DS Daily - 5th April 2013 |
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Shop ban on high-strength booze cuts street drinking crime by 50%
A town's ban on the sale of super strength lager and cider has led to a 50 per cent fall in reports of anti-social behaviour, police disclosed yesterday, leading to dozens of other boroughs expressing interest in adopting the scheme | Telegraph, UK
'Softly softly' cannabis scheme drove up hospital admissions for hard drugs, study
A police experiment trialling a “softly softly” approach to cannabis may have doubled the rate of hospital admissions for of hard drugs, a report claims | Telegraph, UK
The price of going soft on cannabis: Labour's experiment 'pushed up hard drug use and crime'
Labour's liberalisation of the cannabis laws was a disaster that pushed up drug use and crime and doubled the number of drug victims in hospital beds, two major research studies said yesterday | MailOnline, UK
Dangerous dogs 'bred for drug deals and crime by gangs'
Young gang members are breeding dangerous dogs to facilitate drug deals and debt collection and enhance their tough image, new research claims | BBC, UK
Detective who stole seized drugs by colleague jailed
A detective who stole drugs seized by fellow officer and sold them back on the streets was today jailed for 23 years | Telegraph, UK
Proper policing works
The best way to reduce drug and alcohol abuse is not to ignore it, but to fight it with conviction | Telegraph, UK
Using family breakdown and addiction as indicators of child poverty is profoundly mistaken
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), backed by think-tanks such as the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) and Policy Exchange, is advocating a new approach to the measurement of child poverty in the UK | LSE, UK
Disability Benefits Consortium report shows how Atos and Capita will deliver PIP assessment
A new report (PDF) published today by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) raises concerns about the delivery of the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment | DBC, UK
DWP Response to the Disability Benefits Consortium report on PIP Assessment Providers (PDF)
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is grateful for the opportunity to respond to the report the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) has published about the ten pledges which they believe providers of assessments for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) should meet to deliver a fair and effective assessment | DWP, UK
Lasers could hold key to drug treatments
Zapping the brain with lasers could help researchers in the search for new treatments for drug addiction | Scotsman, UK
Nepal steps up battle against drug traffickers
The suitcase, belonging to a European national, looked like any other piece of luggage - and initially, even the baggage scanner at Kathmandu airport in Nepal did not show anything suspicious | BBC, UK
25% of senior cycle students are problem drinkers
early 10% of senior cycle students drink “dangerous levels” of alcohol — and another quarter engage in “problem drinking” | Irish Examiner, Ireland
Paper: Doctors have 'moral obligation' to prevent misuse of study drugs
Pediatrician and neurologist Dr. William D. Graf has noticed a disturbing trend. Over the past 20 years, he begun to hear stories of an increasing number of doctors who give perfectly healthy children prescriptions for the sole purpose of enhancing their focus or memory | CNN, USA
Cure For Meth Addiction: FDA Fast Tracks Human Trials With Ibudilast
The Food and Drug Administration's quick approval for second phase testing of methamphetamine addiction has promising outcomes. Ibudilast, if proven effective, could become the first cure for meth addiction | Medical Daily, USA
What We Can Learn From Celebrity Overdoses
Recently rapper Lil' Wayne was discharged after a six day hospital admission in Los Angeles, where he was reportedly recovering from an overdose of sizzurp -- a cocktail of prescription cough syrup, soda, and flavored candy | Huffington Post, USA
Teen Smoking, Depression Up Risk of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
A new study finds that anxiety, depression and smoking during teenage years can lead to osteoporosis or bone fractures in later life | PsychCentral, USA
Understanding the Addiction
I had a patient who had come in to my clinic to quit smoking. He was smoking 30 cigarettes a day and had tried to quit before but to no avail | Huffington Post, USA
GOP should stand firm against drug legalization
Some say that the Republican Party needs to find new issues to champion if it hopes to become America’s majority party. There is something to this. But being a conservative party, the GOP should also look to the past, where wisdom often resides | Washington Post, USA
Marijuana legalization wins majority support nationwide
A majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana, a new poll indicates, with the change driven largely by a huge shift in how the baby boom generation feels about the drug of their youth | LA Times, USA
Doctor provides guide to illicit drug website to assist suicide
Silk Road is a shadowy website with an often shadowy clientele. But Dr Philip Nitschke, a prominent euthanasia advocate who is one of Australia's most controversial doctors and often referred to as "Doctor Death", has found an unusual audience for the service – the elderly | Australian, Australia
Under 30s alcohol and drug use to be surveyed
A study is investigating the use of alcohol and other drugs by young adults in a bid to develop and monitor illicit substance policies in Western Australia | Science Daily, Australia
Presentations from AOD13
All videos from the recent conference now available on You Tube | Regen, Australia