DS Daily - 27th September 2012 |
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Q and A: What is MDMA?
Ahead of the first live experiment of the effects of MDMA, Channel 4 News examines the drug, its effects and the extent of its use in the UK | Channel 4 News, UK
Drugs Live: The Ecstasy Trial – the highs and lows
Volunteer Shabs danced til dawn but Channel 4 struggled to explain the science behind E | Guardian, UK
Charity to support Scottish government in legal battle over alcohol price
Alcohol Focus Scotland will give evidence when drinks manufacturers attempt to block 50p-a-unit minimum pricing | Guardian, UK
Scotland debates lowering drink-drive alcohol limits
The Scottish government is consulting a number of organisations about the implications of a reduction in the drink-drive limit | BBC, UK
Smokeless tobacco cessation - South Asian communities
This guidance aims to help people of South Asian origin who are living in England to stop using traditional South Asian varieties of smokeless tobacco. The phrase 'of South Asian origin' refers here to people with ancestral links to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan or Sri Lanka. Download | NICE, UK
Smokeless tobacco products pose serious health risks
Smokeless tobacco products used by some people in South Asian communities are associated with serious health risks such as oral cancer and cardiovascular disease | NICE, UK
Electronic cigarettes: medical device or consumer product?
As the UK considers regulating e-cigarettes as a medicinal product, Jonathan Gornall asks if this is good news for public health | BMJ
Reducing Violence in Your Community
Emergency Department Datasharing. The purpose of this e-learning session is to help learners within the medical, criminal justice and local communities improve their knowledge of how violence in the community can be reduced | Learning for Healthcare, UK
More prisoners could stay 'Out For Good'
Enabling prisoners to take responsibility for their own resettlement is key to helping them address the challenges they will face on release and reduce their risk of reoffending, according to a new report by the | Prison Reform Trust, UK
Rehabilitating the ‘drugs lifestyle’
Criminal justice, social control, and the cultivation of agency | Ethnography
Treatment for Opioid Dependence: A Review of Guidelines
The purpose of this report is to review recommendations on the treatment in patients (including pregnant women) with opioid dependence from evidence-based guidelines, with a special interest in the recommendations for treatment of opioid dependence in small clinic settings, rural area and remote communities | CADTH, Canada
U.S. raids L.A. marijuana shops
Officials send warning letters to property owners and operators of an additional 67 dispensaries, giving them two weeks to comply with federal law | LA Times, USA