Weekly news - 30th March 2012 |
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Written evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee drugs enquiry
This volume contains the written evidence accepted by the Home Affairs Committee for the Drugs inquiry | Parliament, UK
NTA submission to the Home Affairs Select Committee drugs policy review
The NTA recently submitted evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee drugs policy review 2012. Supplementary information: Prison treatment - General - Funding diagram | NTA, UK
First 'legal high' to be banned under new powers
A new temporary control power will be used for the first time to ban so-called legal high 'mexxy', the Home Office announced today | Home Office, UK
Statement of evidence - methoxetamine
Letter of advice from the chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Les Iversen, to the Minister of State for Crime Prevention and Antisocial Behaviour Reduction on the council's recommendation to treat methoxetamine as a Schedule 1 drug | Home Office, UK
Home Secretary's response to the ACMD's advice on methoxetamine
The Government will introduce a temporary class drug order on methoxetamine following the ACMD’s initial advice. Download response | Home Office, UK
The new challenges of designer drugs and alcohol misuse
Leading doctors say drug treatment services should adapt their "tremendous" success to the new challenges of designer drugs and alcohol misuse | NTA, UK
Supporting adult family members of people with drug problems in Scotland
This report highlights some of the key issues that have emerged from a study looking at the extent and nature of support currently provided for adult family members affected by a relative’s drug problem. This mapping exercise was part of a UK-wide project, but the findings presented here focus solely on the data collected relating to Scotland | UKDPC
Better Future for Families
The Government must harness family-based treatments if it is serious about tackling the UK's addiction epidemic, according to a major new Report | Addaction, UK
Scottish Crime and Justice Survey: Drug Use
The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) is a large-scale continuous survey measuring people's experience and perceptions of crime in Scotland. The survey is based on 13,000 in-home face-to-face interviews with adults (aged 16 or over) living in private households in Scotland | Scottish Government, UK
National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times - Publication Summary
Full Reports - Data Tables ISD Scotland, UK
Alcohol strategy
The alcohol strategy sets out proposals to crackdown on our 'binge drinking' culture, cut the alcohol fuelled violence and disorder that blights too many of our communities, and slash the number of people drinking to damaging levels - Download | Home Office, UK
Government response report on alcohol guidelines
The Government has published its response to the Science and Technology Committee Report on Alcohol Guidelines | Department of Health, UK
Baroness Newlove - £1 million fund to tackle binge and underage drinking
A new £1 million fund to give local communities the tools they need to tackle binge and underage drinking is now open. The Alcohol Fund Prospectus and bidding form for applicants can be found here | Communities and Local Government, UK
JSNA support pack for drug and alcohol commissioners
This document outlines key principles that local areas might consider when developing plans for an integrated recovery system | NTA, UK
Alcohol consumption in the European Union
Consumption, harm and policy approaches | World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Homelessness in England
An explanation of local authorities' duties to homeless households and policy developments in this area | Parliament, UK
Homeless households in temporary accommodation (England)
A note setting out the numbers of homeless households in temporary accommodation and policy developments in this area | Parliament, UK
Illicit Drug Use and Property Offending among Police Detainees
The primary objective of the current study was to examine whether the frequency of recent illicit drug use is related to higher levels of offending among police detainees in Australia. In particular, the study investigated whether the frequency of property offending escalates with offenders’ self-reported illicit drug use | Australian Institute of Criminology
Guide on Estimating Requirements for Substances under International Control
The Guide is meant to assist Governments of countries with low levels of consumption of controlled substances in calculating their requirements so that they can then submit to INCB estimates and assessments that accurately reflect those requirements. It could also be useful for Governments of countries in which the consumption levels for some substances are disproportionately high | INCB