DS Daily - 24th September 2012 |
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Delivering Quality Care for Drug and Alcohol Users
The Roles and Competencies of Doctors - Download | Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Psychiatrists , UK
New guide underpins effective medical care for drug and alcohol users
New guidance published this week by the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Psychiatrists highlights the need for services to employ teams with the right mix of skills and clinical expertise to support the recovery of people with drug and alcohol problems | NTA, UK
The Life Scientific - Professor David Nutt
His latest research is investigating how psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, could be used to treat depression | BBC iPlayer, UK
David Nutt and Julia Manning: is it right to take ecstasy in a TV trial?
Professor David Nutt plans to test ecstasy live on Channel 4 to study its effects on the brain. Health campaigner Julia Manning says he risks glamorising the drug | Guardian, UK
Drug use 'seven times higher' among gays
Two-year survey uncovers 'problematic substance abuse' among LGBT community | Independent, UK
Do not end up like me
Drug addict's warning after life ravaged by crystal meth| The Sun, UK
Bath salts
Scientists reveal how bath salts send users crazy for DAYS with ingredient that is ten times stronger than cocaine | Daily Mail, UK
Revealed: The shocking scale of organised crime in Scotland
Specialist police analysts have identified 274 criminal gangs in Scotland who 'employ' 3663 individuals and have a turnover of £1bn-a-year | Daily Record, UK
Government turn-around on smoking ban could destroy Wales’ credibility on public health
The anti-tobacco charity ASH Wales has warned that plans to exempt film makers from the smoking ban will destroy Wales’ credibility on public health and destabilise smoking legislation across the UK | Wales Online, UK
Mothers & Prison: How to move on
In the final part of our investigation, we look at what needs to be done to turn lives around, and save families | Independent, UK
CRI's 2012 Impact Report
Personal stories and innovative approaches complement the impacts reported in this year's document | CRI, UK
DWP are ending payment of benefits by cheque - Factsheet
DWP have been writing to people for some time to inform them of the changes | Department for Work and Pensions, UK
Frank Field plans own pilot project after coalition 'ignores report'
Labour MP hopes to test anti-deprivation plan in Wirral after claiming coalition-commissioned report has been all but ignored | Guardian, UK
London Councils 2013-15 funding round is now open
London Councils is commissioning the voluntary sector to provide services to meet key areas of need in the capital. London Councils Grants Committee has agreed principles and priorities that London Councils should fund. All successful applicants will need to demonstrate they meet all the principles and one of the priorities | London Councils, UK
London Councils launch new ESF Programme
London Councils is pleased to launch the London Councils European Social Fund co-financing programme 2012-15 - Individual boroughs working together are providing £2.7 million programme to support people into employment through local projects | London Councils, UK
Value of drug hauls to surpass €100m
More than €95m worth of drugs have been seized so far this year — similar to seizure levels during the peak of the drug trade in the Celtic Tiger years | Irish Examiner
Swiss 'reject' full ban on smoking in public spaces
Voters in Switzerland appear to have rejected a total ban on smoking in enclosed public places at a referendum | BBC, UK
Greener grass: Should Israel's policy on medical marijuana be replicated abroad?
Israel has a long list of diseases for which treatment with medical marijuana is permitted; one American expert says this system should be a model for the practice internationally | Haaretz, Israel
British Columbia Marijuana Decriminalization Initiative Approved
British Columbia election officials announced Thursday that they had approved in principle an initiative petition that would decriminalize the possession and use of marijuana by adults | Stop the Drug War
Director Kerlikowske's Statement on Prescription Drug Abuse
Data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) show that approximately one-fourth of people aged 12 and over who used drugs for the first time in 2010 began by using a prescription drug non-medically | ONDCP, USA
Treatment for addicts is starting to change
Experts are pushing for a truly medical approach to treating addiction as a disease rather than relying solely on longtime unproven therapies like 12-step programs | LA Times, USA
Legalizing marijuana adds revenue, reduces law-enforcement costs
The case for Initiative 502 is about public money - the money wasted by trying to stamp out marijuana and the money given up by failing to legalize it and tax it | Seattle Times, USA
Middle Schools Add a Team Rule: Get a Drug Test
Such drug testing at the middle school level is confounding students and stirring objections from parents and proponents of civil liberties | New York Times, USA
MI6 and the Colombian drug baron
How Daniel 'el Loco' Barrera was tracked down with help of British intelligence | Telegraph, UK
Daniel Barrera's arrest is a hollow victory in the 'war on drugs'
As another drug-trafficking kingpin bites the dust, somewhere in Colombia, his lieutenants will be vying to take his crown | Guardian, UK
The relaxation of cannabis laws shows the failure of the war on drugs
Uruguay's president, realising that prohibition has failed, wants to go further than others by legalising cannabis. Someone has to | Guardian, UK
On the frontline of drugs war in world's most dangerous city
Ciudad Juarez is the busiest and most important drug corridor on the US-Mexican border, and averaged around 10 murders a day in 2010, writes Tuen Voeten | Daily Record, UK
Let's have a transparent prison drug program
In which prisoners are not subject to intimidation by prison officers and where addicts are registered and receive appropriate treatment. This should include clean needles and where appropriate prescription drugs, with such treatment to continue after prison if necessary | Canberra Times, Australia
Elephant in the room: responding to alcohol misuse and domestic violence
The paper draws together international evidence to inform those working in fields of violence prevention and alcohol misuse to further develop, implement and test interventions | Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearinghouse