DS Daily - 4th October 2012 |
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WDP wins gold at the NTA Recovery Awards
There was sweeping success for Westminster Drug Project at the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) Eastern Region Recovery Awards ceremony on 27 September 2012 | Westminster Drug Project, UK
Thousands of primary school kids taught by secret scientologists
Scientologists have tricked their way into primary schools posing as drugs campaigners | The Sun, UK
Principles for supporting school drug education
This briefing paper is part of a series produced by the Drug Education Forum, for schools and others involved in drug education or informal drug prevention | Drug Education Forum, UK
Drinking vodka and taking drugs in school. Whose fault is it?
As the story of a 14 year-old girl drinking vodka and taking drugs on school premises emerged recently, her father feels her school should take responsibility | Independent, UK
Global performance feedback no use to counsellors
It should have improved substance use outcomes and working and therapeutic relationships, but a sophisticated system feeding back to counsellors the progress made by their caseload made no positive differences. A later study helped establish why: counsellors were not told how each individual was doing and what they might do about it | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Interventions for those hooked on drugs
Mother who spent years helping son kick heroin addiction, on how they now stage interventions for others hooked on drugs | Daily Mail, UK
Homeless people should get the healthcare they need
New Crisis research calls for NHS restructuring to consider the needs of homeless people as it is revealed they die 30 years younger than the national average | St Mungo’s, UK
Labour conference: PCC candidates call for partnership approach to youth crime
Partnerships between local authorities, health services and the police should be at the heart of local plans for tackling youth crime, two Labour police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidates have said | Children & Young People Now, UK
Tobacco law delaying tactics condemned
The BMA has criticised the tobacco industry for taking further legal action that will delay a ban on displaying cigarettes | BMA, UK
Is internet addiction a mental illness?
In its new edition, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) will list 'internet use disorder' as meriting further study | Guardian, UK
Work Programme charities warn of imminent contract failures
7 out of 10 charity sub-contractors say that their Work Programme contracts are at risk of failure in a new report released today. The report also found that half of the charities (48%) were subsidising the delivery of the Work Programme from their own reserves | NCVO, UK
National 'virtual ID card' scheme set for launch
People wishing to apply for services ranging from tax credits to fishing licences and passports will be asked to choose from a list of familiar online log-ins, including those they already use on social media sites, banks, and large retailers such as supermarkets, to prove their identity | Independent, UK
Conference in Limerick highlights dangers of ‘legal’ drugs
More than 100 people from agencies and groups were at the Greenhills Hotel for the conference, organised by the Mid-West Regional Drugs Task Force | Limerick Leader, Ireland
Commonly Abused Prescription Drugs Chart
Offers a list prescription drugs commonly abused, including depressants, opioids and morphine derivatives, and stimulants, and provides their common and street names, how they are generally administered, and their potential health effects | NIDA, USA
Drinking and Driving Among High School Students Aged 16 and over
Although substantial progress has been made during the past 2 decades to reduce drinking and driving among teens, in 2011, one in 10 students aged ≥16 years reported driving after drinking during the past 30 days (1991 - 2011 | CDC, USA
'I don't think drug trafficking will ever be stopped'
Inside the world of the U.S. agent who went undercover with the cartels | Daily Mail, UK
Accidental opioid-induced deaths in Australia 2008
This bulletin provides interpretation of final data on accidental opioid induced deaths in Australia in 2008, and estimated data for 2009 and 2010 | NDARC, Australia
Heroin and other opioid related deaths on the rise
A report released by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre reveals that a total of 500 Australians aged 15-54 died due to accidental opioid overdoses in 2008 – the latest year for which final figures are available. Based on preliminary estimates, deaths are higher again in 2009 and 2010 | NDARC, Australia
'Revolutionary' legal high law means state regulated drug market
Kronic-style drugs are expected back on the shelves under the new legal high law being crafted by Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne. Experts say the law will create one of the world's first open and regulated recreational drug markets with synthetic cannabis making a return | New Zealand Herald
Collective Latin American challenge to the drug war moves to the UN
Last week saw three Latin heads of state addressing the UN General Assembly openly critique the war and drugs and highlight the urgent need for UN level reform | TDPF, UK