DS Daily - 16th June 2011 |
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Brighton needs a drugs rethink
The city's top police officer and local MP are right to support decriminalising personal drug use – jail terms offer no solution | Guardian, UK
Prison drug smugglers warned by Lord Judge
Anyone caught smuggling drugs into prison should face longer "deterrent" sentences, the country's most senior judge has said | BBC, UK
New FEAD videos
Professor William Julius Wilson and Carol Craig: Creating Good Lives Conference | FEAD, UK
Chronic ketamine use kills bladder cells
There is growing evidence that chronic use of the recreational drug ketamine is linked with severe bladder problems | New Scientist
SMART Recovery groups offer AA alternative to UK problem drinkers
Austerity plus recovery plus curtailed treatment equals more mutual aid is the formula for ways out of dependence in the post-credit crunch 2010s. But with only 12-step groups like AA, the offer is limited. What will it take for a cognitive-behavioural alternative to flourish in England was the question for this pilot project | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Low-income neighbourhoods in Britain
The report is based on the findings of a three-year research project, Living through Change in Challenging Neighbourhoods, which was carried out in six low-income neighbourhoods across Britain. Full report - Summary| Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK
EMCDDA General report of activities 2010
The General report of activities is an annual publication providing a detailed progress report of the EMCDDA’s activities over a 12-month period. It catalogues the Centre’s achievements in each area of its annual work programme. Download report | EMCDDA
Living with HIV in Ireland - a self-help guide
The topics in this self-help guide surfaced during a series of focus groups held with people living with HIV and these are the topics that were chosen by the participants | Dublin AIDS Alliance, Ireland
Drug Is Harder to Abuse, but Users Persevere
The reformulated pills are harder to crush, turning instead into a gummy substance that cannot be easily snorted, injected or chewed | New York Times, USA
Energy Drinks Linked to Substance Use in Musicians, Study Shows
Frequent use of energy drinks is associated with binge drinking, alcohol-related social problems and misuse of prescription drugs among musicians, according to researchers at the University at | Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions, USA
Drug use among men arrested in D.C. falls, survey says
A majority of men arrested in the District last year tested positive for recent drug use, although the percentage was down from previous years, according to a federal survey | Washington Post, USA
Why Addiction Recovery Should Be a Feminist Issue
Right now, I am hoping to put recovery culture on the feminist radar by offering a condensed version of this twisted world and the culture it has generated | Opposing Views, USA
On 40th Anniversary Of War On Drugs, Cops Decry Obama's Drug Policy
Forty years after President Richard Nixon first declared a war on drugs, the officers who fought in it are calling for a truce | Huffington Post, USA
NIAAA Spectrum for June
Feature article: Pharmaceutical treatment for alcohol use disorders, including how the NIAAA Clinical Investigations Group encourages medication development | NIAAA, USA
The war on drugs' bitter blowback
A grim irony of Mexico's failed offensive against drug trafficking is that the US has supplied cartels with guns – deliberately even | Guardian, UK