DS Daily - 30th May 2012 |
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Drug Related Hospital Statistics Scotland 2011
Hospital data relating to drug use in Scotland 2010/11. Download | ISD Scotland, UK
Alcohol Related Hospital Statistics 2012
Alcohol-related hospital discharge statistics are published annually by ISD in two different publications, which are released in alternate years. They are included in this Alcohol-related Hospital Statistics report, which is published every two years | ISD Scotland, UK
Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy
A review of the validity and reliability of alcohol retail sales data for the purpose of Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy. March 2012 Revised May 2012 | NHS Health Scotland, UK
Doctors backing tougher drink law
Doctors have welcomed plans to make motorists in Scotland face tougher drink-driving laws that will put some drivers over the legal threshold after just one glass of win | The Herald, Scotland, UK
Street Talk Report
The programme allowed us to work with grass roots partners across five communities, introducing an evidence based brief intervention aimed at preventing young people misusing alcohol and drugs, with the associated anti social behaviour | Mentor, UK
Class A clubbing drugs: your children are taking them and they're here to stay
Government scientists are scrambling desperately to classify these drugs and warn young people of the dangers of taking them. But the underground laboratories, and their new digital sales departments, are too far ahead. It’s a lost cause | Telegraph, UK
Low awareness of 'legal high' risk in Dumfries and Galloway
A Dumfries and Galloway police survey has found little awareness about the dangers of taking psychoactive drugs - more commonly known as "legal highs." | BBC, UK
NHS Smoking Cessation Service Statistics (Scotland)
This is the sixth annual release of statistics from the national smoking cessation monitoring in Scotland, covering the 2011 calendar year | ISD Scotland, UK
Cannabis 'does not slow multiple sclerosis' progress
Cannabis does not halt the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), a medical trial has concluded | BBC, UK
Domestic abuse guidance launched by RCGP
The RCGP guidance outlines key principles to help GPs to respond quickly and effectively to patients who disclose domestic abuse. Download | RCGP, UK
Shock report: cuts to have a 'catastrophic' effect on child poverty
The UK has a higher percentage of children in poverty (12 per cent) – when defined as households with income lower than 50 per cent of the national median – than 21 of 35 economically advanced countries surveyed | Independent, UK
Measuring child poverty
This report examines progress made by the world's wealthiest countries in reducing child poverty and deprivation | UNICEF
National Crime Agency takes shape
The NCA will be responsible for tackling these crimes, which include child abuse, drug and people smuggling, illegal immigration, fraud and cyber crime | Home Office, UK
Ban on alcohol sponsorship 'not practical'
Minister for Sport Leo Varadkar yesterday waded into the row over banning alcohol sponsorship in sport, claiming it was not "practical" to enforce a ban "in the foreseeable future" | Independent, Ireland
It's high time for leadership at frontline in war on drugs
Our response to illicit drugs is a public policy disaster. How did we get here? | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
The Impact of Young Men’s Mental Health on the Australian Economy
Young men’s mental illness in Australia is costing the economy more than A$3 billion each year in lost productivity according to the landmark report from the Inspire Foundation and Ernst & Young, ‘Counting the Cost: The Impact of Young Men’s Mental Health on the Australian Economy. Download | Inspire, Australia
$25 million heroin ring with Balkan links busted in SEQ
A Gold Coast man allegedly at the centre of a $25 million heroin ring and with links to Balkan crime groups has been charged with multiple drug offences after an 18-month Crime and Misconduct Commission operation | Brisbane Times, Australia
UNODC Chief and President Karzai of Afghanistan Discuss Effective National and Regional Counter-narcotics Action
Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and Afghan President Hamid Karzai today discussed plans to boost national and regional counter-narcotics efforts, as well as ways to stem drug production | UNODC
Legal drugs in Japan not always safe
It’s no secret the thousands of people packing the streets of Tokyo’s infamous Roppongi party district every night are offered more than just sushi, yakitori and beef bowls | Stars & Stripes, USA