DS Daily - 20th January 2010 |
 |
Commissioning for Recovery – the essential guide to commissioning recovery-oriented treatment
A new guide to enable local drug action teams help drug users achieve and sustain recovery from their addiction has beenlaunched by the [National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, UK]
Commissioning for Recovery
An essential guide for drug action teams in England, which summarises the best of current commissioning practice in the drug treatment field [National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, UK]
Drug users' voices must be heard in the battle against addiction
The chance to recover through abstinence-based residential programmes should be offered in jail – the place where most addicts go sooner or later [Guardian, UK]
Drug accused 'refused GP service'
A drug addict accused of prescription fraud in three different areas is such a menace GPs have refused to see him, the High Court has heard [BBC, UK]
Why ecstasy is 'vanishing' from UK nightclubs
Ed Davey reports on how changes in supply half way around the world are affecting drug use in the UK [BBC, UK]
Drug Intervention Programme's Millionth Test milestone
The Home Office’s Drugs Intervention Programme (DIP) recently conducted its one millionth drug test with the support of Concateno, Europe’s most experienced drug and alcohol testing company [Concateno, UK]
Release calls for Scottish Government to implement emergency public health plan
Release, and other leading drug organisations including IHRA and Transform, have sent a public letter to the Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon calling for an emergency public health plan to be initiated. In the past two weeks 7 people have died and 14 are in hospital after injecting heroin contaminated with anthrax spores [Release, UK]
Interview with John Varley, Barclays Bank, Part 1
Barclays have a policy of helping such groups, including those in recovery or addiction [Inexcess TV, UK]
Women's centre gives new lease of life to female offenders and their families
Most of the women using Evolve have committed low-level offences such as shoplifting and drink-driving. Many have drug and alcohol addictions, mental health problems, or are victims of domestic abuse [Guardian, UK]
Hooked 29: Interview with Levent Akbulut
In this episode of Hooked I'm interviewing Levent Akbulut from Students for Sensible Drug Poilicy UK [Injecting Advice, UK]
Government reveals tough new powers to tackle alcohol crime
A ban on irresponsible promotions including “all you can drink for £10” deals plus a compulsory requirement to check under 18s for ID are among the final conditions of a proposed mandatory code for alcohol retailers, Home Secretary Alan Johnson announced today [Home Office, UK]
Why all Britain’s politicians are too scared to tackle the REAL causes of binge-drinking
Refusing to address the real problems of endemic alcohol abuse, both Labour and theTories can only come up with gimmickry and empty rhetoric designed to create the illusion of action. After almost 50 years in the field of liver research, I feel a deepening sense of despair at the culture of excessive drinking that has now gripped our country - Professor Roger Williams [Daily Mail, UK]
More rank hypocrisy from the Home Secretary
Apart from the fact that the Government has failed to take on the drinks industry with any degree of principle, Alan Johnson's criticism of some retailers as irresponsible, smacks of hypocrisy of the highest order [TDPF, UK]
BBPA responds to government’s Mandatory Code proposals
Commenting on Government proposals for mandatory conditions on the sale of alcohol, BBPA Chief Executive Brigid Simmonds [BBPA, UK]
London Drink Debate: findings and public survey opens
Welcome to the London Drink Debate website, your chance to have your say on an important issue for our capital [London Drink Debate, UK]
How will Scotland deal with its alcohol problem?
There is a stalemate in Holyrood over what the country should do about its increasingly unhappy relationship with strong drink [Telegraph, UK]
The Big Question: Will banning cheap offers lead to people drinking less?
Why are we asking this now? Why is action needed? ... [Independent, UK]
Why we are still binge drinking
At 1pm today, join us for a live debate on Britain's drinking culture with James Kneale, a senior lecturer at University College London who specialises in the geographies of drink and drunkenness [Times, UK]
Labour has no cure for its binge hangover
Blair wooed young voters with liberal drinking laws. Now Brown is failing to clear up the mess [Times, UK]
Brawl pub is closed on the spot
Chief inspector Stuart Neil, Strathclyde Police’s head of licensing, said: “This sends a clear message that the police will seek a review of a licence as a means of early intervention in an effort to reduce alcohol related crime and disorder.” [The Herald, Scotland, UK]
Proof lacking on e-cigarettes' safety, experts warn
There is a worrying lack of safety data on electronic cigarettes, despite their growing popularity with the public, two leading Greek researchers have warned [BBC, UK]
5% hike in babies born to addicts taken into care
There has been an alarming increase in the number of babies taken into care because they were born to drink or drug addicts [Irish Examiner]
Canadian Safe Injection Site to Remain Open
British Columbia’s Court of Appeal rejected the Canadian government’s attempt to shut down the first safe injecting site in North America [IHRA]
WADA says working with drug makers will help catch more doping athletes
World Anti-Doping Agency leaders believe their collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry will help catch more drug cheats [Canadian Press]
D.C. Council proposes legalization of medical marijuana
Medical marijuana will be legally available at five District locations under a plan a majority of the D.C. Council supports, moving the city closer to becoming the 15th jurisdiction nationally to distribute the drug to chronically ill patients [Washington Post, USA]
Hepatitis and Liver Cancer
A National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C [Institute of Medicine, USA]
Use Facebook in anti-doping fight: WADA
Modern social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter will become valuable weapons in the fight against drugs in sport, the World Anti Doping Agency's Australian president says [The Age, Australia]