DS Daily - 28th November 2012 |
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Employment and Recovery: a good practice guide'
'Employment and Recovery: a good practice guide' has been published to update the NTA's 'Joint-working protocol between Jobcentre Plus and treatment providers' | NTA, UK
Alcohol minimum price plan to be unveiled
Ministers are due to unveil plans on Wednesday for a minimum price for alcohol in England and Wales, as part of a drive to tackle problem drinking | BBC, UK
Alcohol Awareness Week 2012 in review
Last week, 19-25 November was designated Alcohol Awareness Week (AAW) 2012 by Alcohol Concern | Alcohol Policy UK
Meow meow posted to users, BBC Wales inquiry shows
Drug dealers based overseas are posting potentially lethal illegal drugs to users, BBC Wales has found | BBC Wales
The increase in legal highs: What is the best way to deal with new drugs?
New legal highs ... are emerging at a rate of one a week. Metro looks at the challenges they pose to the criminal justice system and asks if a new approach is needed | Metro, UK
Welfare-to-work: Official figures 'to show target missed'
Government figures assessing the success of its welfare-to-work programme are expected to show a crucial target has been missed | BBC, UK
Changes to the NDTMS data set
Earlier this year, the NTA consulted on proposed changes to the alcohol data set and the young people's data set | NTA, UK
The MEAM approach expressions of interest
During 2013 Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) will be offering support to services in at least nine local authority areas who want to design and deliver new coordinated interventions using ‘the MEAM approach’ as a guide | MEAM, UK
Sharing drug preparation equipment a potential source of hepatitis C transmission
Drug users who share injecting equipment such as water, filters and water containers are potentially putting themselves at risk of infection with hepatitis C | NAM, UK
Panama police burn ten tons of illegal drugs
Anti-narcotic police in Panama destroyed and incinerated over ten tons of illegal drugs, worth a reported £2.5 billion | Yahoo News, UK
Judicial Killing in the War on Drugs—The Death Penalty for Drug Offenses
A new report, The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview identifies 33 countries or territories that still retain the death penalty for drug offenses | IHRA, UK
'Please spare my little girl': How Mexico's fearless female mayor sacrificed herself to save her daughter's life as she was abducted by drug gang, tortured and executed
The woman mayor who was kidnapped and murdered by a Mexican drug gang | Mail Online, UK
Tobacco companies ordered to admit they lied over smoking danger
US judge says tobacco firms must spend their own money on a public campaign admitting deception about the risks of smoking | Guardian, UK
New EU health commissioner promises early tobacco legislation
Tonio Borg...who has taken over as the European Commissioner for public health and consumer protection, has promised to make new European Union legislation for tightening rules on tobacco products | BMJ, UK
Nudge Unit Favours E-cigarette Approach to Stopping Smoking
The UK Government's Cabinet Office's Behavioural Insight Team, also known as the Nudge Unit, wants to persuade smokers, who are disinclined to give up, to manage their nicotine addiction in a different way | Euromonitor International, UK
Smoking bans pick up momentum on US college campuses despite protests
More than 800 schools have banned smoking on campus, according to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation | Independent, UK
As energy drinks grow in popularity, some are calling for more study
Caffeinated energy drinks, heavily marketed to young people, have exploded in popularity in recent years, with the market growing by triple digits | Boston Globe, USA
Kratom Comes to Florida: Is the Next Big Drug Craze Dangerous?
The potion is kratom, and it's taking center stage in America's next big drug scare | Miami New Times News, USA
The Truce On Drugs
From the marijuana growers of Humboldt County to the narcotics cops of Baltimore, from the voters of Colorado and Washington to the governments of Mexico and Central America, a negotiated surrender is being implemented in the war on drugs. But will it be enough to end the fighting? | NYMag, USA
Can Obama and Peña Nieto Clear the Marijuana Smoke?
When Peña visits the White House on Tuesday, he and Obama will briefly engage concerns ranging from immigration reform to trade with Asia | Time, USA