Weekly news - 22nd July 2011 |
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Report highlights ketamine risks and long term harms
DrugScope calls for public health response | DrugScope, UK
Imports of new 'legal high' banned
From midnight on Thursday 21st July 2011 the UK Border Agency will seize and destroy shipments of phenazepam. More about the import ban | Home Office, UK
ACMD advice on phenazepam
This letter from Professor Les Iversen, chair of the ACMD, to Baroness Browning, Minister of State for Crime Prevention and ASB Reduction, recommends curbing the import of the drug phenazepam | Home Office, UK
Recovery-orientated drug treatment
An interim report by professor John Strang, chair of the expert group | NTA, UK
DrugScope responds to interim report on Recovery Orientated Drug Treatment
It is also worth reiterating, in the light of the forthcoming payment by results pilots, that recovery goes well beyond the treatment gates; an individual's failure to access housing, training and employment, for example, will inevitably undermine both treatment outcomes and the wider ambitions of the recovery agenda | DrugScope, UK
Khat: Social harms and legislation
A literature review by David M. Anderson and Neil C. M. Carrier, University of Oxford | Home Office, UK
Charities warn of ‘devastating impact’ of cuts to young people’s drug and alcohol services
DrugScope and other charities working in the sector are warning that young people experiencing problems with drugs and alcohol will increasingly find it difficult to get support, as services close or reduce their staff numbers | DrugScope, UK
Commons Science and Technology Committee to examine alcohol guidelines
The Science and Technology Select Committee have announced that they will be undertaking a review of national guidelines on alcohol | Drug Education Forum, UK
Statistical bulletin 2011
The Statistical bulletin is published yearly by the EMCDDA and provides access to the most recent statistical data relating to the drugs situation in Europe | EMCDDA
State Estimates of Substance Use and Mental Disorders
From the 2008-2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health | SAMHSA, USA