DS Daily - 12th September 2012 |
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DrugScope Survey on the Public Health Reforms
The 2012 Health and Social Care Act has introduced sweeping reforms that will see the delivery of public health services in England, including drug and alcohol treatment and prevention, become the statutory responsibility of local authorities from April 2013. DrugScope has produced a short survey in order to help shape the debate and inform national and local priorities | DrugScope, UK
Cannabis trade 'explosion' causing surge in gun violence, police warn
Assistant chief constable of Merseyside police calls for tougher punishments as drug is behind more shootings than class As | Guardian, UK
Cannabis trade worse than that of Class A drugs, senior police officer warns
Sentences for the growing and selling of cannabis must be toughened to stem a growing tide in gang-related violence, a senior police officer has warned | Telegraph, UK
Third Alison Chesney and Eddie Killoran Memorial Lecture, Monday 22nd October 2012
Knowledge Action Change are delighted to announce that Professor John Ashton, Director of Public Health in Cumbria, and one of the pioneers of harm reduction in the UK, will deliver this year’s lecture, entitled ‘Future Cities and the Public Health - lessons from the past', commencing 1800, in the Old Library, at the Guildhall, in the City of London | Knowledge Action Change
How much does alcohol cost your local authority area
Estimates of the cost of alcohol-related harm at a local authority area level - 32 profiles | Alcohol Focus Scotland, UK
Alcohol costs Glasgow £364.8m per year
New analysis of the cost of alcohol-related harm for the City of Glasgow shows that alcohol is costing the city £364.8m every year | Alcohol Focus Scotland, UK
Alcohol related harm study
Health Secretary Alex Neil comments on Alcohol Focus Scotland’s findings of a study into the cost of alcohol related harm | Scottish Government, UK
Briefing to NGO and Public Health Networks in the European Union
United Kingdom Notification: Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland | Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems, UK
Alcoholics Anonymous Participation Promotes Long-Term Recovery
A new study published in a special issue of Substance Abuse finds that recovering alcoholics who help others in 12-step programs furthers their time sober, consideration for others, step-work, and long-term meeting attendance | Medical News Today
Universal credit: Frank Field warns of 'disaster'
The government's flagship welfare reform programme is heading for "disaster", its "poverty czar" Frank Field has warned | BBC, UK
Charities in bid to help house released prisoners
Prisoners released from three Scottish jails are to get help finding accommodation, after an initiative headed by Shelter Scotland was awarded £889,317 in lottery cash | The Herald, Scotland, UK
Police and crime commissioners: a leap in the dark for law and order
No one seems to know what to expect from elections in November, with most voters only barely aware of the new role | Guardian, UK
Hospital admissions for stress rise by seven per cent in 12 months
Hospitals in England dealt with 6,370 admissions for stress in the 12 months to May 2012; a seven per cent (410) rise on the previous 12 month period (5,960) | NHS Information Centre, UK
HSE warning over brown powder substance in Cork
HSE urges caution about drug users taking a brown powder substance in the Cork area known to contain Methylenedioxy-N-Methylamphetamine (MDMA),also know as ‘Ecstasy’, and Para-Methoxy-N-methylamphetamine (PMMA) | INEF, Ireland
Denmark to enforce smokeless tobacco ban
The government has decided to give in to EU demands that all forms of snus, a type of chewing tobacco, be banned in Denmark | Copenhagen Post, Denmark
Death and overdoses blamed on emerging drugs
Police say two emerging drugs have resulted in a death and two overdoses in the mid-north of South Australia | ABC News, Australia
Consultation on proposed Victorian AOD Treatment Principles
Your views requested. Survey | VAADA, Australia
Victorians are strongly in favour of tougher penalties against drug driving
And while they are in favour of increased action against drink drivers they don't support decreasing the current .05 alcohol limit | Herald Sun, Australia