DS Daily - 4th February 2011 |
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Needs Assessment of Drug and Alcohol Problems in the Scottish Borders (2009) - Evidence into Practice
Report prepared for [Borders Drug and Alcohol Action Team, UK]
RCGP Certificate in Harm Reduction, Health and Wellbeing for Substance Users
This section provides access to documents relating to the RCGP Certificate in Harm Reduction, Health and Wellbeing for Substance Users [SMMGP, UK]
Hopes building work will start on drug rehab farm
Work building a residential farm near Ipswich, aimed at helping drug users, should start this year, the owners say [BBC, UK]
Living through change in challenging neighbourhoods
People's perceptions and experiences of living in lower-income British neighbourhoods [Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK]
All the crime map shows up is Whitehall's pointless zest for data
Those seeking information, as George Orwell warned, do so to extend their power [Guardian, UK]
Changes in Blood-borne Infection Risk Among Injection Drug Users
Data from surveillance systems and cohort studies have collectively suggested that HIV infection incidence among IDUs has declined a trend attributed at least in part to harm-reduction measures including needle exchange programs (NEPs) and substance-abuse treatment [INEF, Ireland]
Almost one in five of us don’t believe alcohol cancer link
Urgent need for health risk labels on alcoholic drinks [Alcohol Action Ireland]
AFL's drug tests are not only pointless, they may be hazardous
By policing the use of illicit drugs, the AFL was inevitably courting the risk that some players would switch to legal drugs instead [The Age, Australia]
Sex and drug use driving HCV epidemic among HIV-positive gay men in Australia
Sexual risk and injecting drug use were reported by HIV-positive gay men newly diagnosed with the virus [Aidsmap]
Alcohol Reform Bill
There is still time to persuade the Government to strengthen its response. The Alcohol Reform Bill must pass through a Select Committee Process. Submissions close 18 February 2011 [New Zealand Drug Foundation]