DS Daily - 24th October 2011 |
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Drugs are found in Scots jails 140 times a month
Prisoners are being caught with drugs more than 140 times a month as contraband smuggled into jail soars out of control | Daily Express, UK
Trust says 700 prisoners addicted to drugs
More than 700 prisoners in Northern Ireland are addicted to drugs, according to the director of health care for inmates | BBC, UK
SNP conference: Alcohol pricing bill back to Holyrood
A new bill on minimum pricing for alcohol will be introduced at Holyrood within the next month, the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon has promised | BBC, UK
Don't drink on 3 days a week
As the liver crisis deepens, leading doctors warn of the dangers | Daily Mail, UK
RCP comments on the frequency of alcohol consumption
Following oral and written evidence given to the Science and Technology Committee's Inquiry into the evidence base for alcohol, Sir Ian Gilmore, Royal College of Physicians (RCP) special adviser on alcohol, has commented on the frequency of alcohol consumption | Royal College of Physicians, UK
Avoid alcohol three days a week, doctors warn
The Department for Health said it had no plans to change its guidance | BBC, UK
Newquay underage drinkers given alcohol by parents
Seven out of 10 under-age drinkers caught in the Cornish holiday resort of Newquay were given alcohol by their parents, according to police | BBC, UK
Booze-free beers on the table for Capital children
Alcohol-free drinks would be promoted to children under changes proposed by licensing experts in Edinburgh | Edinburgh Evening News, UK
One-woman theatremaker Lisa Nicoll returns with Home Run
The play deals with the drug addiction and recovery of Scottish women | The List, UK
Child protection destabilised by cuts, says expert
Vulnerable children are now "at greater risk" because the coalition has pared back vital safety measures, according to one of Britain's most experienced child protection officers | Independent, UK
LGA and NHS experts join forces on public health
Five major health bodies and the Local Government Association (LGA) have set out a shared position on the Government’s crucial reform of public health across England | LocalGov, UK
Offender personality disorder – consultation response
The response to the offender personality disorder consultation has now been published | Department of Health, UK
International Narcotics Control Board 102nd session
Vienna, 24 October-11 November 2011. Provisional agenda | INCB
Beyond Methadone – Improving Health and Empowering Patients in Opioid Treatment
Our research findings cover topics as diverse as hepatitis C, overdose prevention, syringe access, alternatives to methadone (burprenorphine), treatment interruptions, patient rights and involvement, and harassment by security and police | Vocal New York, USA
Chemicals Used in "Bath Salts” Now Under Federal Control and Regulation
DEA Will Study Whether To Permanently Control Three Substances | DEA, USA
D.E.A. Bans Chemicals Used in ‘Bath Salts’
The Drug Enforcement Administration took emergency action on Friday to ban three synthetic stimulants used to make products that are marketed at head shops and on the Web as “bath salts,” but are actually used as recreational drugs that mimic the effects of cocaine, LSD and methamphetamine | New York Times, USA
Public Safety, Law Enforcement, and Syringe Exchange
SEPs are a cornerstone of prevention efforts to protect the health and safety of police officers, fire fighters, other civil servants, and the public by helping to reduce the transmission of blood-borne diseases, including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C | American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
Helping the Mentally Ill to Quit Smoking
A pilot program in New York City is challenging a long-held belief about cigarette smoking?that people with mental-health problems aren't interested in quitting | Wall Street Journal, USA
Mexico’s drug war is giving growers a break
The Mexican government is allowing domestic marijuana and opium poppy production to climb to record levels, as soldiers who once cut and burned illegal crops here in the vast Sierra Madre mountains are being redeployed to cities to wage urban warfare against criminal gangs | Washington Post, USA
The Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations
An Assessment of Mexican Security Based on Existing RAND Research on Urban Unrest, Insurgency, and Defense-Sector Reform. Full document | RAND, USA
Juvenile justice in Australia 2009-10
In Australia, around 7,250 young people were under juvenile justice supervision on any given day in 2009-10 | AIHW, Australia
''Tough on drugs' actually means 'no new ideas'
The government continues its policy that's demonstrably failed, Ross Fitzgerald writes | Canberra Times, Australia
BALKA: Women, HIV, and Drug Use in Ukraine
A documentary film directed by Anya Meksin and Leeza Meksin and produced by Sophie Pinkham, Balka details the lives of women struggling with drug use and HIV in Ukraine | Open Society Foundations, USA
Compulsory drug detention centre experiences - Bangkok, Thailand
Despite Thailand's official reclassification of drug users as "patients" deserving care and not "criminals," the Thai government has continued to rely heavily on punitive responses to drug use such as "boot camp"-style compulsory "treatment" centers. PDF | IDPC