DS Daily - 10th August 2010

Can these leopards change their spots?

Response to the NTA business plan 2010/2011 [Addiction Today, UK]

A glossary for our times

Tickboxers could eradicate war, disease, poverty and addiction in a mere few strokes of the pen, to meet targets – by rewriting the dictionary [Addiction Today, UK]

Billions In Benefits Paid to 90,000 Alcoholics and Drug Addicts

Nearly 90,000 drug addicts and alcoholics are being paid incapacity benefit every week because they are unable to work [The People, UK]

Factsheet: Grasping the nettle: alcohol and domestic violence

A completely updated overview of the research on the association between alcohol and domestic violence and a clear outline of the implications for policy and practice. Written by Dr Sarah Galvani from the University of Bedfordshire [Alcohol Concern, UK]

No Safe Level

First Study to Show Teenage Binge Drinkers Harm Abilities in Later Life [Science Daily]

Tough economy poses challenge for addicts

Loss of job, inability to find work can make it harder to stay sober [MSNBC, USA]

Australia receives poor Alcohol Report Card

The report, published online in Addiction and launched today at the NDARC Annual Symposium, provides the first ever lifetime estimates of alcohol problems in Australia [NDARC, Australia]

A quarter of us abuse alcohol

Australia has one of the world's highest rates of alcohol abuse [The Australian]

Alcohol abuse bad, and expected to get worse

One in five Australians abuses or becomes addicted to alcohol in their lifetime, according to the first nationwide study to pinpoint the long-term prevalence of drinking problems [The Age, Australia]

Big majority for lower alcohol limit

Almost two-thirds of New Zealanders support lowering the drink-driving limit, a survey has revealed [New Zealand Herald]