DS Daily - 16th May 2012 |
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Norfolk opiate addiction cases fall
The number of people in Norfolk addicted to heroin and painkillers is at its lowest level since 2006, figures have shown | BBC, UK
Human Enhancement Drugs
The Emerging Challenges to Public Health | Injecting Advice, UK
Cut price booze: lessons from Canada
BBC Scotland's political correspondent Glenn Campbell recently returned from Quebec and Ontario where minimum pricing has been in place for many years | BBC, UK
Minimum alcohol pricing? Blame those vomiting girls
Minimum alcohol pricing results from moral panic. It won't affect David Cameron's problem drinkers | Guardian, UK
Drug and alcohol worker scoops top award
Paul Jarvis, who was dependent on drugs for 26 years, has won the 2012 adult learners' award for London, because of his commitment to training and his significant achievements | Blenheim CDP, UK
Future of HIV services: “A real worry”
NHS reforms will result in a fragmentation of services around HIV in Hackney and Jonathan McShane, the council’s cabinet member for Health says the implications are “a real worry” for an area with one of the highest HIV infections in the country | eastlondonlines, UK
HIV post-exposure prophylaxis
Guidance from the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Expert Advisory Group on AIDS | Department of Health, UK
HIV test that can be taken at home backed by FDA panel
An over-the-counter HIV test that can be taken at home was reasonably safe and effective for determining whether someone has the AIDS virus, according to experts | Daily Mail, UK
APPG Medicines Shortages Report
The All Party Pharmacy Group has today published the report of its enquiry into NHS medicine shortages | APPG, UK
Smoked cannabis for spasticity in multiple sclerosis: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Smoked cannabis was superior to placebo in symptom and pain reduction in participants with treatment-resistant spasticity | Canadian Medical Association
CDC Letter on Hepatitis Testing Day & Hepatitis Awareness Month
May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, and May 19th will be recognized as the first ever Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States. An online Hepatitis Risk Assessment has been developed to determine a person’s hepatitis testing and vaccination recommendations | CDC, USA
Marijuana DUI standard dies a 3rd time in CO
A marijuana blood limit for drivers was rejected Tuesday for a third time in Colorado, as lawmakers from both parties argued about how to fairly gauge whether someone is too stoned to get behind the wheel | Seattle PI, USA
Treatments for heroin addiction add to patients' pain sensitivity
Patients with addictive disorders who take methadone or other opioid medications for pain will experience heightened sensitivity to pain, known as hyperalgesia | San Antonio, USA
Alcohol warning labels—do they work?
This Background Note provides a brief overview of the context for the proposed labelling reforms and a summary of some of the research evidence on the effectiveness of alcohol health warning labels | Parliament of Australia
Call for ban on synthetic cannabis in NZ
NZ First wants a total ban on synthetic cannabis and says products are still being sold despite government moves to stamp them out | Yahoo
President of Iceland Honored for Fight against Drugs
Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson received a lifetime achievement award for his fight against drugs and leading anti-drug campaigns at home and abroad at the ECAD (European Cities Against Drugs) convention in Ireland on Thursday | Iceland Review