DS Daily - 16th November 2011

Working Protocol between the Home Secretary and the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

The new working protocol jointly developed and agreed between the Home Secretary and the ACMD. Download | Home Office, UK

ACMD Anabolic Steroids Advice

ACMD Anabolic Steroids Advice (2011). Download | Home Office, UK

Further advice on Diphenylprolinol (D2PM) and Diphenylmethylpyrrolidine

Further advice on Diphenylprolinol (D2PM) and Diphenylmethylpyrrolidine (2011). Download | Home Office, UK

Import ban on diphenylprolinol and diphenylmethylpyrrolidine

A notice to industry on the ban of imports of diphenylprolinol (diphenyl-2-pyrrolidinyl-methanol or D2PM) and diphenylmethylpyrrolidine. Download | Home Office, UK

New drug control power takes effect

A new power to temporarily control potentially harmful new drugs came into effect overnight, alongside an importation ban on two substances closely linked to chemicals found in ‘legal high’ brand ‘Ivory Wave’ | Home Office, UK

Temporary class drug - factsheet

This fact sheet setting out temporary control provisions and how temporary class drugs orders will work, including offences and criminal penalties. Download | Home Office, UK

Drug seizures

Letter to Damian Green MP Minister of State for Immigration from Sir Michael Scholar, Chair of the | UK Statistics Authority

Home Office rebuked for 'highly selective' briefing on drugs seizures

Statistics Authority raises concerns that briefing may have been intended to show the UK Border Agency in a good light | Guardian, UK

DrugScope Street Drug Trends Survey 2011: Ketamine problems on the rise

More drug services are seeing people coming forward for help with the drug ketamine, according to DrugScope’s 2011 Street Drug Trends Survey, published in the November/December edition of the charity’s Druglink magazine | DrugScope, UK

Interventions for Drug Users in the Criminal Justice System: Scottish Review

The purpose of this review was to examine the available research evidence on criminal justice interventions in Scotland in terms of „effectiveness‟, (measured by rates of reconviction/reoffending, and reductions in drug use) and costs | SCCJR, University of Stirling, UK

2011 Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe

The report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe presents the EMCDDA's yearly overview of the drug phenomenon. This is an essential reference book for policymakers, specialists and practitioners in the drugs field or indeed anyone seeking the latest findings on drugs in Europe | EMCDDA

Annual report 2011: Highlights 1

Policies and responses must be fit to face the challenges of the next decade, says drugs agency chief | EMCDDA

Mortality related to drug use in Europe

This Selected issue focuses on mortality among drug users due to all causes, of which drug-induced deaths (overdoses) is only a component, albeit the one most well-documented. Download | EMCDDA

Cost and financing of drug treatment services in Europe

This Selected issue provides an exploratory European overview of costs associated with treatment for drug dependence. The cost of drug treatment in Europe is looked at from two main angles in this report. Download | EMCDDA

Payment-by-results plan for YOTs is shelved

Major plans to introduce payment-by-results for youth offending teams have been shelved because of concern over the way youth reoffending rates are calculated | Children & Young People Now, UK

Drug prevention programmes in schools: What is the evidence?

Mentor has undertaken a literature review of drug prevention programmes in schools which has six key messages for the government | Mentor, UK

Children bombarded by alcohol marketing

Our children are being bombarded by alcohol advertising which is encouraging them to drink alcohol at an early age – and in greater quantities | Alcohol Concern, UK

How to make aftercare the rule rather than the exception

Widely seen as valuable if not essential, aftercare is nevertheless more the exception than the rule. How to reverse that ratio is the question addressed by these leading US analysts. In the process they touch on a central UK policy issue: should we keep people in low-level extended treatment contact, or go for a clean and relatively rapid exit from the treatment system? | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK

Alcohol could be banned on Scottish trains, report says

Passengers in Scotland could be banned from drinking alcohol on trains, a report into the radical overhaul of rail travel has suggested | BBC, UK

Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association

The British Medical Association called for the extension of the current ban on smoking in public places after reviewing evidence of the dangers | BBC, UK

NHS watchdog faces investigation as concerns mount over patient care

NHS insiders questioning whether the Care Quality Commission, set up by Labour in 2009, is fit for purpose | Guardian, UK

New findings alcohol related harm and crime

New research from alcohol charity shows 50% of people have experienced some of alcohol-related intimidation, threat or violence in the past year | Alcohol Action Ireland

Drugnet Europe 76

In this issue: In this issue: Annual report 2011 highlights; EMCDDA scientific paper award; ‘Have your say’ in two online surveys; technical cooperation with the Eastern partnership countries; European summer school on illicit drugs; and a new EMCDDA manual on prevention. Download | EMCDDA