DS Daily - 11th February 2013 |
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Cynon Valley heroin collapses prompt police warning
Police have urged heroin users in south Wales to get advice and help after two men collapsed after taking the drug | BBC, UK
Thai Valium warning issued after Dorset men taken ill
Two men were taken to hospital after taking what police said was a "controlled drug" on a night out | BBC, UK
US-style court to offer help to Scots addict parents
Scotland's first US-style family drug and alcohol courts are being planned to protect children from abuse and neglect at the hands of addicts | Scotsman, UK
Cigarette display ban date announced
BMA Scotland has welcomed an announcement that a ban on cigarette displays and vending machines will be brought in by the end of April | BMA, UK
Electronic cigarettes - miracle or menace?
The number of people using e-cigarettes in the UK is expected to reach a million this year but but while some believe the electronic alternative to tobacco could help save hundreds of thousands of lives others think they normalise what looks like smoking and may be unsafe | BBC, UK
Drinks industry condemns plan for minimum alcohol pricing
A study by a leading economics consultancy will cast doubt on whether minimum pricing – which the Coalition has proposed at 45 pence per alcoholic unit – is the most effective way to reduce the impact of binge drinking | Telegraph, UK
The Statutory basis for Drug Education in England
When the Department for Education published the draft primary curriculum last year, one of the noticeable changes to the science curriculum was that the proposal is to no longer require primary schools to address drugs, tobacco, alcohol or medicines | MentorThinks blog, UK
Impact Report
Blenheim launches Impact Report for 2012 showing the difference they have made to the communities and people that they work with | Blenheim Project, UK
Report on the Department for Work and Pensions: Contract management of medical services
The Department for Work and Pensions (the Department) relies on medical assessments to help its decision makers reach an appropriate decision on a claimant’s entitlement to a range of benefits | DWP
Prison is just another form of 'welfare dependency' for criminals, Tory MP says
Prison is just another form of "welfare dependency" for many criminals and the huge costs must be brought down, a Conservative MP said today | Telegraph, UK
Jimmy Greaves: 'There's no light at the end of the tunnel for Paul Gascoigne'
The most searingly honest report you will read on footy hero Gazza, by Sunday People columnist Jimmy Greaves | Mirror, UK
Julie Burchill on abandoning her son and taking drugs
Julie Burchill has admitted she was “reckless and selfish” to abandon her son but denied regret to a disbelieving Kirsty Young on Desert Island Discs | Telegraph, UK
'Colombian drug lord' alias Pichi arrested in Panama
A Colombian man suspected of leading a drug cartel in the city of Medellin has been arrested in neighbouring Panama | BBC, UK
Jersey has 'spectacular' drop in youth court cases
A fall in the number of cases heard at Jersey's youth court in the last four years is "spectacular", according to the Home Affairs Minister | BBC, UK
Last Call
Industry giants are threatening to swallow up America's carefully regulated alcohol industry, and remake America in the image of booze-soaked Britain | Washington Monthly, USA
Studies shed more light on debate around marijuana-impaired driving
When a long-running legislative serial opens its third season at the state Capitol on Tuesday, it will start with a twist | Denver Post, USA
Alcohol-related deaths increase with private booze stores, study finds
An Ontario push to let convenience stores sell wine and beer may be affected by a B.C. study that finds deaths jump 2 per cent with a rise in private sales | Star, Canada
Fall in teenage binge drinking
Australia's brewers, ramping up their campaign against government-mandated warnings on alcohol products, have seized on the nation's latest and largest survey on teenagers' drinking habits to declare that it ''dispels the myth that there is an alcohol crisis in Australia'' | Age, Australia
P trade impervious to crackdown, say police
Increased efforts by the Government and law enforcement to tackle the country's methamphetamine problem have failed to dent the drug trade, according to a classified police report | New Zealand Herald, New Zealand