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Cocaine smuggling route through Immingham smashed
A multi-million pound cocaine smuggling route between South America and the UK has been broken up, border officials have claimed | BBC, UK
‘Drugs Worker’ should be a regulated title requiring specific competence and training
Drugs and alcohol workers work with some of the most vulnerable and challenging people in our society, yet we still do not have a legally enforceable minimum level of competence or regulation for those in the sector - John Jolly, CEO | Blenheim CDP, UK
Damning report over Ceredigion teen's death
A teenage heroin user who died in a shelter for homeless people in Ceredigion was let down by the authorities, says a report. Downloads at bottom of page here | BBC, UK
Veteran found dead at abuse probe care home
Watchdogs have begun an inquiry into allegations of abuse at a war veterans’ home where a former RAF serviceman died from a suspected drugs overdose | Daily Express, UK
The scandal of seriously ill prisoners denied basic healthcare
When the NHS took over, it was hoped that treatment of prisoners would improve dramatically. But old habits die hard and inmates who are ill are still seen as prisoners first and patients, very much, second | Guardian, UK
The Contribution of Financial Investigation to Tackling Organised Crime
A qualitative study | Home Office, UK
Alcohol specialists in A and E departments
Turning Point is calling on the NHS to put alcohol specialists in A and E departments | Turning Point, UK
Tougher rules needs for alcohol marketing, warn campaigners
As Alcohol Concern Cymru’s annual conference takes place in Cardiff today, the charity says alcohol marketing messages are getting through to children and young people well below the legal drinking age | Wales Online, UK
Tougher new drink drive laws are backed by police in Scotland
The prospect of Scotland’s drink-drive limit being cut has come closer after senior police officers said they would back a reduction | The Scotsman, UK
Consultation launched on reducing Scotland's drink-drive limit
By proposing the lower level of 50 millilitres, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said he believed the change would save lives | BBC, UK
Nicola Sturgeon leaves health post in Scottish Government reshuffle
Mr Neil is taking over the role of Health Secretary | STV, UK
Cameron culls social care ministers in reshuffle
There has been a mass clearout of social care ministers in David Cameron's government reshuffle, raising questions about a loss of expertise and continuity in policy for the sector | Community Care, UK
Government departments and their ministers
This page reflects recent changes made to ministerial positions | Number 10, UK
Leading a Government Department
James Purnell and Leigh Lewis worked together for a year and a half from January 2008 to June 2009 as Secretary of State and Permanent Secretary in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). They are collaborating on a forthcoming book on their experience of running a government department. Download | Institute for Government, UK
Growing demand for food banks in Britain
BBC Newsnight's Paul Mason has been to Coventry, home to the country's busiest food bank, to find out more about the problem and its underlying causes | BBC, UK
Save the Children launches first poverty campaign in Britain
The charity Save the Children has launched a fundraising campaign to help youngsters in Britain for the first time in its 93-year history | Telegraph, UK
Family and Individual Experiences of Self Detoxification Processes in the Mid West
The research specifically focussed on the experience of the individual and the family member, and this is reflected in the recommendations which come from that experience | Drugs and Alcohol Ireland
The U.S. Drug Policy Landscape
Insights and Opportunities for Improving the View | RAND, USA
Annual Indiana youth survey
Upward trend of marijuana use stalls, OTC drug use a concern. Download | Indiana University, USA
Colleges try new tactics in battle against binge drinking
Campuses offer safety training, sponsor dry events and require alcohol assessments, but 'there is no magic bullet,' an NU official says | Chicago Tribune, USA
Few sustained gains from health promotion session with college students
At a US university students at first cut back their drinking and cannabis use in response to a brief face-to-face contrast of their desired image versus their health-related behaviour, but the gains were no longer apparent a year later. Yet still at that time they had at least experienced more positive trends in how well they felt | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Exploring gender differences among people who inject drugs in Australia
Findings from the 2011 Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS). Poster | NDARC, Australia
Got ideas about alcohol and other drug issues?
If you are aged 16 to 25 years and live in Australia, we want to know what YOU think! | Drug Policy Modelling Program, Australia
The Economic Impact of Hepatitis C in Australia
Hepatitis Australia
A Discussion About Drug Policy Is Long Overdue
Of the many issues that national politicians routinely gloss over during campaign season, one they’re least likely to touch - and haven’t, in any real way, since the 1980s - is drug policy | Human Rights Watch
Project Prevention: Mothers and Children Speak Out
NAPW's examination of what Project Prevention says and what it does, the data it relies on, the rhetoric it uses, and the influence it is having, makes clear that, far from providing a useful response to problems associated with drug use and pregnancy. Posted by NAPW to | YouTube