DS Daily - 25th April 2013 |
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Class A drugs policy failing, say prison governors
Current policy on illegal drugs creates victims of crime and more prisoners at a cost to taxpayers, the Prison Governors Association (PGA) has argued | BBC, UK
Prison Bosses Say It's Time To End The War On Drugs
Prison governors say it is time to end the 'way on drugs' because it is putting so many people behind bars | Huffington Post, UK
A 'cabinet of curiosities'
Original Sandoz LSD 25, Spanish fly, cannabis corn remover, are a few of the unusual historical items in the Tictac collection | YouTube
Industry Use of Evidence to Influence Alcohol Policy: A Case Study of Submissions to the 2008 Scottish Government Consultation
We examine how research evidence is used in alcohol industry submissions made to a Scottish Government consultation in 2008 to advocate policies in line with their commercial interests | PLOS medicine, UK
Alcohol minimum pricing “right thing to do”
Scotland’s commitment to introduce minimum unit pricing is “the right thing to do” in the battle to tackle alcohol misuse, Alex Neil will tell an audience in Brussels | Scottish Government, UK
Drinks industry 'behaving like tobacco sector' says alcohol study author - video
The author of a report that accused the alcohol industry of distorting evidence over minimum pricing said it was now harder for governments to make evidence-based policy where industry is involved | BBC, UK
Study shows alcohol sector 'could lose credibility', says minister Neil - video
Scotland's Health Secretary Alex Neil believes the alcohol industry is in danger of destroying its own credibility | BBC, UK
Well known brands and cheap strong booze consumed most by vulnerable young people
Heavily advertised brands and cheap, strong alcohol make up the top five alcoholic drinks consumed by the most vulnerable young people who are involved with drug and alcohol services, according to a new survey from Alcohol Concern | Alcohol Concern, UK
Happy families? exploring how to support families where there is parental alcohol misuse
Back in Sept 2012 the Children’s Commissioner wrote a report called Silent Voicesabout the enormity of the effects of alcohol misuse on families and how the issue is not taken seriously enough | Alcohol Concern, UK
Teenage peer influence on drinking is no illusion
Is the peer influence on which many prevention programmes are based an illusion due to other factors like pupils sharing similar environments or choosing like-minded friends? Not entirely, finds this unusually rigorous US analysis; the chances of a given child drinking rise by 4% for every 10% more of their school year-mates who drink | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Support for employees key to tackling alcohol misuse at work
Support for employees is key to tackling alcohol misuse in the workplace says Swanswell, as a new finger-touch system is launched to detect drinking while at work | Swanswell, UK
Academic refutes 'soft on cannabis' media claims
On 5 April the Daily Mail published this news article: The price of going soft on cannabis: Labour's experiment 'pushed up hard drug use and crime' | Transform Blog, UK
Radio Newcastle Interview on e-cigs 23-04-2013
Jonathon Miles hosted David Dorn and Martin Dockerell of ASH... | YouTube
Demand to make Commonwealth Games smoke free
The BMA is urging doctors to back a campaign to make the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow smoke free | BMA, UK
Cocaine ring 'fixer' Peter Hannigan loses appeal
A man described as the "fixer" of an operation to import £14m worth of Class A drugs into the UK has lost an appeal against his conviction | BBC, UK
Mexican 'drug queen' pleads guilty in US
A Mexican woman on trial in the US has pleaded guilty to helping the former head of the powerful Norte del Valle cartel evade justice between 2002-04 | BBC, UK
Political Thinkers and the Drink Question - iPlayer
Mark Whitaker shows how the 'Drink Question' was of central importance for both of England's most original and influential political thinkers of the 19th century - John Stuart Mill and TH Green | BBC, UK
Most with liver disease ‘are not alcoholics’
“Habitual” drinkers, not alcoholics, account for most people with alcohol-related liver disease | Irish Examiner, Ireland
Time to put cork back in bottle
Growing numbers of women are suffering from liver disease after consuming a daily alcoholic tipple, it has emerged. The news will come as a shock to thousands of people who regularly reach for a glass of wine at the end of the day | Independent, Ireland
A drug policy for the 21st century
The Obama Administration’s plan to reduce drug use and its consequences—the National Drug Control Strategy—represents a 21st century approach to drug policy. This science-based plan, guided by the latest research on substance use, contains more than 100 specific reforms to support our work to protect public health and safety in America | White House, USA
Drug Policy Reform In Action: A 21st Century Approach
The president has outlined his vision of an America built to last -- where an educated, skilled workforce has the knowledge, energy and expertise to compete in the global marketplace [by R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy] | Huffington Post, USA
Obama Reveals New Drug Control Strategy
But despite its "kinder and gentler face," critics say that US drug policy "remains in the Dark Ages." | Fix, USA
Blueprint for a Public Health and Safety Approach to Drug Policy (PDF)
Some of the problems with our current drug policies stem from the fact that these policies have been largely bifurcated between two different and often contradictory approaches. One treats drug use as a crime that cannot be tolerated and should be punished; the other views addiction as a chronic relapsing health or behavioral condition requiring ongoing treatment and support | New York Academy of Medicine, USA
Beer, Gatorade and Dopamine: How the alcoholic brain works
A friend sent me an article this weekend about a study done by the Indiana Alcohol Research Center at Indiana University: “Taste of beer, without effect of alcohol, triggers dopamine release in the brain.” | PsychCentral, USA
Accused killer was 'full on' after smoking ice, friend tells court
Sean Lee King, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend, would sometimes become "full on" when he smoked ice, a longtime friend has told his trial | Age, Australia