Weekly news - 11th November 2011 |
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Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, 2010/11
The Home Office Statistical Bulletin contains figures for seizures of drugs made in 2010/11 by local police forces and the UK Border Agency within England and Wales | Home Office, UK
Lord Henley delivers his first address to the substance misuse sector at DrugScope conference
The keynote speaker, Lord Henley, Minister of State for Crime Prevention and Anti-Social Behaviour Reduction at the Home Office, gave his first address to the substance use sector, in which he outlined plans for the ongoing implementation of the 2010 drug strategy | DrugScope, UK
Managing drug and alcohol misuse at work
This report sets out the findings of the CIPD Managing Drug and Alcohol Misuse at Work survey. The analysis is based on replies from 505 UK-based HR professionals in organisations employing a total of more than 1.1 million people | Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, UK
Holding Pattern
An exploratory study of the lived experiences of those on methadone maintenance in Dublin North East | The Clients Forum of the Dublin North East Drugs Task Force, Ireland
Traveller drug programme
National research exploring the experiences of Travellers using drug services - Guideline 15MB PDF | Drugs.ie, Ireland
Buprenorphine Guideline for treatment of Opioid Dependence
A new clinical guideline released by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health will help enable health care practitioners to provide buprenorphine (combined with naloxone), the most effective medication since methadone to treat the growing problem of opioid addiction in Canada | CAMH, Canada
National drug control strategy
Data Supplement 2011 | ONDCP, USA
Apparent per capita alcohol consumption: national, state, and regional trends, 1977–2009
This surveillance report on 1977–2009 apparent per capita alcohol consumption in the United States is the 25th in a series of consumption reports produced annually by the | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, USA
Doctors step into international drug policy reform debate
Dr. Chris Ford is a primary care physician living in the United Kingdom (UK) working with people who use drugs. She is the founding member of the relatively new International Doctors for Healthy Drug Policies (IDHDP) | Science Speaks
Mexico: Widespread Rights Abuses in ‘War on Drugs’
Mexico’s military and police have committed widespread human rights violations in efforts to combat organized crime, virtually none of which are being adequately investigated, Human Rights Watch said in a report: “Neither Rights Nor Security: Killings, Torture, and Disappearances in Mexico’s ‘War on Drugs,’” | Human Rights Watch
Child Protection and Mothers in Substance Abuse Treatment
This report presents the major findings from the Child Protection and Mothers in Substance Abuse Treatment study, a three-year study funded by NSW Community Services, Department of Family and Community Services, and the University of New South Wales | NDARC, Australia
Drugs in Australia 2010: tobacco, alcohol and other drugs
Drugs in Australia 2010 provides a comprehensive summary of Australians consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and use of treatment services, drawing on the latest statistics from major national collections | AIHW, Australia
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2009-10
Report on the National Minimum Data Setreport on the National Minimum Data Set - Download | AIHW, Australia
Mental health and substance use explained
The five booklets – Anxiety and Substance Use, Mood and Substance Use, Personality and Substance Use, Psychosis and Substance Use, and Trauma and Substance Use – are part of a series on mental health and substance use funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing | NDARC, Australia
Alcohol related violence
Position Paper - Key points | Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association, Australia
Thousands caned, whipped, lashed or flogged each year for drug and alcohol offences
Thousands of drug users and alcohol consumers – and people found in possession of small amounts of drugs and alcohol – are subjected to judicially-sanctioned caning, flogging, lashing or whipping each year, says a new report. Download | Harm Reduction International