DS Daily - 10th May 2011 |
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Heroin 'antidote' has helped save 20 lives in 18 months
The drug naloxone has been handed out to addicts via the Swansea Drugs Project in Mansel Street, since the city was chosen by the Welsh Assembly Government to introduce the scheme in 2009 | This is South Wales, UK
Jobcentre staff 'sent guidelines on how to deal with claimants' suicide threats'
Employees 'receive six-point plan telling them to take each threat seriously' as clamp on benefits takes effect | Guardian, UK
Sensible drinking campaign begins in Leicester
NHS Leicester City has teamed up with local pharmacists in a pilot scheme to encourage people to cut down their drinking | BBC, UK
Drunks, junkies and fatsos: the return of the undeserving poor
David Cameron stepped up last week to slap us when we’re down, saying people who are sick because they drink too much, eat too much or take the wrong sort of drugs shouldn’t get incapacity benefit because it’s all their fault | The Publican’s Morning Advertiser, UK
Alcohol consumption has ‘significant’ influence on suicide rates
Alcohol consumption has a "significant" influence on suicide levels among males at all ages and young women, research shows | Irish Examiner
Drugs as much danger as alcohol for drivers in South Africa
New figures released today by Concateno, the leading international drug and alcohol testing company, reveal that drug driving in South Africa is considered to be a widespread problem, and one that is as worrying as drink driving | Concateno, UK
Noam Chomsky on The War On Drugs
A war against the oppressed - duration 10:34 | You Tube
Florida “Pill Mill” Bill Passes House and Senate; Governor Plans to Sign Measure
Florida’s House and Senate have unanimously passed a bill designed to shut down “pill mills,” pain clinics that cater to people shopping for opioid medications | Join Together, USA
Mexico's president offers to meet with anti-violence movement
A day after tens of thousands of Mexicans joined in anti-violence protests, President Felipe Calderon offered Monday to meet with organizers to explain a government drug war that has produced growing worry as deaths climb | LA Times, USA
Betty Ford Center Panel to Serve as WebMD Substance Abuse Experts
Betty Ford Center professionals have been chosen to serve as the panel of experts providing information in the Substance Abuse Community on the WebMD website | PR Newswire
Ecstasy impurity leads to designer drug rise
Ecstasy impurity leads to designer drug rise | ABC News, Australia
Tolerance a recipe for drug misery
The collective wisdom of society is that the more permissive society is with dangerous drugs, the more dangerous drugs will be abused | SMH, Australia
The war on drugs: who's winning?
It's Australia's longest war and yet no one stops to ask if it's worth the cost. The first of a two-part series considers the benefits produced by a conflict in which more than 12,000 have died | The Age, Australia