DS Daily - 28th January 2010 |
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Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England
Findings by region, 2006 to 2008. PDF Report [NHS Information Centre, UK]
Interview with Harry Shapiro
Speaking at length about the way the press stigmatises people who use drugs, the direction drug treatment and drug legislation is going and the need for balanced drug services [Injecting Advice, UK]
Ian Wardle Lifeline CEO on FEAD
Discussions and documents from Ian Wardle [Lifeline, UK]
More mental care urged for veterans
The Government is not doing enough to stop Afghanistan war veterans plunging into alcohol problems, crime and suicide, a mental health charity has warned [Daily Express, UK]
Young teen drink and drug use on the wane
Children in London are among the least rebellious in England, being far less likely to smoke, drink or misuse drugs than those living elsewhere, health service figures suggest [Times, UK]
Children as young as 11 drinking nine pints a week
Overall, the survey from the NHS Information Centre reveals a marked north-south divide in drinking habits among high school age children - with the capital containing the least drinkers [Daily Mail, UK]
Almost 500 people a day 'in casualty after an assault'
Experts called for a crackdown on cheap alcohol which they said was fuelling the problem [Telegraph, UK]
Alcohol Concern's new website
A new website design has been launched by [Alcohol Concern, UK]
End of the road for tobacco displays
Moves to make smoking less attractive to children were approved by the Scottish Parliament [Scottish Government, UK]
Anthrax-Tainted Heroin
Anthrax-Tainted Heroin Takes Toll in Europe, Prompts Calls for Emergency Public Health Response [INEF, Ireland]
Health workers to make appeal over legal drug dangers
Experts and frontline workers are set to present the Government with a detailed submission outlining concerns about shops which are selling legal forms of drugs [Irish Examiner]
Minister says he wants end to sale of 'head shop' products
Synthetic and herbal substances that mimic the effect of illegal drugs should not be sold in the Republic, the Minister of State with responsibility for drugs, John Curran, said [Irish Times]
Budapest resigns from ECAD
The municipal government of Budapest admitted that it has been paying thousands of Euros every year since 1998 as a membership fee for a Stockholm-based prohibitionist organization, the European Cities Against Drugs (ECAD) [Drug Reporter, Hungary]
Pot Advocates Overreach Themselves
L.A. set to close most marijuana dispensaries [Addiction Inbox, USA]
Don't legalize marijuana
It's a drug that's easily abused, it poses health risks, and the potential benefits of taxing and regulating it are overstated - Opinion form Skip Miller, chairman of D.A.R.E. [LA Times, USA]
L.A. City Council finally passes medical marijuana ordinance
After years of debate, the city will drastically limit the number of dispensaries and restrict where they can operate. Advocates are threatening to challenge the law in court [LA Times, USA]
Medical Marijuana Finally Heads for D.C.
It has been years in the making, derailed by Congress three times in about as many years, but medicinal marijuana could soon be heading to the nation's capital [TIME, USA]
Addiction Treatment Forum - Winter 2010
Reports on substance abuse and addiction therapies, research, news, and events of interest to both healthcare professionals and patients with a focus on Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction [Addiction Treatment Forum , USA]
Tobacco Control and Free Speech — An American Dilemma
The encounter over tobacco advertising raises profound questions [New England Journal of Medicine, USA]
Drug Use in New Zealand
Key results of the 2007/08 New Zealand Alcohol and Drug Use Survey - PDF [Ministry of Health, New Zealand]