DS Daily - 20th January 2011 |
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Head of drugs advice group named
Les Iversen has been appointed as chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs [Home Office, UK]
New members to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
A new chairperson and nine new members have been appointed to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs [Home Office, UK]
Les Iversen's provides a statement on chair's position and new council membership
Statement in response to Home Office announcement of appointment of chair and nine new members to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs - PDF [Home Office, UK]
Substance Misuse, Quarterly Data
This Statistical Article provides data on activity by drug and alcohol treatment services in Wales for the current quarter [Welsh Assembly Government, UK]
Health and Social Care Bill
The Bill is divided into two volumes. Volume I contains the Clauses. Volume II contains the Schedules to the Bill - Base page [Parliament, UK]
Health and Social Care Bill
The Health and Social Care Bill has been published, along with the estimated costs and savings related to the changes that the Bill will implement [Department of Health, UK]
Health and Social Care Bill will have profound impact on delivery of substance misuse treatment
While much of the detail of how these proposals will be implemented is still to emerge, it is clear that the plans put forward in today’s Health and Social Care Bill will have far-reaching implications for the delivery of drug and alcohol treatment in England [DrugScope, UK]
NMHDU Special Briefing
Mental Health and the New Strategy for Public Health in England - briefing [National Mental Health Development Unit, UK]
MP Graham Allen calls for early years intervention
Early intervention will improve the lives of vulnerable children and help break the cycle of "dysfunction and under-achievement", a report says [BBC, UK]
We can't intervene early to prevent drug and alcohol misuse without secure funding
In order to save money tomorrow, the government must guarantee money for specialist services today, says Simon Antrobus - CEO Addaction [Guardian, UK]
Annual Report 2009/10
News release here [Scottish Drugs Forum, UK]
Cameron’s drug strategy is nobbled at starting gate
With the Coalition’s first Drug Strategy - Reducing demand, restricting supply, building recovery: supporting people to live a drug-free life - not even a month old, the Department of Health/National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse rushed to incapacitate prime minister David Cameron’s vision of “Supporting people to live a drug-free life”, indicated in the strategy’s title and which “is at the heart of our recovery ambition”. With comment from Jon Hibbs, NTA [Addiction Today, UK]
Two new members to our International Advisory Board
We’ve recruited two new members to our International Advisory Board, Dr David Best and Mark Gilman, both who are well-known in the UK for their outstanding recovery-related work [Wired In]
'Evil' mephedrone warning after Rhondda teenager death
A coroner has said the death of a "happy and carefree" teenager shows the "evils" of the drug mephedrone [BBC, UK]
Drink drivers: Police arrested 6,600 in December
The Home Office is currently asking manufacturers to come up with drug-testing machines for police stations and portable devices for patrol cars [BBC, UK]
On alcohol pricing, the coalition should learn from Scotland's experience
Ministers who plan to raise the minimum price of alcohol should listen to health professionals, not bow to industry pressure [Guardian, UK]
How Drugs Work
Series using visual effects and CGI to examine the effects of drugs on the human body, as well as confronting the myths and controversies that surround them [BBC, UK]
Drug courts - positive alternative
Hopefully, this positive alternative will find more supporters in the near future, become a standard proceeding in drug use issues and not only a pilot program [Talking Drugs]
Bolivia energises campaign to legalise coca leaf
Bolivia and the US set for more battles over the coca leaf as Evo Morales attempts to overturn legality of the indigenous plant [Guardian, UK]
Busting some alcohol and drug myths
We often hear or read stories about alcohol and other drugs, but before we form our own opinions, it’s important to look at the facts. This alert examines some common misconceptions and outlines the evidence that disproves them [Australian Drug Foundation]
Drink and drugs a loaded gun
By acknowledging there is a problem, the Australian Defence Force has taken the first step to recovery [The Age, Australia]
Drug overdose from designer pill known as 'death'
A man has fatally overdosed on a lethal hallucinogenic drug purporting to be ecstasy, which goes by the street name "death" [SMH, Australia]
Apparent Consumption of Alcohol
Extended Time Series, 1944-45 to 2008-09 [Australian Bureau of Statistics]
Police warn of deadly fake ecstasy
A worldwide decrease in the availability of ecstasy means other synthetic drugs are taking its place, and they are coming in all sorts of varieties and with all sorts of effects [3News, New Zealand]