Weekly news - 3rd December 2010 |
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Fewer teenagers seek help for misuse of Class A drugs
Demand amongst young people for help with problems caused by primary use of Class A drugs has fallen significantly over the last five years, according to new figures released today by the [National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, UK]
Media Guide
The media guide to drugs: key facts and figures for journalists [DrugScope, UK]
Review of alcohol taxation
The Programme for Government outlined the intention to review alcohol taxation to tackle problem drinking without unfairly penalising responsible drinkers, pubs and important local industries - PDF [HM Treasury, UK]
‘Healthy Lives, Healthy People’
‘Healthy Lives, Healthy People’ sets out the future for public health: Health improvement to be driven locally - documents and consultation here [Department of Health, UK]
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
[Parliament, UK]
Final Connections Project Update
The project culminated in a conference in London and the production and dissemination of four research reports which are listed as PDFs [Connections, UK]
Understanding the route to and from hospital for underage drinkers on the Wirral
Data extraction and case note analysis highlighted a number of key findings [Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK]
An evaluation of the Young Person’s Alcohol Intervention Programme
Final Report [Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK]
Investigating drinking behaviours and alcohol knowledge amongst people resident in Linacre and Derby
An updated evaluation of It’s Your Choice. Interim Report [Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK]
Road Casualties: Drinking and Driving, 2009
The latest National Statistics on 2009 Road Casualties Wales [Welsh Assembly Government, UK]
Radical changes to mental health services needed to cut costs and improve patient care
A call to reduce the unnecessary use of hospital beds for patients with mental health problems who could be cared for in the community is among the recommendations in a new report published by [The King’s Fund and the Centre for Mental Health, UK]
EU drugs agency launches new guidelines for HIV testing in injecting drug users
More injecting drug users should undergo tests for HIV, viral hepatitis and other infections such as tuberculosis, says the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA). In new guidelines published today on the eve of World AIDS Day [EMCDDA]
Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits Involving Pharmaceutical Misuse and Abuse by Older Adults
In 2004, there were an estimated 115,803 emergency department (ED) visits involving pharmaceutical misuse and abuse by adults aged 50 or older; in 2008, there were 256,097 such visits, representing an increase of 121.1 percent [SAMHSA, USA]
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2008-09
Report on the National Minimum Data Set [AIHW, Australia]
A guide to reviewing and developing alcohol, tobacco and other drug resources for young people
[Prepared by the Australian Drug Foundation in partnership with the Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT and the ACT alcohol, tobacco and other drug sector]
The Limits of Equivalence
Ethical Dilemmas in Providing Care in Drug Detention Centers PDF [Open Society Foundations, USA]
Out of Harm’s Way
A new report released by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies [IHRA]