Weekly news - 23rd March 2012 |
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Leading drugs charities plan merger
DrugScope and eATA, the two leading charities representing the UK drug and alcohol treatment sector have announced plans to merge | DrugScope, UK
Linking data on drug misusers and drug-misusing offenders
This is the first report using the Drug Data Warehouse. It provides information about this new resource and summarises the findings from initial, descriptive analysis | Home Office, UK
Crime halved once drug addicts are on the road to recovery
Crimes committed by known drug-dependent offenders fell by almost half when they successfully completed a drug treatment programme, according to new research published on Monday | NTA, UK
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment support packs
As part of the preparation for the establishment of Public Health England, a range of support is available for partners developing effective locally-owned systems | National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, UK
Police and Crime Commissioners - DrugScope briefing for the drug and alcohol sector
This briefing aims to provide a short and accessible overview of these reforms and their implications for the drug and alcohol sector | DrugScope, UK
Closing time
Counting the cost of alcohol-attributable hospital admissions in London | London Health Observatory, UK
Alcohol industry sheds a billion units to cut hospital admissions and 1,000 deaths
A billion units of alcohol will be shed by the alcohol industry through an ambitious plan to help customers drink within guidelines, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today | Department of Health, UK
More people are dying from liver disease
The number of people dying from liver disease in England is rising, according to the first ever national report on the statistics published today by the | National End of Life Care Intelligence Network, NHS, UK
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
Including Alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement | Ministry of Justice, UK
Homelessness in Scotland: the 2012 Commitment
Scotland’s 2012 homelessness commitment, created under the
Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”), entitles all unintentionally
homeless people to settled accommodation by the end of this year Download |
Scottish Parliament, UK
The EU Drugs Strategy
The26th Report of Session 2010–12. European Union Committee | House of Lords, UK
Countries: national drug-related information and data
Select a country from the map or the (A–Z) list to view available data and resources by country | EMCDDA
National Treatment Indicators Report, 2012
The inaugural National Treatment Indicators report - prepared by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse collaboratively with the National Treatment Indicators Working Group - is intended as a first step toward addressing the current gap in substance use treatment data at the national level | Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
New Report: Cocaine Smuggling in 2010
Over the past year, we have worked with the intelligence community to compile a picture of the latest cocaine trafficking trends based on the data we have available. The most recent report - Cocaine Smuggling in 2010 | ONDCP, USA
Naltrexone Sustained Release Preparations ( Injectible & Implants)
In response to the ongoing debate regarding the use of naltrexone implants to treat opioid dependence, the Australian National Council on Drugs has released the following statement and fact sheet | ANCD, Australia
Alcohol advertising to be brought to account by new review board
The Alcohol Advertising Review Board will consider and adjudicate complaints from the community about alcohol advertising, providing an independent alternative to Australia’s current inadequate and ineffective advertising self-regulation system | AHHA, Australia
New Tobacco Atlas
The Tobacco Atlas Estimates U.S. $35 Billion Tobacco Industry Profits and Almost 6 Million Annual Deaths | World Lung Foundation
UN health agency unveils new data to help countries reduce deaths from tobacco use
Tobacco use is responsible for five million or 12 per cent of all deaths of adults above the age of 30 globally each year, according to a United Nations report | United Nations