DS Daily - 28th September 2012 |
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Drug Misuse Declared
Findings from the 2011/12 Crime Survey for England and Wales (2nd Edition). This release examines the extent and trends in illicit drug use among a nationally representative sample of 16 to 59 year olds resident in households in England and Wales | Home Office, UK
Drug use in England and Wales
Find out which are the most popular and who uses them - Data Blog | Guardian, UK
Huge £4.3m cannabis haul at Heathrow
Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport have made what is believed to be their biggest seizure of cannabis in more than three years | Home Office, UK
Illicit drugs 'going out of fashion'
Latest Home Office figures record a decline in illicit drug use in England and Wales, including of mephedrone and Spice | Guardian, UK
Drug users almost twice as likely as drinkers to drive under the influence
Latest road casualty figures confirm rise in deaths on the road in 2011 by 3% – reversing a long trend in improved safety | Guardian, UK
Fury at Channel 4's Drugs Live
Viewers brand it little more than an advert for ecstasy that encourages 'a dangerous air of acceptability to taking the drug' | Daily Mail, UK
Drug use in jail 'reflects society'
Almost one in eight inmates at Pentonville Prison have illegal drugs in their system and another one in five are taking methadone, a jail watchdog has said | Press Association, UK
Quantifying the Clinical Significance of Cannabis Withdrawal
This study aims to quantify functional impairment to normal daily activities from cannabis withdrawal, and looks at the factors predicting functional impairment | PLoS ONE
New FEAD video contributor
Keith Humphreys is a Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, a VA Senior Research Career Scientist and a CHP/PCOR associate | FEAD, UK
Taking sleeping remedies without advice can risk your health
Our research shows that 51% of people with insomnia have diagnosed themselves with the condition and bought sleeping remedies without seeking advice from a health professional first | Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
With this wonder drug, you just pop till you drop
In America, everyone seems to be taking the wonder-drug Adderall - but what about all those worrying side-effects? | Telegraph, UK
The Guy in the Glass by The Basement Recovery Project
This film was written and performed by people in Recovery who have come through the Basement Recovery Programme and are now abstinent from alcohol and drugs | Basement Recovery Programme, UK
Nottingham to host England’s first recovery ball
Nottingham based charity Double Impact is pleased to announce it will be hosting England’s first ever Recovery Ball | Midlands Business News, UK
Europe lining up to fight SNP booze bid
Scottish Government is facing a legal challenge from Europe over ministers’ radical plans to impose a minimum price on all alcoholic drinks | The Scotsman, UK
Cameron's plan for minimum alcohol prices left in tatters after EU legal threat
The European Commission has challenged Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond’s law which imposes a price hike on booze - a plan which Mr Cameron hoped to follow in England and Wales | Daily Mail, UK
What works in policing to reduce crime
This section of the website provides a brief overview for police and crime commissioner candidates (PCCs) of the most effective ways the police can fight crime | HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, UK
Remand changes to create 2,300 more looked-after children
As many as 2,300 young people each year will become looked-after as a result of imminent changes to remand regulations, it has been claimed | Children & Young People Now, UK
Housing Benefit - bedroom calculator for social housing tenants
If you rent your home from the council or a housing association, your Housing Benefit may be cut from April 2013 | Citizens Advice Bureaux, UK
The changing NHS
The NHS in England is in the middle of the biggest reorganisation since its creation - NHS structure | BBC, UK
Pot decriminalization debated by B.C.'s municipal leaders
Mayors and councillors from across British Columbia kicked off the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention by crowding into a debate calling for the decriminalization of marijuana | CBC News, Canada
B.C. mayors vote to decriminalize pot: That was the easy part
Experts, police at odds about effect lifting drug laws will have on reducing organized crime | Vancouver Sun, Canada
Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces
To better understand this problem, DoD requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) assess the adequacy of current protocols in place across DoD and the different branches of the military pertaining to the prevention, screening and diagnosis, and treatment of substance use disorders | National Academies Press, USA
Medical Students Rally to Enact Clean Syringe Programs in Florida
In an unprecedented move that could significantly reduce the spread of infectious diseases, the Florida Medical Association voted at its annual meeting in July to seek legislation that will legalize syringe exchange programs for injection drug users | University of Miami School of Medicine, USA
Coca crop cultivation up in Peru - 2011 coca monitoring survey
The cultivation of coca bushes, which provide the raw material for cocaine, is up some 5.2 per cent in Peru [1], according to the 2011 national coca monitoring survey | UNODC
Global SMART Update
The UNODC Global Synthetics Monitoring: Analyses, Reporting and Trends (SMART) Programme enhances the capacity of Member States in priority regions to generate, manage, analyse, report and use synthetic drug information to design effective policy and programme interventions | UNODC
U.S.-led "war on drugs" questioned at U.N.
The presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala all called for a vigorous global debate of anti-narcotics laws at the United Nations on Wednesday, raising new questions about the wisdom of the four-decade-old, U.S.-led "war on drugs." | Reuters