DS Daily - 15th July 2011 |
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Healthy lives, healthy people: update and way forward
This policy statement reaffirms the Government's bold vision for a new public health system. It sets out the progress we have made in developing our vision for public health, and a timeline for completing the operational design of this work through a series of Public Health System Reform Updates. Download | Department of Health, UK
Temporary class drug orders
Amendments of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 - Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill (see section 153) | Parliament, UK
Poor treatment of drug addicts in prison costs UK more than £3.5m
The UK government has agreed to pay more than £2m (€2.3m; $3.2m) in compensation and costs to settle claims by 499 prisoners and former prisoners with drug addiction who say that they suffered from a systemic failure by the prison service to ensure that they received acceptable standards of treatment for their addiction | BMJ, UK
Local Charity tackles bullying and wins Princess Diana Award
"A lot of the guys we spoke to said that bullying was a problem" says Colin Hughes from the project. "And they told us how drugs and drink were a way of coping with the feelings bullying caused | Addaction, UK
Emergency department nurses can screen for risky drinking
Most emergency department studies have used special staff to screen for risky drinking patients, but at over 50%, this US study proved that department nurses can screen a high proportion of patients, the first and vital step to doing something to reduce alcohol-related harm | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
An evaluation of the implementation of the objectives of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005
Interim report summary into the implementation of, and compliance with, the objectives of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 | Health Scotland, UK
Drink and drugs are to blame for violence in the young
We should not be imposing lengthy sentences on young men whose crimes are fuelled by alcohol and narcotics, argues Caspar Walsh, but providing good role models to guide them into adulthood | Joe Public blog, Guardian, UK
Crime in England and Wales 2010/11
This is the tenth report in an annual series combining crimes recorded by the police and interviews from the British Crime Survey (BCS) for the financial year 2010/11 | Home Office, UK
Eurobarometer report released
The European Commission have released the results of its fourth survey exploring Youth attitudes on drugs. Fact sheet | EMCDDA