address this by prohibiting the sale of all psychoactive substances unless approved by a regulator. Download | Ministry for Health, New Zealand