DS Daily - 1st December 2011 |
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Home Affairs Committee launches new inquiry into Drugs
The Committee will undertake a comprehensive review of drugs policy in the new year. The Committee will examine the effectiveness of the Government’s 2010 drugs strategy and the UK Government’s contribution to global efforts to reduce the supply and demand of illicit drugs | Parliament, UK
Drugs policy review
The HASC is much more reflective of the variety of opinion in Parliament - a fact that will make its deliberations next year all the more interesting. Might this be the trigger for drug policy reform in Britain - or does the issue, like the drugs themselves, remain too toxic? - Mark Easton | BBC, UK
Message from the Chair of the Drug Education Forum
The Drug Education Forum goes into hibernation as a result of the Government’s withdrawal of funding support. Created in 1995 to provide an independent, collaborative voice for national organisations with expertise and interest in drug education, it has been a key influence on policy and practice since its inception | Drug Education Forum, UK
Expert boosts North Yorkshire crackdown on drug-driving
Police in North Yorkshire have deployed one of seven drug recognition experts in the country as a festive crackdown on drink and drug driving starts | BBC, UK
The bad, the sad & the redeemed
This article examines three classical stereotypes of drug users utilised by the media and discusses the issues incumbent in them | Injecting Advice, UK
Tell us about your drug use - legal and otherwise
Prescription drug abuse if rife, perhaps even at epidemic levels. That's why we really need a clearer picture of who is using what, and when and why. Please read about our drug use survey | Guardian, UK
Development Orientated Harm Reduction
A presentation from the HIT Hot Topics seminar in Liverpool on 17th November 2011. Jakob Huber outlines the work of Contact Netz, the Berne based drug treatment agency that established the world's 1st legal drug consumption room | You Tube
Drink-drive limit 'must be cut to zero' to cut the number of deaths
Deputy Chief Constable Suzette Davenport, who is responsible for policing the roads of England and Wales, called for the drink-drive limit to be reset to zero | Daily Mail, UK
Online sales of new psychoactive substances / 'legal highs'
A summary of results from the 2011 multilingual snapshots | EMCDDA
Prisoner Reentry Programs: Ensuring a Safe and Successful Return to the Community
The Administration’s National Drug Control Strategy supports comprehensive change within the criminal justice system, promoting a combined public health/public safety approach to stop the all-too-common cycle of arrest, incarceration, release, and re-arrest | ONDCP, USA
Mental Health and Substance Use
Employers' Insurance Coverage Maintained or Enhanced Since Parity Act, but Effect of Coverage on Enrollees Varied | United States Government Accountability Office
Feds Should Reclassify Marijuana To Allow Medical Use, Governors Say
Govs. Lincoln Chafee (I-R.I) and Chris Gregoire (D-Wash.) on Wednesday called on the Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule II drug, which would allow it to be dispensed for medicinal use | Huffington Post, UK
Latest find of cross-border drug tunnel in Calif. yields 32 tons of pot
The latest secret passage — equipped with a hydraulic lift, electric rail carts and a wooden staircase — was discovered Tuesday on the U.S.-Mexico border, highlighting an emerging seasonal trend | Washington Post, USA
Latest drug tunnel, pot seizures may reflect rise of Sinaloa cartel
Elaborate tunnel and discovery of more than 32 tons of marijuana are the latest in recent record busts as a new group boosts production after the decline of the Arellano Felix cartel | LA Times, USA
Feasibility of Using Mycoherbicides to Control Illicit Drug Crops Is Uncertain
The effectiveness of using specific fungi as mycoherbicides to combat illicit drug crops remains questionable due to the lack of quality, in-depth research. Download report | National Acadamies, USA
More evidence is needed about the use of naltrexone implants in the treatment of addiction
NHMRC has an obligation to provide governments, health practitioners and consumers with health advice that reflects the best evidence available | NHMRC, Australia
Another prisoner contracts hep C
Another prisoner has contracted hepatitis C at Canberra's jail, as the ACT Government decides whether or not to introduce a prison needle exchange program | ABC News, Australia
Professor Alison Ritter elected to ADCA board
Alison Ritter, Director of the Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) based at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, has been appointed Vice President of the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia | NDARC, Australia
Research shows industry regulated alcohol labels won’t work
Market research has overwhelmingly rejected the alcohol health warning labels recently launched by the Australian alcohol industry in favour of informative, clear and specific labels produced by | FARE, Australia
Police launch international alcohol crackdown
Video - Operation Unite sees Australian and the New Zealand police deploy horses, ATVs and response cars blitz party areas to stop alcohol-related violence over summer | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Methamphetamine on the rise in East and South-East Asia
The report, 2011 Patterns and Trends of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants and Other Drugs, Asia and the Pacific, highlights the latest patterns and trends of ATS - a market which includes amphetamine, methamphetamine, methcathinone, and ecstasy-group substances - as well as other illicit drugs in East and South-East Asia | UNODC
Unparalleled global progress in HIV response but sustained investment vital
Global progress in both preventing and treating HIV emphasizes the benefits of sustaining investment in HIV/AIDS over the longer term. | UNAIDS