DS Daily - 27th October 2011

Outcome definitions agreed for drugs recovery pilot bids

Detailed definitions that should be used in measuring outcomes from pilots relating to the Drug and Alcohol Payment by Results initiative have been agreed and finalised | Department of Health, UK

Addiction killed Amy Winehouse – what sort doesn't matter

Making a distinction between drug and alcohol addiction is dangerous. As Winehouse showed, they can both be deadly | Guardian, UK

Amy Winehouse 'ignored GP's alcohol warnings'

Winehouse, who was taking medication to cope with alcohol withdrawal and anxiety, was reviewed last year by a psychologist and psychiatrist about her drinking but "had her own views" about treatment | Independent, UK

South East Alcohol Innovation Programme

An independent evaluation of the South East Alcohol Innovation Programme (SEAIP), which ran from 2009 to 2011 | Centre for Public Innovation

Alcohol warnings 'still being ignored', minister says

Many people still do not accept the harm that alcohol can do to their bodies, despite government warnings, the public health minister has said | BBC, UK

Scottish data reveals alcohol and drug fire link

Alcohol or drugs were a factor in at least one in six accidental house fires in Scotland over the past year, according to government figures | BBC, UK

Alcohol price plan probably illegal, warns minister

Major doubts were cast on the Scottish Government’s plans to lead the world and introduce a minimum price on alcohol yesterday after a UK minister said the plans were “probably illegal” | The Herald, Scotland, UK

Drink driver postcode lottery

1,500 drivers walk from court without a ban | Daily Mail, UK

People should be free to take smart drugs if they choose to

If you could take a pill that would instantly improve your memory or increase your ability to make sense of complex ideas, perhaps even make discoveries worthy of a Nobel prize, would you? Professor Andy Miah is Director of the Creative Futures Research Centre at the University of the West of Scotland | Independent, UK

Prevention profiles 2011

What are countries in Europe doing to prevent illicit drug use? 'Prevention profiles' try to answer this question by providing information based on expert appraisal of the level of provision of different prevention measures in Europe | EMCDDA

The role of education in developing recovery capital in recovery from substance addiction

This report is derived from an analysis of data from 20 in-depth interviews with individuals in recovery from substance addiction; the data was collected as part of a wider study that explored how people recover from drug addiction and how they manage the process of social reintegration | Soilse Drug Rehabilitation Project, Dublin, Ireland