DS Daily - 20th March 2013 |
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Worrying rise in young people with alcohol-related liver disease
Experts are warning people about the long-term effects of alcohol as new figures reveal the number of hospital admissions for people under 30 with alcohol-related liver disease has increased by 400% in the North East – the England increase was 117% | Balance North East, UK
117% increase in alcohol-related liver disease hospital admissions for under 30’s in England since 2002
New figures reveal a huge increase in the number of hospital admissions for people under 30 with alcohol-related liver disease | Alcohol Concern, UK
Work stress is now the biggest factor driving harassed Britons to drink, drugs and depression
Work stress is now the biggest factor in driving Britons to drink, drugs and depression, according to mental health experts | Mail Online, UK
Affordability of alcohol in Europe (PDF)
Measuring the affordability of alcohol across countries is difficult because price alone tells us little. Factors such as the average wage and the price of other goods in the economy are just as relevant to researchers investigating how affordable alcohol is in different countries | Inst. Alcohol Studies, UK
Valium is killing Scotland's drug-taking poor
One filthy grey evening in February, I meet Jack and his friends in a dank bar near The Cowgate... | Vice, UK
France catches up with khat users
This traditional east African stimulant is illegal in France, but customs seizures are on a par with cocaine | Guardian, UK
Effectiveness Bank Bulletin 18 March 2013
Two new additions to the Effectiveness Bank probe differences and similarities in treatment processes and outcomes for men and women, the third a novel alternative for patients who do not settle on oral methadone - slow-release morphine. Finally, text messaging finds its way in to the brief alcohol interventions armoury | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Conference 2013: Professor Paul Wallace and Stuart Linke: 10 Years of Down Your Drink
Professor Paul Wallace and Stuart Linke give an overview of the Down Your Drink online screening and brief advice website | Alcohol Research UK, UK
Conference 2013: Professor Jonathan Chick and Dr Jan Gill – A Tale of Two Cities
Professor Jonathan Chick and Dr Jan Gill discuss findings from their ongoing research into drinking behaviours in Glasgow and Edinburgh | Alcohol Research UK, UK
The drug-mule dogs: Poor animals forced to swallow bags of cocaine by gangs who then slice them open and leave them for dead
An international drug trafficking ring forced dogs to swallow bags of cocaine and then brutally sliced the animals open to retrieve them | Mail Online, UK
Winchester prison's violence and drug problems revealed in report
Concerns raised by chief inspector of prisons over Victorian facility that holds 180 more inmates than it should | Guardian, UK
App showing ageing effects of alcohol goes global
A phone app that shows how you age when you drink has become such a global success it has been downloaded almost half a million times | BBC, UK
National Alcohol Awareness Week begins
Ireland's first National Alcohol Awareness Week begins today as the St Patrick's Day celebrations wind down for another year | Irish Examiner, Ireland
Report finds judges 'lenient' in manslaughter cases if drink and drugs involved
A new report on sentencing has found that judges in manslaughter cases tend to be more lenient if drink and drugs are involved, even though intoxication is not a defence in law or a mitigating factor | RTE, Ireland
Calls for radical change to chaotic addiction services across Ireland
Existing guidelines for those working with opiate users are controversial and heavily criticised, and a report seen by MI recommends a radical overhaul of how services are delivered. James Fogarty investigates | Medical Independent, Ireland
UNODC, UNIDO join forces to promote development in rural communities dependent on drug crops
UNODC and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will join forces to promote grass-roots development in poor rural communities dependent on the cultivation of illicit drug crops | UNODC, Austria
UN concerned over tobacco fair in Philippines
The World Health Organization has expressed concern that the Philippines is encouraging smoking by hosting one of the world's largest tobacco trade shows | PhilSTAR.com, Philippines
One Million Police Hours (PDF)
A new report documents the number of hours the New York Police Department has spent arresting and processing hundreds of thousands of low-level misdemeanor marijuana possession arrests during Mayor Bloomberg’s tenure from 2002 to 2012 | DPA, USA
Vintage Drug Ads
Hilarious vintage ads for psychotropic and psychiatric medications from the 1940s – 1970s | Live Journal (via PsychCentral) USA
Research into Effective Alcoholism Treatment
Alcoholism treatment has long been an area of frustrating results — research shows that approximately 75% or more people who are diagnosed with alcoholism will relapse in treatment. In A.A. groups, the numbers are even higher | PsychCentral, USA
Pre-college talk between parents and teens likely to lessen college drinking
Teen-age college students are significantly more likely to abstain from drinking or to drink only minimally when their parents talk to them before they start college, using suggestions in a parent handbook developed by Robert Turrisi, professor of biobehavioral health, Penn State | EurekAlert, USA
Suspicious parents call in drug-sniffing dog
Some parents in North Texas are turning to a drug-sniffing dog to help figure out if their kids are hiding something from them | CBS News, USA
Applying harm reduction principles to the policing of retail drug markets
This report examines the interaction between law enforcement and harm reduction in the policing of retail level drug markets | IDPC, USA
UCLA expert’s team to advise state on new pot rules
Washington state has tentatively chosen Massachusetts-based Botec Analysis, led by a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, to be its official marijuana consultant | Seattle Times, USA
Student Athletes at Risk for Addiction: Study
Many college athletes may have problems with gambling, alcohol abuse, eating disorders and other addictive behavior, according to the results of a small study | PsychCentral, USA
HCV screening of IV drug users new to the prison system could identify thousands of new HCV cases annually
Findings suggest that systematic screening of intravenous (IV) drug users who are new to the prison system could identify more than 7,000 cases of HCV across the U.S. annually—even among asymptomatic inmates | NewsMedical, Australia
Teens flock to hidden website for drugs
Teenagers as young as 16 are using the underground drug sales website Silk Road, the Fairfax Media Global Drug Survey reveals. The survey ... found their ages varied from 16 to 89 and most were using it to buy more ''traditional'' drugs such as ecstasy and cannabis | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia