DS Daily - 8th September 2011

Drug regulations work to cut ‘ice’ use

Regulations that control chemicals used to make the drug ‘ice’ work, but they come at a cost, according to new research published today in the | Journal Addiction

Coming off antidepressants

This survey asks about antidepressants stopped within the last 12 months, and contains 28 questions in total. You will not need to answer all of them | Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK

Including plans for a minimum alcohol price and health campaigners said last night that they would be aiming to persuade SNP ministers to increase the minimum-price figure beyond that suggested by the last Scottish administration | The Scotsman, UK

Anti-psychotic prescriptions go unredeemed

Greater percentage of anti-psychotic prescriptions go unredeemed compared to other drugs, study of 145 GP practices suggests | NHS Information Centre, UK

£10m to back Big Society innovators

A new £10million fund to find and back innovative new ideas for increasing volunteering and charitable giving has been opened | Cabinet Office, UK

Our shared responsibility- protecting the unborn baby from alcohol

MEPs together with Mr John Dalli, the Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, discussed different ways to protect unborn babies from the negative effects of alcohol at the EU level | Eurocare

War on drugs in Alberta prisons ‘cannot be won,’ judge laments

The death of a Drumheller inmate who overdosed behind bars was accidental, but is also proof that prisons are still battling a drug culture | Calgary Herald, Canada

2011 National Drug Threat Assessment

National Drug Intelligence Center, USA

DEA Moves to Emergency Control Synthetic Stimulants

Agency Will Study Whether To Permanently Control Three Substances | DEA, USA

Missouri technical college launches widespread drug tests

Opponents see privacy concerns | Washington Post, USA

Misuse of Drugs Act to be overhauled

Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne says the next Government will overhaul the Misuse of Drugs Act - now almost 40 years old | Radio New Zealand

Police arrest 300 in cannabis crackdown

Police carried out 301 search warrants as part of Operation Localise, a nationally coordinated operation focusing on "tinnie houses" - those where cannabis is sold | New Zealand Herald

Online Guide to Decisions about Drinking During Pregnancy

The Online Guide to Making Responsible Decisions about Drinking During Pregnancy Launches on World FASD Awareness Day, 9 September 2011 in Auckland | Scoop, New Zealand

Vietnam Accused of Abusing Drug Addicts

The Vietnamese government calls it labor therapy, a program to move drug addicts off the streets and into treatment centers, where they process cashew nuts, sew garments, weave baskets | New York Times, USA