DS Daily - 26th June 2012

Rehabilitating Drug Policy

What can we do better to reduce offending by drug addicts? | Civitas

Summer drive to stop alcohol blighting children's lives

Children’s lives are being ruined by alcohol-fuelled violence, says charity Children 1st, as new research suggests almost a quarter of people living in Scotland (23 per cent) have seen someone who’s been drinking being aggressive or violent towards a child | Children 1st, UK

Amy Winehouse, by her father Mitch

It's a subject that Winehouse returns to again and again during our conversation: that she was getting better, that she had beaten her drug addiction three years before her death and he felt she would do the same with alcohol, despite the fact he knew that alcohol "would kill you quicker than heroin would have" | Guardian, UK

'I don't believe in rehab anymore - It's not for me': Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen says he's drug-free on his own terms (but he still enjoys a drink) | Daily Mail, UK

Chocolate again? Loyalty cards could be used to tailor health advice

Supermarkets may be asked to use loyalty card data to offer tailored advice to their customers on improving their diets and lifestyle, under plans being considered by the Government | Telegraph, UK

Steroids killed our son

Teenager tried to bulk up his muscles.. within weeks he was dead | The Mirror, UK

Avoiding tobacco tax

Supermarkets removing cigarettes from stores and selling them in petrol stations to avoid tobacco tax | Daily Record, UK

Welfare speech

Speech by Prime Minister David Cameron on welfare, at Bluewater, Kent on Monday 25th June, 2012 | Number 10, UK

Homeless people face hardship in PRS, report finds

Homeless people in the private rented sector have to go without heating, electricity or food to provide for their children, a report has found | Inside Housing, UK

SNAP 2012

A sample of day centres, direct access hostels and second stage accommodation projects from across England were interviewed during October and November 2011 | Homeless Link, UK

Why charities should create bespoke volunteering opportunities

Creating tailor-made volunteering opportunities allows charities to be driven by volunteers' passion not just propped up by it | Guardian, UK

Toolkit on volunteering

A toolkit with all the information, policy, law and resources you need on volunteering, families and substance use| Adfam, UK

Beyond Reserves

Looks at the strategic management of charity reserves. The publication includes insights and case studies from chief executives, finance and fundraising directors from a range of organisations | CFG, UK

Former prisons inspector condemns probation service reform plans

Lord Ramsbotham promises to lead rebellion unless 'muddled' government plans to fragment probation service are rewritten | Guardian, UK

Ecstasy trade in B.C. has deadly consequences

Health officers urge policy reform to cut out dealers who often substitute other drugs | Vancouver Sun, Canada

'Bath salts' being imported via English-based websites

British dealers are supplying America with the drug behind wave of horrific cannibal attacks feared to be 'zombie apocalypse' | Daily Mail, UK

Cocaine Expansion in Peru Raises Fears of Global Spread

The United Nations' annual drug report, to be published Tuesday, is expected to document the big changes in the global cocaine business that are helping drive coca cultivation—and cocaine consumption—deep into Peru's Amazon near its border with Brazil | Wall Street Journal, USA

Is Mexico's war on drugs over?

An exhausted nation is set to elect a leader willing to deal with the cartels – and the US isn't happy | Independent, UK

2nd Australian Needle and Syringe Program Return on Investment Study

The original English language summary paper was prepared by APDIC in consultation with the authors of the major report from the Kirby Institute and is currently available on the APDIC website - English download | Australian National Council on Drugs