DS Daily - 22nd November 2012 |
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Skills Consortium Roadshow - 13th Dec, London
The Skills Consortium is a sector led initiative working to boost the skills of those in the drug and alcohol sector. This event marks its transition from being run by the NTA to being run by Adfam, DrugScope and the Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals (FDAP)
Global drug survey
By taking part in this year's Global Drug Survey, you will be part of the biggest independent survey of drug use patterns in the world. All data is anonymous and confidential | NBC, MixMag, Guardian, GT, Fairfax Media
World's biggest independent drug use survey is launched
The world's biggest independent survey of drug use, collecting detailed data on the drug experiences of tens of thousands of people, launches today | Guardian, UK
Minimum pricing for alcohol 'will protect young people'
Setting a minimum price per unit of alcohol, as recommended by NICE, will protect young people from the dangers of excessive drinking, according to a new report | NICE, UK
UK doctors call on government to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol
A group of leading doctors has called on the UK government to implement a minimum alcohol pricing strategy of 50p per unit in England and Wales in an effort to tackle the harmful effects of binge drinking | BMJ, UK
Doping prisoners harms them – and us too
Treating inmates with drugs such as methadone is a sure way to increase crime | Telegraph, UK
Prison-leaver mentoring is a good idea
Chris Grayling's plan for short-term prisoners to be supported on release could work if there are enough mentors | Guardian, UK
Unhealthy lifestyles 'fuel liver disease rise'
High levels of drinking and obesity mean England is one of the few places in Europe seeing a major preventative disease getting worse, the chief medical officer says | BBC, UK
The law on drugs should not be based on evidence
Every policy, whether it’s on drugs, child-rearing or the environment, must, it seems, be based on the “best available evidence” | Telegraph, UK
Adjunctive counseling during brief and extended buprenorphine-naloxone treatment for prescription opioid dependence
No quick way out of treatment for prescription opioid addicts | Findings, UK
Pictures taken 'to overcome drug addiction stereotypes'
A former photography student "tries to overcome drug addiction stereotypes" with staged before-and-after crystal meth pictures | BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat, UK
'Honey trap' professor gets five years in Argentinian jail
I thought I was meeting Miss Bikini World, says physicist caught with 2kg of cocaine | Independent, UK
New tobacco rules come into effect soon
In just under two weeks the displaying of tobacco in supermarkets and large shops in Wales will be banned | Thisissouthwales.co.uk, Wales
Welsh alcohol-related road accidents almost double the UK rate
People involved in road accidents in Wales are almost twice as likely to be under the influence of alcohol than in Britain as a whole | Wales Online, Wales
Warning issued of danger of booze
Police in Bradford made more than 2,000 arrests in the last 12 months in which booze played a part, new figures released as part of Alcohol Awareness Week reveal | Bradford Telegraph & Argus, UK
The heroin diaries: the musical
Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx has revealed that his 2007 memoir 'The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life of a Shattered Rock Star' is to be turned into a Broadway play | Planet rock, UK
Gardaí arrest 50 people in drugs raids
Gardaí have arrested more than 50 people, carried out 236 searches, found five cannabis grow houses and seized plants worth an estimated €3.5 million in a co-ordinated operation across the State | Irish Times, Ireland
Cops say legalizing pot could ease drug war racial divide
Former Seattle Police chief Norm Stamper argues legalizing pot will help end the drug war and reduce racial conflicts between cops and minority communities | My Northwest.com, USA
7% of California Drivers Test Positive for Marijuana, but Are They Impaired?
For the 20 states in which marijuana is legal, either for medicinal or recreational purposes, there’s a new challenge for law enforcement: judging whether stoned users are too impaired to drive | Time, USA
Amsterdam to keep pulling in millions of foreign soft-drug users as Dutch ditch controversial ‘weed pass’ law
Dutch cities are to decide themselves whether to bar foreign drug tourists from so-called coffee-shops, after the government scrapped its unpopular “weed pass” law | The Raw Story, USA
Marijuana policy bears no relation to the drug's actual risks or benefits
The national debate over legalizing marijuana should be guided as much as possible by facts | Baltimore Sun, USA
Marijuana legalization or decriminalization backed by most Canadians: poll
A new poll shows a majority of Canadians support loosening the country’s marijuana laws | Toronto Star, Canada
B.C marijuana tax could net billions if pot legalized
Study says B.C. pot smokers buy $500 million worth of marijuana each year | CBC News, Canada
Hundreds of RI women working as drugs mules abroad
The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) said... that hundreds of Indonesian women were now working in the South American country of Peru as couriers in a global drug smuggling network | Jakarta Post, Jakarta