DS Daily - 14th September 2012 |
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'Between a rock and a hard place' report published
Since September 2011 Adfam and Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) have been jointly working to explore and document the experiences of parents affected by child to parent violance (CPV) from thier substance using children. Report - Summary | Adfam, UK
Coming off antidepressants
We asked people to tell us what it was like for them to come off antidepressants. This leaflet brings together the views of the 817 people who completed our survey and shared their experiences | Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK
Cheap booze continues to fuel region’s alcohol problem
Alcohol continues to be sold at pocket-money prices across the North East despite the growing cost it is having on health, crime and the wider economy, a new price survey has revealed | Balance, UK
Welcome to Stoptober!
During October, thousands of people across England are taking part in Stoptober - a new, exciting 28 day challenge to stop smoking | NHS, UK
Community mental health survey 2012
Read the results of our latest survey which looked at the experiences of people receiving community mental health services | Care Quality Commission, UK
Trouble on the estate
How can we build support for ending poverty without resorting to stereotypes? | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK
60 gardaí working to get drug off streets
A team of up to 60 gardaí are working to get a potentially lethal drug off the streets. The drug, which has the street nickname "Mandy", may have caused the deaths of two men whose bodies were found in a cottage in Kinsale, Co Cork, last Sunday | Irish Examiner
Children at risk from discarded needles
Children have been exposed to deadly diseases after picking up needles discarded by heroin users who inject themselves on Cork streets. The development needs an urgent Garda response, an independent city councillor said last night | Irish Examiner
Europe-wide rise in ecstasy quality triggers surge in demand
Gardaí have seen a "huge increase" in demand for ecstasy this year on the back of a surge in the production of high-quality MDMA in Europe | Irish Examiner
Mexico parades captured Gulf drug cartel boss
Mexican marines paraded the captured boss of the Gulf cartel before television cameras on Thursday, in a new blow to a drug smuggling gang | Telegraph, UK
Illicit drugs backbone of organized crime
At the opening of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of Korea's 22nd annual Anti-Drug Liaison Officials' Meeting for International Cooperation , the UN Office on Drugs and Crime urged attendees to stay focused on the threat posed by organized crime and illicit drugs | UNODC