DS Daily - 10th January 2012 |
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Strengthening Partnerships to Tackle Multiple Needs and Exclusions
A series of free learning events to bring together individuals who have an interest in developing locally-based, coordinated approaches to tackling multiple needs and exclusions | MEAM, UK
Recovery and the UK Drug Strategy
Sara McGrail talks about recovery and its place in the UK drug strategy, in the context of a drugs field that sometimes seems inclined to want people to take sides, and have polarised positions, when in fact there's broad agreement | You Tube
Ministers back call to quiz patients on lifestyles
An independent panel of government advisers says health professionals should take every opportunity to discuss diet, exercise, smoking and drinking habits | BBC, UK
Alcoholic man aged 26 needs liver transplant
Matt Maden was 10 years old when he first started drinking alcohol. Now aged 26 he needs a liver transplant | BBC, UK
Frankly they don’t give a damn. When will the Government commit to a proper drugs prevention policy?
Even more shocking than last week’s statistic, brought to light by the Daily Mail, that over 12,000 children under 16 were arrested for drugs offences last year, was the Government’s casual response | Daily Mail, UK
Charities press for ringfencing of money for vulnerable people
Charities say welfare reforms will see funds meant for the destitute or victims of domestic violence get lost in the system | Guardian, UK
Rethink needed on social fund reform
We [Signatories] are deeply concerned at the government's proposals to abolish elements of the social fund and pass some of the funding to local authorities, without any statutory obligation to ensure they provide emergency support to vulnerable people | Guardian, UK
Social Fund Lords Briefing
This briefing outlines our concerns and three amendments which have been tabled to address these | Family Action, UK
Work Programme charities hit out against 'gagging' clauses
Charities delivering the government’s flagship welfare-to-work scheme, the Work Programme, have mixed feelings about the clauses in some contracts that they must not attract "adverse publicity" to the Department for Work and Pensions and must let the department approve their communications with the media | Third Sector, UK
Charities scared to speak out amid cuts, says report
Service provider charities censoring their public remarks for fear of funding reprisals, warns Independence Panel | Guardian, UK
Nicotine replacement has no long-term benefit when quitting smoking
Study suggests people who use nicotine gum or patches to quit smoking are just as likely to have relapsed a few years later | Guardian, UK
The 'safer' route from harm
In the second of our two-part series on Ireland’s heroin problem, we visit Limerick’s first mobile needle exchange unit – just one of the approaches being taken to deal with heroin addiction outside Dublin | Irish Times
Fixerum - Mobile Injection Room in Copenhagen
A short movie showing a new innovative project in Copenhagen that can serve as a good practice | Drug Reporter, Hungary
'Too many Irish people drink to excess'
Labour Minister hits out at low cost of alcohol and says ‘the time is right’ to tackle Ireland’s ‘unhealthy relationship’ with drink | Irish Times
Minimum price for alcohol being considered
The introduction of a minimum price for alcohol is just one of a number of measures being considered to tackle alcohol misuse in Ireland | RTE News, Ireland
Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), 2009
The DAWN public-use dataset provides information for all types of drugs, including illegal drugs, prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, dietary supplements, anesthetic gases, substances that have psychoactive effects when inhaled, alcohol when used in combination with other drugs (all ages), and alcohol alone (only for patients aged 20 or younger) | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive, USA
The Prescription Opiate Arms Race
Plans for the manufacture and sale of hydrocodone pills five to 10 times more potent than is now available and sold under the brand name Vicodin and others is a warning sign of an escalation of what we might call the "prescription opiate arms race" among pharmaceutical companies | Huffington Post, USA