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Lord Henley delivers his first address to the substance misuse sector at DrugScope conference
The keynote speaker, Lord Henley, Minister of State for Crime Prevention and Anti-Social Behaviour Reduction at the Home Office, gave his first address to the substance use sector, in which he outlined plans for the ongoing implementation of the 2010 drug strategy | DrugScope, UK
Alcohol and the Workplace
Factsheet | Institute of Alcohol Studies, UK
Brief interventions: achieving widespread delivery?
A briefing paper has been released exploring the barriers and challenges to implementing routine alcohol brief interventions across England. Report | Alcohol Policy UK
Below-cost alcohol to be banned from April
A ban on the sale of alcohol below a minimum price will be introduced in England and Wales from 6 April 2012 | BBC, UK
Drug and alcohol problems set as 'government priority'
Drug and alcohol problems in the Isle of Man are set to become government priorities, according to the Home Affairs Minister | BBC, UK
New National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Services Launching in 2012!
Drugs.ie is building a more interactive directory that will contain detailed information on Services in your area. The new directory is currently in development and we hope to be launching it in the New Year | Drugs.ie, Ireland
Cannabis to remain illegal - Shortall
Legalising cannabis has been firmly ruled out by Minister of State for Health Róisín Shortall | Irish Times
National Drugs Conference 2011
NCDI Presentations | INEF, Ireland
Failure on drug treatment 'tragic'
At Athy District Court, Judge Desmond Zaidan said the Government was guilty of double standards in mounting security operations on coasts and at airports to keep out drugs while failing to keep drugs out of prisons | Irish Times
Latest trends in treated problem alcohol use
Figures from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) show that the number of cases of treated problem alcohol use rose 43% in the period between 2005 and 2010 | Health Research Board, Ireland
Surge in alcohol abuse reported
The number of people treated for alcohol abuse increased by almost 50 per cent in five years, according to figures just published | Irish Times
587,000 children 'at risk' due to parents' drinking
The findings also show that of the 587,000 children affected, more than 50% were under the age of 15 | Irish Examiner
Cases of treatment for alcohol abuse up 42% since 2005
A total of 42,333 cases with alcohol as a main problem substance presented to drug treatment services from 2005 to 2010, according to a Health Research Board report | Irish Times
Views sought on voluntary code for sale and display of alcohol
Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Mr Alan Shatter TD, has launched a review of the voluntary code and is asking people to submit their views on the subject | The Journal, Ireland
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New approaches help Aboriginal people with addiction and substance use
More than a dozen sessions focus on Aboriginal addiction issues at Issues of Substance conference | CCSA, Canada
CAMH study suggests increased risk of schizophrenia in heavy methamphetamine users
Canadian scientists also confirm previous research showing possible link between cannabis dependence and schizophrenia | EurekAlert
Painkiller abuse treated by sustained buprenorphine/naloxone
NIH announces results from first large scale study on treatment of prescription opioid addiction | NIH, USA
For Painkiller Addicts, Suboxone Means Freedom, Dependence
The first-ever large-scale study to look at treatment options for prescription painkiller addiction has shown that these treatments – much like painkillers themselves – can be a double-edged sword | abc News, USA
California's medical marijuana outlets threatened in government crackdown
Obama administration accused of betraying election promises as it gives scores of outlets until Saturday to shut up shop | Guardian, UK
America's self-defeating 'war on drugs'
Distressingly, the Obama White House seems determined to paint itself into a corner of prohibitionist law enforcement | Guardian, UK
US 'losing battle' to stem flow of illegal guns into Mexico – attorney general
Attorney general Eric Holder tells Senate hearing that Congress is partly to blame because of its hostility to gun control | Guardian, UK
British teen 'poster child' for American drugs war faces life in jail
A British teenager accused of smuggling cocaine into America has been told she will go on trial in the New Year | Telegraph, UK
White and mixed-race youths rank high in alcohol, substance abuse
The first-ever survey of adolescent alcohol and drug abuse to recognize youths of mixed race or ethnicity has found that such kids hover closest to white adolescents in the rate at which they suffer substance abuse disorders | LA Times, USA
Apparent per capita alcohol consumption: national, state, and regional trends, 1977–2009
This surveillance report on 1977–2009 apparent per capita alcohol consumption in the United States is the 25th in a series of consumption reports produced annually by the | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, USA
Alcohol related violence
Position Paper - Key points | Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association, Australia
Message on bottle, but will we listen?
A survey commissioned by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education has found 58 per cent support warning labels on alcohol | The Age, Australia
Labour commits to reducing alcohol harm as TPP negotiated
Alcohol irony - Labour commits to reducing harm from alcohol as Government embarks on free trade agreement negotiations that might stop any future government enacting them | Scoop, New Zealand
Thousands caned, whipped, lashed or flogged each year for drug and alcohol offences
Thousands of drug users and alcohol consumers – and people found in possession of small amounts of drugs and alcohol – are subjected to judicially-sanctioned caning, flogging, lashing or whipping each year, says a new report. Download | Harm Reduction International