DS Daily - 25th January 2011 |
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Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
Les Iverson from question 41 onwards [Parliament, UK]
Message to big society charities: expect 'disproportionate' cuts
A survey confirms charities providing housing support and advice for homeless people, addicts, refugees and women's refuges are in line for dramatic reductions in funding [Guardian, UK]
Payment by results update
The steering group agreed a two-stage process [National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, UK]
Together launch mental health guide for criminal justice staff
Believed to be the first of its kind, 'A common sense approach to working with defendants and offenders with mental health problems' was launched by Louis Appleby CBE, National Clinical Director for Health and Criminal Justice [Together, UK]
What are your success rates?
Treatment organisations are often asked about their success rates
– but what
is success? Peter Smith and Dr Jennifer Parker trialled a tool which measures
the development of characteristics playing a significant role in the acquisition
and maintenance of quality recovery [Addiction Today, UK]
IoP researchers help shape ADHD drug use
Academics from the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King’s have taken a leading part in shaping EU guidelines on managing adverse effects of medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [Institute of Psychiatry, UK]
How we documented Laura Hall's battle with booze
Laura felt the system had demonised and failed her rather than helped her. She didn't appear to be the epitome of the drunken lout [BBC, UK]
Call to abandon alcohol duty rise
There have been fresh calls for the Government to abandon its policy of increasing the duty on alcoholic drinks after new figures revealed falling beer sales are costing the Treasury £257 million a year in lost taxes [Daily Express, UK]
Calls for alcohol price controls
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, wants all political parties to commit to tackling what it describes as the detrimental impact of alcohol on children and young people by focusing on prices [Irish Times]
Ukrainian government crackdown on NGOs, drug users and people living with HIV
Hundreds of patients receiving drug substitution therapy and NGOs that are supporting programmes providing substitution therapy are facing harassment and abuse from state authorities in Ukraine after orders from the Ministry of Interior’s drug enforcement department in a worrying crackdown on people trying to access health services [IHRA]
Buprenorphine Implants for Treatment of Opioid Dependence
A Randomized Controlled Trial [JAMA, USA]
The war on drugs' female victims
The untold story of Mexico's militarised campaign against the cartels is a simultaneous surge in lethal violence against women [Guardian, UK]
Hillary Clinton backs Mexico drug war
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on a visit to Mexico, has reiterated her support for President Felipe Calderon's fight against drugs gangs [BBC, UK]
Clinton supports Mexico in 'messy' drug war
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Mexico to stay the course in an admittedly "messy" war against drug cartels, saying Monday that the Obama administration will help with new controls on the flow of American guns across the border [Washington Post, USA]