DS Daily - 8th February 2010 |
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The Professor A Thomas McLellan lecture - 'Prevention, Treatment and Science in the Obama Administration’s National Drug Control Policy’
Professor A Thomas McLellan, appointed by President Obama as Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, has accepted an invitation from the Conference Consortium, DrugScope and Drug and Alcohol Findings to visit the UK, in March 2010. During the visit he will deliver a public lecture, hosted by the National Addiction Centre, and attend a private reception with members of Parliament [Conference Consortium, UK]
Anthrax alert for heroin users in London
A drug injecting heroin user has tested positive for anthrax and is being treated in a London hospital [Health Protection Agency, UK]
Information for Health Professionals
[Health Protection Agency, UK]
Advice for heroin users
[Health Protection Agency, UK]
Drug chief’s warning to young on dangers of legal high ‘meow meow’
Professor Les Iversen said the speed at which the drug, officially called mephedrone, had become popular was “quite scary” [Times, UK]
The legal drug that can be deadly
A new drug as addictive as cocaine and as potentially deadly as Ecstasy is flooding Wales’ streets – and it is completely legal [WalesOnline]
Major Drugs Operation In N. Yorkshire
Ten arrests after 160 police mount massive drugs operation at travellers’ camp [Police Oracle, UK]
The stranglehold the psycho-pharms?
What we’re seeing is an interesting development whereby the abstinence movement has picked up on something the cannabis law reform movement has been trying to get across for years [UKCIA]
Save Middlegate the UK's only teen rehab
Sarah Graham Solutions and Addaction are heading up the campaign to save Middlegate, supported by the Addiction Recovery Foundation [Addiction Today, UK]
Middlegate Lodge, UK's only residential home for children addicted to drink and drugs
Sadly, Middlegate now faces closure. It has become the victim of shrinking Primary Care Trust budgets, leading to a drop in referrals [The Sun, UK]
Crackdown on the killer tranquillisers
Home Secretary Alan Johnson has asked the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to investigate the harm caused by the drugs, which have been linked to the deaths of Michael Jackson, Brittany Murphy and Goldsmith heiress Robyn Whitehead [Daily Express, UK]
The worst recipe for violence ... just mix alcohol and Valium
Mixing Valium and alcohol is the most potent mix for committing violent offences, according to new research commissioned by the Scottish Prison Service [The Herald, Scotland, UK]
‘We’ll keep up the fight against drugs’, says Dorset charity boss
A Charity boss has denied that services for young people with drug and alcohol problems will suffer in the wake of funding cuts [Daily Echo, UK]
Call to cut caffeine in alcohol
Scottish Labour has called for legal limits on the amount of caffeine in alcoholic drinks such as Buckfast [BBC, UK]
Household solvents are as bad as heroin, ecstacy
At least 30 young people have died after sniffing solvents in a bid to get high, according to a report by the Health Research Board, which covers a seven-year period [Independent, Ireland]
LYNCH: Drug czar should go
A prime candidate for abolition is the office of the so-called "drug czar." [Washington Times, UK]
Management of cannabis use disorder and related issues
A clinician’s guide [National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre, Australia]
Ecstasy use up as police seize drugs worth $260m
An increase in seizures of heroin, cocaine, amphetamines and cannabis plants added up to a $260 million drugs haul last year, but police say the drug that has grown most in popularity is ecstasy [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]