DS Daily - 1st May 2012

The Troubled Families agenda - what does it all mean?

This Adfam/DrugScope Briefing explains and explores the Government’s Troubled Families agenda and particularly its significance for drug and alcohol services | Adfam/DrugScope, UK

ACPO published national problem profile commercial cultivation cannabis

A national problem profile published today by the Association of Chief Police Officers shows the commercial cultivation of cannabis continues to pose a significant risk to the UK with increasing numbers of farms being detected by police - Download | ACPO, UK

Guest blog suggesting all is not well in NHS treatment of Boozeland

It is estimated that 34% of people in our prisons are severely dependent on alcohol – and without doubt a huge proportion their crimes are linked to their addiction. How better it would be if the money spent on incarcerating them could be spent on NHS facilities and resources | Alistair Campbell’s blog

On-line alcohol interventions would improve health care value for money

Computer simulation suggests health would improve and/or costs be reduced if on-line brief interventions and therapy were added to or partly replaced conventional alcohol-related health care; these results for the Netherlands are based on a simulation model applicable to other countries | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK

Submission to the Justice Committee inquiry into the youth justice system

The Howard League for Penal Reform, UK

Muslim students condemn 'divisive and irresponsible' university alcohol ban

Students at London Metropolitan University said the prospective alcohol ban was “ill-advised and misleading”, demonising them and exacerbating “Islamophobia” at the university and in wider society | The Telegraph, UK

How economic austerity is affecting children's charities

These organisations benefit children, young people and families directly, providing support, drug and alcohol advice and services | The Guardian, UK

Beveridge principle bites the dust

Sick and disabled claimants are about to have their contributory allowances severely capped | Public Finance, UK

Gay and Bisexual Men's Health

With 6,861 respondents from across Britain, this is the largest survey ever conducted of gay and bisexual men’s health needs in the world. However, it demonstrates that many of those needs are not being met and that there are areas of significant concern – most particularly in mental health and drug use | Stonewall, UK