DS Daily - 29th June 2012 |
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Crime cut among offenders entering addiction treatment in England
The English National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse finds known offenders substantially less likely to be reconvicted after (re)starting addiction treatment, especially when they stay in treatment or complete it after overcoming their dependence | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Medically assisted recovery from opiate dependence within the context of the UK drug strategy
Methadone and Suboxone (buprenorphine–naloxone) patients compared | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
The war on drugs has brought only casualties
The illegal trade is booming and drugs are cheaper and more available than ever. There are other ways to deal with this - Danny Kushlick | Guardian, UK
Psychedelic drugs can unlock mysteries of brain – former government adviser
David Nutt says research into mental illness is hampered by the prohibition of drugs such as psilocybin and LSD | Guardian, UK
£1.9m for research into visual hallucinations
The aim is to develop a much-needed evidence base to inform NHS practice in managing and treating the symptoms | Institute of Psychiatry, UK
Survey - Family support and residential rehab
A research project to try and better understand what ‘family support’ means to residential rehab providers | Adfam, UK
January detox
Alcohol Concern set to launch social media campaign with Public Zone ahead of January detox | Alcohol Concern, UK
Are NHS walk-in centres on the way out?
Walk-in centres are rapidly becoming a casualty of the tougher financial climate in the NHS in England | BBC, UK
Kate's in for a rough night
Duchess vows to sleep on streets to highlight homeless problem | The Mirror, UK
Nacro publishes its community sentences consultation response
At the moment, we still see too few of those sentenced start their community sentence. Too many drop out part way through, and too many reoffend. Response | Nacro, UK
New data releases mark an era of open data
The Open Data White Paper sets out how the government will ensure that everybody can benefit from open data by making data held by the public sector more accessible and usable | Cabinet Office, UK
Fatal anthrax infection in a heroin user from southern Germany
Blood cultures from a heroin user who died in June 2012, a few hours after hospital admission, due to acute septic disease, revealed the presence of Bacillus anthracis. This report describes the extended diagnosis by MALDI-TOF and real-time PCR and rapid confirmation of the anthrax infection through reference laboratories | Eurosurveillance
New European website with info and advice on alcohol and cancer
Experts have known since 1987 that alcohol can cause cancer, but the connection between the two is often unknown, or ignored | ECL, Eurocare
Cocaine networks hit hard in police operation
A recent Toronto police operation may have knocked out some local cocaine distribution networks, but that doesn’t mean that the drug is unavailable on city streets | CBC News, Canada
Behind the headlines on UNODC’s World Drug Report
NDARC’s senior epidemiologist Professor Louisa Degenhardt took the opportunity to provided a more nuanced perspective in interviews with the ABC’s Richard Glover and with Radio 2GB | NDARC, Australia
Needle and Syringe Programs in Prison
The fourth edition of PolicyTalk from the | Australian Drug Foundation
Let's get it right
The fact sheets about pricing, advertising, availability, drink driving, and mythbusting the alcohol industry provide an overview of how the bill as it stands could help reduce alcohol related harm in our communities | New Zealand Drug Foundation
New poppy blight poised to boost opium price -U.N.
A fresh blight is poised to hit Afghanistan's poppy fields this year, driving up opium prices and threatening to fuel a shift to potentially lethal heroin substitutes like "krokodil", the U.N. drugs watchdog said on Tuesday | Ariana, Afghanistan