DS Daily - 9th April 2010 |
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UNODC 2010 Annual Report
"This Report shows how health, security and justice are the antidotes to drugs, crime and terrorism" said UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa - Full report [UNODC]
Drug users to be given personal budgets
Drug abusers are to be given personal budgets to help them overcome their addictions in a pilot in West Sussex [Community Care, UK]
Methadone bill in Lothians soars by £1m in two years
The cost of prescribing methadone to addicts in the Lothians has soared by more than £1 million in two years, with a dose of the drug now given out in the area every three seconds [Edinburgh Evening News, UK]
Doses of methadone dispensed in each NHS board area in each of the last five years
Information on the number of methadone defined daily doses for financial years ending 31 March 2005-2009 inclusive [Scottish Parliament, UK]
Motivational arm twisting: contradiction in terms?
Part 4 of the Manners Matter series asks whether motivational interviewing can overcome the hostile prison environment and the distrust of offenders pressured into counselling by the criminal justice system. Print publication 2006 [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Seven held as £250k drugs seized in Swansea and Neath
Five men and two women have been arrested following a nine month police surveillance operation targeting drugs in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot [BBC, UK]
Policy Update March 2010
[SMMGP, UK]
Assessment and management of cannabis use disorders in primary care
A tenth of cannabis users develop dependence, with three quarters of them experiencing withdrawal symptoms on cessation [BMJ, UK]
Public Accounts Committee Report ‘Problem Drug Use’
Release is disappointed, however, at the lack of any honest appraisal of the continued failure of present drug policies or serious discussion of alternative measures [Release, UK]
Vote for my man, Danny Kushlick
With the utmost modesty, I can claim to have created the ultimate political manifesto ... Readers of the Guardian might recognise his name, as he has written in these pages on the issue of drug prohibition [Guardian, UK]
Harney accused of blaming EU for head shop ban delay
A European anti-drugs campaigner has accused the Government of falsely blaming EU laws for the delay in banning head shop drugs such as mephedrone [Irish Examiner]
Expert sees rise in addictions to ‘legal drugs’
People are being treated solely for an addiction to legal drugs on sale in alternative lifestyle shops, the head of the addictions unit at St John of God’s hospital has said [Irish Examiner]
Lower blood alcohol limit now
Alcohol Healthwatch says strong support for cutting the alcohol level for adult drivers shown in a recent poll underlines yet again that there is no reason to delay introduction of such a measure [Scoop, New Zealand]
44th session of the UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
IHRA reports on 4 out of 5 countries at the 44th session of the UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights [IHRA]
The War on Drugs Is Lost
Russia’s War on Drugs is identical to its American and British counterparts: it’s a failure [Pravda, Russia]