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17th May 2012

 

Expansion of project to support people with substance misuse issues

A project to support people with substance misuse issues to become economically independent has been given a boost by the Welsh Government

Test your middle-class staff for cocaine, Met chief advises schools and hospitals

The country’s most senior police officer said affluent workers are fuelling the £1billion annual market in the drug | Daily Mail, UK

Bernard Hogan-Howe, Met Police Chief, Suggests Drugs Tests By Employers Could Curb Demand

The head of the Metropolitan Police has suggested there could be more drugs tests for employees at work, as part of attempts to discourage recreational users | Huffington Post, UK

There are calls for cannabis growing laws to be changed

Growing small amounts of cannabis should be decriminalised, according to the charity Release | BBC, UK

SMMGP Clinical Update April-May 2012

Papers & Reports | SMMGP, UK

Legal highs being used by children in Bexley

Canisters containing nitrous oxide, which are designed for making whipped cream, are reportedly being inhaled by kids as young as 11 to starve their brains of oxygen for "a buzz" | News Shopper, UK

Mortality of those who attended drug services in Scotland 1996–2006

Drug-users in Scotland are exposed to variously increased mortality risks. HCV-diagnosed individuals are particularly vulnerable, and may need additional support | International Journal of Drug Policy

Wales deaths from drug and drink issues up 31% in 10 years, ONS figures show

Figures show 496 people died as a result of drug or alcohol use in 2010 in Wales, against 380 in 2001 - ONS | BBC, UK

Warning over alcohol-related deaths

One in eight deaths of UK adults under the age of 64 is caused by alcohol, an international conference on tackling problem drinking has heard | Independent, UK

Keeping alcohol advertising to the Code

Spring 2012 report from the Youth Alcohol Advertising Council | Alcohol Concern, UK

Call for all alcohol industry activities to get in line with their Corporate Social Responsibilities

A new editorial in the scientific journal Addiction calls for alcohol producers to stop undermining their own Corporate Social Responsibility goals with their sophisticated marketing activities | EUCAM

Spalding police alcohol crackdown 'cuts disorder'

An operation to reduce alcohol-related anti-social behaviour in a Lincolnshire town has been a success, according to police | BBC, UK

St Mungo's leaves Work Programme after failing to receive any referrals

The homelessness charity is the latest third sector organisation to pull out of the back-to-work scheme | Third Sector, UK

Punishment and reform: effective probation services

This consultation paper sets out the conclusions of an internal review by the Secretary of State of how probation services in England and Wales can be improved | Justice.gov, UK

Safer Future Communities news

This news bulletin from Safer Future Communities will provide regular updates about the work of the project and useful information for the local Safer Future Communities networks and others interested in community safety | Safer Future Communities, UK

SDF Addiction Worker Training Project wins £600,000 in Big Lottery Funding

Scottish Drugs Forum’s Addiction Worker Training Project (AWTP) is to be given nearly £600,000 in Big Lottery Funding (BLF) to help expand its award-winning work in training people with a history of substance use problems for a career in social care | Scottish Drugs Forum, UK

Effect of Psychiatric Medication on Brain Structure

It is increasingly recognized that chronic psychotropic drug treatment may lead to structural remodeling of the brain. Indeed, clinical studies in humans present an intriguing picture: antipsychotics, used for the treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis, may contribute to cortical gray matter loss in patients, whereas lithium, used for the treatment of bipolar disorder and mania, may preserve gray matter in patients | Institute of Psychiatry, UK

Guernsey ban methoxetamine import and export

A ban on the import and export of the drug methoxetamine is being brought in by the States of Guernsey | BBC, UK

Depression danger for young drinkers

Some 6,000 school-going adolescents aged 12 to 19 and 8,000 young adults aged 17 to 25 were surveyed for the study by youth mental health organisation Headstrong and psychologists at University College Dublin | Irish Times

Matrix Intensive Outpatient Treatment: Family Education

This playlist features interviews of people in recovery and their loved ones. It accompanies the Counselor's Family Education Manual: Matrix Intensive Outpatient Treatment for People With Stimulant Use Disorders | SAMHSA YouTube Channel

Data suggests drug treatment can lower U.S. crime

U.S. crime statistics show illegal drugs play a central role in criminal acts, providing new evidence that tackling drugs as a public health issue could offer a powerful tool for lowering national crime rates | Reuters

Illicit Drug Data Report 2010-11

It provides a statistical overview of illicit drug arrests and seizures as well as profiling the current situation, national impact and the emerging trends and threats of illicit drugs in Australia - full report | Australian Crime Commission

Drug busts target users, not dealers, data show

Police are increasingly arresting drug users instead of dealers, despite smashing a record number of clandestine laboratories and increases in border detections, figures from the Australian Crime Commission reveal | The Age, Australia

State's heroin the nation's most potent

Heroin in Western Australia continues to be the nation's most potent, a report by the Australian Crime Commission has shown | SMH, Australia

Social demography of alcohol-related harm to children in Australia

This study seeks to establish the prevalence alcohol-related harms to children (ARHC) that occur because of others' drinking in the general population and examine how this varies by who was reported to have harmed the child and socio-demographic factors | Australian Policy Online

Afghanistan’s opium “achievements”

Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has urged the Afghan leadership to strengthen cooperation with the global community in fighting opium production | Voice of Russia