DS Daily - 7th February 2011 |
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By their fruits ... Applying payment by results to drugs recovery
This briefing reviews the possible impacts of the introduction of payment by
results
to fund treatment and recovery services for problem drug users [UKDPC]
Support for Wired In
National Treatment Agency (NTA) had become a sponsor of Wired In [Binge Inking]
Welcome to Recovery Rising – Raising awareness of freedom from addiction
Welcome to “Recovery Rising” The UK’s first magazine, produced with service users, to raise awareness of recovery from addiction [Recovery Rising, UK]
Drink and Drugs News new monthly format
I challenge you to look at this issue and not say ‘I never knew there was so much in it!’ Here we are in our new monthly format, bursting with new features and regulars [DDN, UK]
Cuts 'destroying big society' concept, says CSV head
The government is "destroying" the UK's volunteer army and undermining its vision of the "big society" with its huge cuts programme, the outgoing head of Community Service Volunteers says [BBC, UK]
Colonel Tim Collins and Mark Morgan on the streets of Brighton
My companion was Mark, an ex-soldier who had descended into crime, alcoholism and homelessness after a narrow escape from the Omagh bomb [Daily Mail, UK]
Merger Creates Largest Addiction Recovery Housing Provider
A new partnership between two of the country's main residential rehab charities has paved the way for growth in the provision of housing for people in rehab treatment and recovery from addiction [Trust The Process Counselling, UK]
Charities condemn decision to axe £130m debt advice service
The government’s decision to scrap its £130 million debt advice service risks increasing homelessness, charities have warned [Inside Housing, UK]
Case for legal aid – from a desperate young mother
Evidence to a distinguished panel of non-lawyers gives MPs a powerful reminder of the need for publicly funded legal advice [Guardian, UK]
BBC 3: Cannabis, what’s the harm?
Pt 2: propaganda straight from the government [UKCIA]
Health adviser sacked for speaking out in the Guardian
David Richards pointed out that money for coalition's new mental health strategy was coming from existing NHS budget [Guardian, UK]
I'm victim of PC vendetta, says Christian drug expert as he is sacked from Government advisory panel before he even started
Dr Hans-Christian Raabe, a respected family doctor, was dismissed for holding ‘embarrassing’ views about homosexuality [Daily Mail, UK]
Knife criminals 'should face alcohol ban'
Campbell Corrigan, assistant chief constable of Strathclyde Police, said the country's alcohol and knife culture posed a major risk to public safety and a new approach was needed [The Scotsman, UK]
Treatment course and outcomes following drug and alcohol-related traumatic injuries
In particular, infection during hospitalization is a significant risk for both alcohol and drug related trauma visits, and drug-related trauma incidents are associated with increased risk for additional circulatory complications [Journal of Trauma Management & Outcomes]
Deaths linked to methadone and anti-depressants soar
And there is mounting concern over the spread of heroin, with the drug being involved in more deaths in 2008, compared to 2007 [Irish Examiner]
Be smart - enjoy alcohol sensibly during this year’s Six Nations
The Six Nations provides the opportunity to enjoy the thrill of great rugby with family and friends however, the Public Health Agency would like to remind people that big sporting events are also the alcohol retailers’ dream, with sponsorship, special promotions and happy hours fuelling the tendency to over-indulge [Public Health Agency, Ireland]
“They’ll Drink Bucket Loads”
The subtle subterfuge of alcohol advertising [Addiction Inbox, USA]
Information request for Thematic Paper
Voices of Dependent Drug Users: experiences and perceptions of people trying to reduce or quit their drug, alcohol or tobacco consumption [EMCDDA]
Injection drug facility coming to San Francisco?
One mouth-watering proposal (for political columnists, anyway) is back on the table: a legal, city-funded center where intravenous drug users can get needles and shoot up without consequence [SF Gate, USA]
Spending on behavioral health is a shrinking portion of overall health expenditures
During the 20-year study period, both mental health and substance abuse spending grew more slowly than all other health spending [SAMHSA, USA]
2010 California Needs Assessment Report
With the annual cost of alcohol use in California at $38.4 billion and illicit drug abuse at $23.8 billion, the combined toll on the state ($62.2 billion) cannot be sustained from a fiscal standpoint [California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, USA]
Pharmacies Besieged by Addicted Thieves
The orange signs posted throughout Chet Hibbard’s pharmacy here relay a blunt warning: We Do Not Stock OxyContin [New York Times, USA]
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Many references to alcohol [Department of Health and Human Services]
Time to decriminalise drugs?
If drugs are bad it seems logical to wage war on them. However, although ‘get tough’ measures sound attractive they are often counterproductive [South African Medical Journal]
Reducing Alcohol and Other Drug Related Harm
Evidence on how high levels of alcohol and other drug use-related harm among Indigenous Australians are both a consequence of, and contribute to, the health and social gap between them and non-Indigenous Australians [AIHW, Australia]
Review of the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set
The purpose of this review was to assess the collection as an information source for alcohol and other drug services policy; assess data gaps; and, propose options for future development within the collection [AIHW, Australia]
Mephedrone Use Among Regular Ecstasy Consumers in Australia
One-fifth (21%) of the 2010 national REU sample reported lifetime use of mephedrone and 17% reported use of mephedrone in the six months preceding the interview [National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Australia]
Liver disease soars among young
The risk of young people being admitted to hospital with alcohol-related liver disease has risen more than tenfold over five years [SMH, Australia]
Public encouraged to speak up on alcohol law reform
New Zealand is on the brink of some of the most significant amendments to its alcohol laws, but communities need to speak up about their desire for change [Scoop, New Zealand]
A Glut of Heroin and Denial
The Russian government estimates that its citizens bought $17 billion worth of street-traded heroin last year — about 7 billion doses. The addiction kills at least 30,000 Russians a year, which is a third of the world's total heroin-related deaths [Moscow Times, Russia]
HIV Testing and Human Rights: Resources and Fact Sheets
However, there is growing evidence from several countries that ... people who use drugs, and sex workers are being forced by police to submit to HIV tests against their will [Open Society Foundations, USA]