DS Daily - 9th June 2011 |
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‘Payment by Results’ Could Spring a Leak
Even more important would be the involvement of the service user in deciding whether the treatment had worked in the long term | Drug Sector Partnership, UK
Drugs (Roadside Testing) Bill (HC Bill 25)
A bill to make provision for roadside testing for illegal drugs; and for connected purposes | Parliament, UK
Help us in the fight against drugs
Swindon police’s Drug Enforcement Team has been on the frontline in the fight against illegal drugs in the town since it was formed in August 2009 | Swindon Advertiser, UK
Council’s five-year plan reveals reality of life beside the seaside
The aim now, says the council, is to reduce alcohol and drugs misuse by promoting responsible drinking and retailing of alcohol and to reduce the consequent hospital admissions | Yorkshire Post, UK
Glasgow: The city where they die young
Glaswegians die earlier, whether it be from heart disease, abuse of alcohol or drugs, or cancer, than anywhere else in the UK. Yet nobody knows why | Guardian, UK
The £12 party drug ketamine killed my lovely Louise
Please don't let it be your child next | Daily Mail, UK
Family criticise staff at hospital where patient was left to die in a corridor
The incident occurred after Thompson – a voluntary inpatient with a long history of alcohol abuse and addictions to heroin and crack cocaine – was prevented from entering his ward after he turned up with a bottle of vodka | Guardian, UK
Yes, There Is A War on Drugs
In total, the cost of enforcing the Misuse of Drugs Act was estimated to cost £24bn in 2004/5 | Spectator, UK
SMMGP Policy Update May 2011
SMMGP, UK
New national crime agency launched
A powerful new national crime agency will lead the UK’s fight against serious and organised crime, strengthen policing at the border and make sure local police are linked up to work nationally and overseas | Home Office, UK
Attitudes to Mental Illness survey
Public opinion on a number of mental health issues has become more positive, but some less favourable views still exist | NHS Information Centre, UK
Alcohol-related crime higher in London than rest of England
A new report published today by the charity Alcohol Concern shows that London has the highest rates of alcohol-related crime compared to anywhere else in England | Alcohol Concern, UK
Reducing the impact of alcohol-related harm to Londoners – how well are we doing?
This brief audit of progress against alcohol harm reduction objectives across the capital highlights a mixed picture in terms of what has been achieved since the publication of the first Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England in 2004 | Alcohol Concern, UK
Global burden of disease in young people aged 10—24 years
The main risk factors for incident disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) in 10—24-year-olds were alcohol (7% of DALYs), unsafe sex (4%), iron deficiency (3%), lack of contraception (2%), and illicit drug use (2%) | Lancet
Russia defies growing consensus with declaration of 'total war on drugs'
Under new laws being drawn up addicts would be forced into treatment or jailed, and dealers 'treated like serial killers' | Guardian, UK
Publicans to help combat heroin use
The escalation of heroin use in a Co Waterford town has prompted publicans to print 10,000 beer mats listing places where users of the class A drug can get help | Irish Examiner
State could save €80m a year in health costs if alcohol consumption halved
If Irish people halved their current alcohol consumption to the upper limit of recommended drinking levels, the health costs to the exchequer for hospital beds would drop by €80 million a year, according to newly-published research | Irish Times
Medicine and the Epidemic of Incarceration in the United States
On January 1, 2008, one of every 100 adults or more than 2.3 million people, were behind bars | NEJM, USA
Recovery Defined
A Unified Working Definition and Set of Principles | SAMHSA, USA
Recovery Support
Partnering with people in recovery from mental and substance use disorders to guide the behavioral health system and promote individual-, program, and system-level approaches that foster health and resilience | SAMHSA, USA
Leading Change
A Plan for SAMHSA's Roles and Actions 2011-2014 | SAMHSA, USA
U.S. can't justify its drug war spending, reports say
Government reports say the Obama administration is unable to show that billions of dollars spent in the anti-drug efforts in Latin America have made a significant difference | LA Times, USA
How many have died in Mexico's drug war?
The last figure released by the Mexican government on the number of dead during its 4 1/2-year, military-led crackdown on organized crime came in January, at just over 34,000. It covered the period from the start of the drug war in December 2006 until the end of 2010 | LA Times, USA
Suspicion and Disunity Impede Central America’s Effort to Fight Drug Violence
The nations of Central America agree on one thing: They cannot by themselves combat the drug and organized crime violence that is making the region among the world’s unsafest | New York Times, USA
Victorian AOD Workforce Strategy – Stakeholder Consultation
Consultation with the Victorian Alcohol and Other Drugs sector in order to develop three (3) position papers that will inform the overall development of an AOD workforce strategy - would be greatly appreciated if you could complete the survey by COB Friday 17th June 2011 | Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association, Australia
People turned away from government-funded specialist homelessness accommodation 2009-10
This report presents data on the people turned away from government-funded specialist homelessness accommodation in 2009-10. The data indicate that government-funded specialist homelessness agencies are operating to capacity and are unable to completely meet the demand for their accommodation | AIHW, Australia
Pope Benedict XVI and head of UNODC discuss drugs and crime
The UN's lead anti-drug and crime official, Yury Fedotov, today met with Pope Benedict XVI as part of a visit to the Vatican to discuss some of the core issues currently affecting communities across the globe | UNODC