DS Daily - 8th February 2013 |
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Change4Life alcohol campaign warns of ‘sneaky drinks’
A Change4Life campaign launches today to raise awareness of the health risks associated with drinking regularly over the guidelines. Four weeks of nationwide TV advertising, beginning today, form the main part of the campaign | DoH, UK
Doping in sport - should it be legal?
A report into doping across Australian sports has shown that the use of banned drugs is widespread and systematic | BBC, UK
Dale Burns inquest: Designer drug led to death
A designer drug was responsible for the death of a bodybuilder who was Tasered by police, an inquest has found | BBC, UK
Mentor calls for 50p minimum unit price for alcohol – our response to the Government’s Alcohol Strategy Consultation
Mentor has responded to the Government’s consultation on minimum unit pricing, calling for a 50p minimum price | Mentor, UK
Blenheim's response to the Home Office's consultation on the Government's Alcohol Strategy
This report provides a summary of Blenheim's response to the consultation which is consistent with that of the Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA). The AHA brings together thirty organisations whose mission is to reduce the damage caused to health by alcohol misuse | Blenheim Project, UK
Alcohol Strategy Consultation - Adfam response
Adfam is supportive of minimum unit pricing (MUP) but argues that it will not necessarily change the habits of all drinkers, and is therefore not the only initiative needed to reduce alcohol-related harm to individuals, families and communities | Adfam, UK
Many risky drinkers missed in primary care because patients underreport drinking
In the US ex-military health care service, 61% of patients who screened positive for risky drinking when sent a postal survey did not do so when the same questions were asked at their clinics, casting doubt on the validity of screening in routine practice | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Recovery Partnership Residential Rehabilitation Definition consultation - survey
The Recovery Partnership's residential rehabilitation expert group is currently developing quality standards for residential rehabilitation services. As an initial part of that work they are conducting a survey to support the development of an agreed definition of residential rehabilitation services, and responses from services would be appreciated. Developing an agreed definition will help progress work on developing quality standards | Recovery Partnership, UK
Scotland set for tobacco bans
The ban on open display of tobacco products in large shops and sales from self-service tobacco vending machines will be introduced on 29 April | Scottish Government, UK
International Journal on Drug Policy - issue on syringes
Articles (some full text) and commentaries on low dead space syringes | IJDP, UK
Wada chief says drugs epidemic is inevitable in British sport after Australian doping scandal
Hugh Robertson, the sports minister, has sought an urgent meeting with his political counterpart in Australia following the publication of a report which said there was “widespread” doping in Australian sport | Telegraph, UK
Thatcher minister who fought to legalise cannabis says MPs who smoked the drug have 'never recovered' from its effects
MPS who have smoked cannabis have ‘never recovered’ from the effects of the drug, former Conservative minister Peter Lilley has claimed | Daily Mail, UK
Legal Highs Conference attracts interest from far and wide
Open Road’s inaugural conference: ‘What’s the story? Legal Highs’ attracted over 70 delegates from across England | Open Road, UK
Marking the government’s drug strategy from a children’s rights perspective
The Children’s Rights Alliance for England in their review of government action (PDF) on the meeting the Convention on the Rights of the Child mark the government as having overseen a “significant deterioration in law or policy in the past year” in two of the three sections on drugs and alcohol | MentorThinks, UK
Response from the Children’s Commissioner to the consultation on delivering the Government’s policies to cut alcohol fuelled crime and anti-social behaviour
The Office of the Children’s Commissioner takes a strong interest in the Alcohol Strategy in the light of our work concerning the impact on children and young people of parental alcohol misuse | Children's Commissioner, UK
How to Deal with Addiction in the Workplace
Addiction in the workplace is a big problem for many companies but it is often treated as a taboo subject. We recently produced some short videos with Dr Mike McCann, an occupational health physician and a member of Castle Craig’s board of directors | Castle Craig, UK
Smoking Cannabis Could Double Stroke Risk, Study Suggests
Smoking cannabis can double the risk of stroke in young and middle-aged adults, a study suggests | Huffington Post, UK
Talking therapy drive ‘threatens long-term mental health treatment’
The government initiative to improve access to talking therapies is damaging services for young people with enduring complex mental health problems, psychotherapists have warned | CYPNow, UK
Colombia's Farc proposes legal coca and marijuana crops
Colombia's Farc rebels have called for some coca, poppy and marijuana cultivation to be legalised as part of land reform in the country | BBC, UK
The violence behind closed doors
New figures published on Thursday offer a chilling insight into the violence and abuse that goes on behind closed doors. According to the data, two million people in England and Wales suffered sexual assault, violence, threats or abuse at the hands of a partner or family member last year | BBC Blogs, UK
Afghanistan bribery cost 'increases sharply'
The cost of corruption has risen sharply in Afghanistan but fewer people are paying bribes, a UN report says | BBC, UK
Corruption in Afghanistan: recent patterns and trends (PDF)
This summary report highlights the major findings of a large-scale survey in 2012 on the extent of bribery and other forms of corruption in Afghanistan | UNODC, Austria
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture: non-provision of opioid substitution treatment is ill-treatment and torture
The UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. Méndez has prepared a report focusing on forms of abuses in health-care settings that may cross a threshold of mistreatment that is tantamount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment | IDPC, USA
Drug Testing for…Poppy Seeds?
Although poppy seeds used in food are produced legally, they can contain high enough levels of the opioid to trigger a positive result on some types of drug urine tests | NIDA Teens blog, USA
Lower drinking age linked to more binge drinking
People who grew up in states where it was legal to drink alcohol before age 21 are more likely to be binge drinkers later in life, according to a new study | PsychCentral, USA
Prevalence of and interventions for mental health and alcohol and other drug problems amongst the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community: A review of the literature
This report summarises a vast literature in relation to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people and both mental health and alcohol and other drug problems | NDARC, Australia
Dunne: name, shame and boycott unethical legal high traders
Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne says it is time for communities to name, shame and boycott businesses that prey on young people with unethical marketing of legal highs | Scoop, NewZealand