DS Daily - 20th July 2012 |
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Come together
Thomas McLellan and William White argue that the Recovery-Oriented Drug Treatment Group, chaired by Professor John Strang, has done important work in legitimising opiate substitution therapy within the wider orbit of recovery | Druglink magazine, DrugScope, UK
Decriminalising drug possession
Decriminalisation of drug possession does not lead to increase in drug use, a new report has found - By Richard Branson | Virgin
Crimes detected in England and Wales 2011/12
Home Office Statistical Bulletin 08/12 presents police recorded crime statistics on the levels and trends in detections and detection rates in England & Wales for the financial year 2011/12. Download | Home Office, UK
Listening to Troubled Families
A report by Louise Casey CB, Department for Communities and Local Government
Troubled families update: Adfam response
We strongly encourage local authorities, in designing their troubled families programmes to meet local need, to ensure that drug and alcohol services are engaged in this process and their expertise is sought in this often specialised area | Adfam, UK
Report on "troubled families" – SCIE response
It is encouraging to see Louise Casey's early conclusions; that a whole-family approach is often best for dealing with multiple and inter-linked problems | SCIE, UK
Drugged Britain: are we hooked on happy pills?
Anti-depression Professor David Healy believes the rise in depression is linked to drug companies’ marketing ploys | Telegraph, UK
Home Office in drugs ban on Keith
He was set to appear in Channel 4’s Drugs Live to examine the effects of recreational drugs – but the Home Office have vetoed the plan| The Sun, UK
Birmingham Alcohol Strategy 2012 - 2016
Launched by Birmingham Drug & Alcohol Action Team [14.9 MB PDF]
Addaction responds to Commons Health Committee report on Alcohol
We need to ensure that a combined commitment is made to provide accurate, timely and accessible alcohol education, advice and information, long-term investment in high quality early intervention and support services with families and communities, alongside introducing minimum pricing on alcohol and reviewing current licensing laws | Addaction, UK
LGA statement on Government alcohol strategy
Council services and local communities experience the full range of issues that are caused by excessive alcohol consumption, both in relation to health and anti social behaviour | Local Government Association, UK
Response to Health Committee report on Government’s Alcohol Strategy
A narrow approach to a broad problem that cuts across our society, that’s our view on the latest report on the Government’s Alcohol Strategy | Mentor, UK
National liver charity calls for more Alcohol Specialist Nurses
Responding to the House of Commons Health Committee report: Government’s Alcohol Strategy, Third Report of Session 2012-13, the British Liver Trust is joining the call for more Alcohol Specialist Nurses | British Liver Trust, UK
Scotch Whisky Association challenges Scotland's minimum alcohol price law
The SWA said it had lodged a formal complaint to the European Commission over the legislation | BBC, UK
Government to defend alcohol price
The Scottish Government will vigorously defend minimum pricing for alcohol against the legal challenge from the drinks industry, the Health Secretary has said | Google News
Alcohol industry must do more to act responsibly says Health Committee Report
The alcohol industry must do more to reduce alcohol harm or it “risks being seen as paying only lip service”, a group of MPs has said in a report | The Publican’s Morning Advertiser, UK
Only third of us pay any attention to the strength of the alcohol we drink at home
Some 38 per cent of 18-24 year olds drinking at home checked the strength of their drink, compared with 27 per cent of 25-64s | Daily Mail, UK
Dumbarton alcohol project scoops lottery grant
Dumbarton Area Council on Alcohol (DACA), which supports people affected by alcohol misuse, has secured £496,049 from the Big Lottery Fund to establish the Links to Learning project | Lennox Herald, UK
Offender management in prisons - opportunities to reform being missed
Work needed to address and change offenders' attitudes and behaviour is not happening to any meaningful extent in many prisons, said Liz Calderbank, Chief Inspector of Probation, and Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of a second joint inspection into offender management in prisons | Justice.gov, UK
Making a fresh start - video
A darkly humorous bad angel guides us through the challenges facing a recently released ex-offender as he struggles to manage his finances following his release from prison | Nacro, UK
Police and crime commissioner
Briefings provide prospective candidates with information on a range of national issues and specific policing issues | Home Office, UK
Alcohol consumption and victim blaming
Calling time on sexual violence and alcohol: the facts | Rape Crisis Network Ireland
Russia condemned for its futile fight against Aids
Russia has one of the fastest growing HIV rates in the world but as Victoria MacDonald reports, its reluctance to use harm reduction programmes among addicts is fuelling the spread of the disease | Channel 4, UK
Youth who experiment with injection drugs become regular drug injectors
Most Vancouver street-involved youth who experiment with injection drugs become regular drug injectors. BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS study shows that young females more vulnerable to addiction following experimentation | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Canada
Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking Among Women of Childbearing Age
United States, 2006–2010 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Ariz. official refuses to expand marijuana program
Arizona's top public health official is denying requests to expand the state's medical marijuana program to allow use for post-traumatic stress disorder or three other conditions | SF Gate, USA
Colombia steps up cocaine fight
The largest supplier of cocaine to the United States, is increasing antidrug operations in coordination with its South American neighbors as its production of the narcotic falls to a two-decade low, Colombia's top antidrug official says | SF Gate, USA
The link between trauma and substance abuse
Dr Katherine Mills this week discussed a new treatment approach for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a substance use disorder on ABC Radio's Life Matters program | NDARC, Australia
Healing Ways Resources
Healing Ways manual - Resource book for Aboriginal Workers - Supervision | Victorian Dual Diagnosis Initiative, Australia
Tobacco display ban will improve New Zealanders’ health
The Public Health Association says next week’s tobacco display ban will improve the health of New Zealanders, and congratulates the government on taking another step towards a smokefree New Zealand by 2025 | Scoop, New Zealand
2012 AIDS Conference: Criminalized Groups Need Not Apply
Drug users and sex workers represent the majority of people living with HIV in many countries, and are among the most at-risk of infection everywhere. The irony of allowing people living with HIV to the conference while refusing those likeliest to be - or become - infected has not been lost on everyone | Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever