DS Daily - 10th October 2012 |
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'Legal high' Annihilation sells out online after putting nine Scots in hospital
Two well-known websites which sell Annihilation had sold out the drug yesterday, despite police warning users of the dangers involved | Daily Record, UK
25 years of NAT (National AIDS Trust)
To mark NAT's 25th birthday year, this short film looks at how the HIV epidemic has evolved over the last quarter of a century and the part NAT has played in improving the lives of people living with HIV and educating the public | You Tube
'Troubled Families': the lessons of history, 1880-2012
While Government talks about 'history repeating itself' in families and between generations, the history that has really been repeated here is that of a flawed discourse | History & Policy, UK
UNODC and Italy launch initiative to promote international standards on drug use prevention
The initiative will provide access to UNODC International Standards on Drug Use Prevention, which are to be launched at a later date, as well as support evidence-based national drug prevention systems | UNODC
Russian alcoholics 'should have licences revoked'
Russia's top medical official has said that police should seize the cars of drivers found drunk at the wheel and revoke the licenses of alcoholics | Telegraph, UK
Mental illness and addictions costing Ontarians years of life
Mental illness and addictions are often misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or ignored by many, including those in the health care system | Canada Newswire
How Latin America May Lead the World in Decriminalizing Drug Use
Even as the countries of the hemisphere are at the forefront of the war against narcotraffickers, they are also pushing alternative strategies - including the legalization of drugs, particularly marijuana | TIME, USA
Ecstasy and synthetic drug use on rise
A national survey of ecstasy and psychostimulant users found the number of people nominating ecstasy as their drug of choice jumped from 27 per cent in 2011 to 32 per cent this year, according to the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales | The Age, Australia
Government cracks down on legal highs
Legal highs will undergo a costly and lengthy testing process involving human clinical trials under a strict new regime that could see manufacturers jailed for up to eight years | New Zealand Herald