DS Daily - 30th November 2012 |
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DrugScope twitter followers reach 5,000!
If you haven't done so already please consider joining us on twitter | DrugScope, UK
Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2012
This annual statistical report presents information on drug misuse among both adults and children. It includes a focus on young adults.
See Main report here (PDF) | NHS Information Centre, UK
Hospital admissions for drug poisoning up nearly 60 per cent in eleven years
Hospitals in England recorded 12,300 admissions for drug poisoning in 2011/12 - 58 per cent more than in 2000/01, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) figures show | NHS Information Centre, UK
New generation, new problems, new drugs: time for a different approach?
UKDPC’s conference on the future of drug policy took place on 19th November 2012. Videos from the conference can be viewed for free here | UKDPC, UK
Diabetes 'could be beaten by cannabis pill'
Cannabis could hold the key to a revolutionary new pill which could transform the lives of millions of diabetes sufferers | Daily Express, UK
Will David Cameron talk sensibly about drugs when he leaves office?
The prime minister has abandoned his previous attitude to drug policy. Does power do this to people? | Catholic Herald, UK
Chris Grayling challenged over new community orders
Justice secretary ignored department's own findings when deciding that orders must contain a punitive element | Guardian, UK
EU warning on minimum drink pricing
David Cameron has been warned that proposals to set a minimum price for alcohol in England and Wales are illegal under European law | Telegraph, UK
Minister to investigate 'unfair' cuts to voluntary sector youth services
A government minister has pledged to probe allegations that local authorities are breaching statutory guidance by making disproportionate cuts to youth charities | Children & Young People Now, UK
Expert Interviews: Governing the Global Drug Wars
In these videos twelve world leading drug policy experts address questions about the international control system | London School of Economics, UK
Time, please
How a new minimum price might change the drinks industry | Economist, UK
Alcohol Strategy Consultation – British Beer & Pub Association Comments
Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive of the British Beer & Pub Association comments on the strategy | Caterer, Licensee & Hotelier News, UK
Tips for social care professionals on supporting older drinkers
Everyone in social care needs to be aware that older drinkers don’t fit the stereotype of alcohol misuse and treatment, writes Paul Cachia | Community Care, UK
New Nightsafe pub initiative protects drinkers
Fourteen businesses have now signed up to the Nightsafe scheme, pledging to help Thames Valley Police and other agencies to reduce alcohol-related crime | Oxford Times, UK
Smoking 'rots brain’ causing mental decline
Discusses the research behind the recent headline | NHS Choices, UK
Retired RAF pilot supplied heroin to prostitutes to save them from dealers
A retired RAF squadron leader who became "vulnerable" after the death of his doctor wife has been convicted of supplying heroin to prostitutes | Telegraph, UK
Surrey Police probe sees £3m drugs factory men jailed
hree London men have been jailed for their roles in a drugs operation involving cannabis worth more than £3m | BBC, UK
Ben Brown jailed over Blackpool liquid drug-dealing
A Lancashire man who made a "crude mix" of mepehdrone and alcohol in his home and sold it in Blackpool clubs and pubs has been jailed for three years | BBC, UK
The Northern Triangle’s drugs-violence nexus
The role of the drugs trade in criminal violence and policy responses in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras | Transnational Institute (TNI), Netherlands
Portugal cracks down on legal highs
Innocuously marketed as incense or bath salts, synthetic drugs are increasingly popular among Portuguese youths looking for a legal high, despite a ban on selling them to minors | AFP
Illinois Medical Marijuana Vote: Support Reaching Critical Mass, Vote Delayed Until Next Week
After years of close calls, state Rep. Lou Lang is confident he may finally have enough votes to pass a bill he has long championed -- one that would make medical marijuana legal in Illinois | Huffington Post, USA
Why Obama Won't Be the One to End the War on Drugs
It's the inverse of Nixon going to China | American Prospect, USA
10 years for man with liquid-cocaine soaked clothes in Dubai
A trader who soaked his clothes in liquid cocaine was sentenced to ten years in prison, a Dubai court said | National, UAE