DS Daily - 23rd June 2011 |
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Changes to Employment and Support Allowance
The 2010 Drug Strategy made clear the government's intention to amend the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) legislation so that people accessing drug or alcohol residential rehab become automatically entitled to ESA on the basis that they have 'limited capability to work' | NTA, UK
Government launches drug recovery wings to help cut reoffending
Special units to help prisoners kick their drug addictions are launching in five prisons as part of the Government's plans to reform sentencing | Justice.gov, UK
Release responds to Sentencing Consultation for Drug Offences
Release has responded to the Sentencing Council's Consultation Paper on sentencing for drugs offences. Full response | Release, UK
Addaction responds to new report on substance misuse among ageing population
Our experience is that many of these people are retired, and living alone due to divorce, bereavement and their children moving away. This isolation is compounded by alcohol | Addaction, UK
Policing Priorities
We are holding an inquiry into the New Landscape of Policing, with the aim of assessing the extent to which the Government’s proposals, as set out in Policing in the 21st Century, will enhance the efficiency, economy and effectiveness of the police. We’re keen to hear your views on what the police should be doing | Parliament, UK
I think I must have been born bad
Emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people in the youth justice system | Children's Commissioner, UK
Young offenders failed by prison systems
The Deputy Children's Commissioner for England says that mental health problems are not properly assessed and physical restraint is frequently used | BBC, UK
UK Drugs Strategy: off-balance as before?
Eric Carlin asks with the new UK Drug Strategy, has the Coalition Government got the balance right? | Worksforfreedom
Boozing oldies - not the real issue?
Society today is hopeless at assessing risk, and a new report stressing the perils of oldsters taking to the bottle seems to be over-egging this one | Guardian, UK
Wales - Homelessness, January to March 2011
The latest revised National Statistics on homelessness produced by the | Welsh Assembly Government, UK
Drug use in Europe still a major threat to public health
Message from Wolfgang Götz, EMCDDA Director ahead of International day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking (26 June) | EMCDDA
Drug policy profiles — Portugal
The EMCDDA Drug policy profiles aim to describe some of the main characteristics of national drug policies in Europe and beyond. PDF | EMCDDA
The Transatlantic Cocaine Market
While almost all of the cocaine produced globally comes from the Andean region (Colombia, Peru and the Plurinational State of Bolivia), the location of demand has shifted drastically in the last decade | UNODC
Monitoring the Future
National survey results on drug use, 1975-2010. Volume I: Secondary school students | Monitoring the Future, USA
Marijuana initiative backers say state could lead change
Washington state would be defying federal drug laws if an initiative filed Wednesday with the Secretary of State to legalize and regulate marijuana is adopted | Seattle Times, USA
Conference of Mayors Unanimously Passes Resolution Calling the War on Drugs a Failed Policy
Resolution Comes on the Heels of Report from Global Drug Policy Commission Calling for Major Drug Policy Reform. Mayors' resolution | Drug Policy Alliance, USA
Central America drugs war: Clinton pledges more funds
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged more foreign aid to fight drug cartels in Central America | BBC, UK
Central America asks U.S. for help with drug cartels
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton promised Wednesday that the U.S. government would spend nearly $300 million this year helping governments in Central America confront the mafias that smuggle cocaine to American consumers | Washington Post, USA
Tobacco ads to be banned on net
A proposed ban on tobacco advertising on the internet will bring the prohibition into the 21st century, parliament has been told | Herald Sun, Australia
UNODC to launch World Drug Report 2011
The Report is embargoed until 10h00 New York / 15h00 London / 16h00 Vienna on 23 June 2011 | UNODC
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