DS Daily - 13th June 2012 |
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Heroin prescribing rescues methadone failures
Authoritative analysis combining results from trials of long-term heroin prescribing for heroin addiction finds important advantages for seemingly intractable patients previously failed by methadone, including reduced illegal drug use and crime | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
The Demilitarized Zone in North America's Drug War
Free public presentations on the Story of North America's only supervised injection site, InSite | Indymedia, UK
GP survey highlights austerity impact on most deprived
A university of Glasgow survey of GPs in Scotland’s most deprived communities has highlighted the devastating impact of austerity cutbacks on the health of the country’s most deprived communities, including people with drug and alcohol problems - and the ability of public services to help them. Download | SDF, UK
Maghaberry prisoner died from 'drugs cocktail'
Prisoner Ombudsman Pauline McCabe has said she is worried there is an acceptance of illegal drugs within Northern Ireland prisons | BBC, UK
Public lecture on drugs legislation, 13 June
Do anti-drugs policies end up causing more problems than they solve? | University of Leicester, UK
Collective amnesia: reversing the global epidemic of addiction library closures
Cuts have affected other US libraries and databases, resulting in downsizing, service reduction and closures - Europe joined the culling effort with library closures | Addiction Journal
Government’s alcohol strategy - Health Committee
Witnesses: Anne Milton MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Public Health, Chris Heffer, Deputy Director, Alcohol and Drugs, and Dr Mark Prunty, Senior Medical Officer, Alcohol and Drugs programme, Department of Health | Parliament, UK
Alcohol is to blame in ‘a quarter of road deaths’
First Minister Alex Salmond has condemned the reckless behaviour of drink drivers as it was revealed that alcohol could have played a part in a quarter of all fatal road accidents in one police force area | The Scotsman, UK
Harrogate schools to use drama to tackle teenage drinking
Schools in North Yorkshire are piloting a theatre scheme which aims to educate teenagers about the dangers of alcohol | BBC, UK
Online alcohol retailers 'fuelling underage drinking in Britain'
The internet is allowing an increasing number of underage drinkers in Britain to buy alcohol without adequate identification checks, a new report has warned | Telegraph, UK
Duma Reviews Bill To Ban Alcohol Ads
The latest move in a legal crusade to crack down on Russians’ love of alcohol could see beer advertising banished from the Internet | St. Petersburg Times, Russia
Committee on National Alcohol Policy and Action
Report and presentations from the 10th meeting of the Committee on National Alcohol Policy and Action Luxembourg, 18-19 April 2012 | European Commission
Probation Service is under threat from a political ideology of private is best
What is it that the private and third sector do better? Is it management of risk, assessment, enforcement, engagement, motivation, compliance or innovation? Do they actually have the evidence to demonstrate that they reduce reoffending and are cheaper? - Kevin Robinson, Chief Executive of | Lancashire Probation Trust, UK
Experts warn massive reductions in UK child poverty may be reversed by Coalition
A landmark report to mark the half-way point to ending child poverty by 2020, a pledge to which all the main political parties have signed up | Child Poverty Action Group, UK
Housing options and solutions for young people in 2020
Three groups of young people are increasingly marginalised in the UK housing system: young families, those on low incomes and those who are vulnerable due to their support needs. Summary - Full report | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK
Proposed increase in penalty points
An increase in penalty points for speeding and using a mobile phone while driving are proposed in a report published by the Department of Transport | Irish Times
Gas sniffing plague continues
Solvent abuse in the community is not a new issue. Images of children sniffing gasoline in the late 1990s made international news and, despite lulls, the problem still exists | The Telegram, Canada
Families are the Frontline
Preventing, Treating, and Recovering from Substance Use and Mental Disorders | SAMHSA, USA
Will treating addiction as a 'disease' combat a growing epidemic?
Should drug addiction be considered a disease, or will thinking about addiction in this way only further enable drug users by convincing them that they're powerless? | LA Times, USA
Plague of dodgy prescriptions puts illicit drugs in the shade
Despite a lively public debate about illicit drugs, the dominant drugs of addiction overtaking Western societies are those prescribed legally by trusted doctors. Prescription drugs, initially given to modulate chronic pain, reduce disabling anxiety or lift fledgling moods, are most likely to become chemicals of abuse and addiction | The Age, Australia
Taliban-funding Afghan drug lord jailed for life in US
An Afghan man found guilty of funding the Taliban via one of the world's biggest heroin-trafficking rings has been sentenced to life in prison | BBC, UK