DS Daily - 20th May 2011 |
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Naloxone heroin overdose reversal kits trial expanded
A kit that has helped more than 50 drug abusers in Wales survive a heroin overdose will be given to more addicts | BBC, UK
Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) - Evaluation Research Study
The final report, separate executive summary and highlights are now available | Brunel University, UK
London pilot scheme for addicts 'reunites families'
Families have been reunited and care proceedings costs cut after drug and alcohol addicts took part in a pilot project in London, a report suggests | BBC, UK
Drugs court approach sees fewer children taken into care
Parents with substance misuse problems are less likely to have their children taken into care if they have been through the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC), an independent evaluation has found | Community Care, UK
Blood Borne Virus Champions Increase Screening Uptake in Reading
Key workers trained as Blood Borne Virus (BBV) Champions have improved service user engagement in treatment services at Reading DAIS | CRI, UK
More effective responses to antisocial behaviour
Response from | Criminal Justice Alliance, UK
Violent drinkers to face pub ban
Grampian Police have introduced the measure to tackle trouble caused by drunken patrons in Aberdeen | The Herald, Scotland, UK
Teens addicted to the internet 'more likely to be depressed, angry and use drugs'
In findings that will worry parents across America, researchers said going online was such a compulsion for some High School students that withdrawing could cause serious medical and psychological consequences | Daily Mail, UK
Smoking while pregnant 'triggers asthma through DNA changes'
Children whose mothers smoked while pregnant are at an increased risk of developing asthma, say scientists | Telegraph, UK
RCMP cut school drug abuse program
RCMP have a cut a community policing program that saw a constable permanently placed in schools in eastern P.E.I., working with students to prevent the use of illegal drugs | CBC News, Canada
Purchasing integrated services for substance use conditions in health care settings
An Issue brief on lessons learned and challenges ahead | Treatment Research Institute, USA
Greater police powers 'unfair to ill, homeless'
Civil libertarians have criticised state government plans to extend police powers to order drunk people in public places to ''move on'', saying it will lead to an increase in arrests of indigenous, homeless and mentally ill people | SMH, Australia
Drug fight needs injection of reality
Any rational debate about safe drug-injecting rooms should weigh these questions. Would lives be saved? Would it improve users' health and chances of rehabilitation? | The Age, Australia