DS Daily - 31st January 2012 |
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Opioid treatment gets Government go-ahead
Research at National Addiction Centre at King’s College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has played a central role in the Department of Health’s recent declaration that Injectable Opioid Treatment is a “clinically-effective second-line treatment” for people with chronic heroin addictions who have repeatedly failed to respond to standard treatmen | NAC, UK
Transcript of oral evidence
Home Affairs Committee Drugs | House of Commons, UK
Motivational interviewing works for teenagers as well as adults
Not just for adults, but teenagers and young adults too, with this analysis motivational interviewing seems confirmed as the leading evidence-based counselling approach to reducing substance use among non-clinical populations | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Young Peoples Outcomes
In recognition of the enormous changes in young people's services, is it time that we looked at a more reflective outcome measuring tool, than the inherited adult system of NDTMS and TOPS? What should it mesure and how could it work to help young people? - Hot Topic from | HIT, UK
Social workers need to define their practice
Social workers are increasingly being appointed on their ability to deliver psychological interventions, argues Martin Webber, but a new pilot aims to put their ability to solve social problems to the test | Guardian, UK
What are the police for?
The Home Secretary's speech on the police on Monday was billed as a coherent ideological vision for the service in England and Wales | BBC, UK
A resounding success or a disastrous failure:
Re-examining the interpretation of evidence on the Portuguese decriminalisation of illicit drugs | Drug and Alcohol Review
Updated Guidelines for Treating Babies Exposed to Drugs in the Womb
Bringing science to bear on the issue, the American Academy of Pediatrics has just updated its guidelines on treating these infants | TIME, USA
More Babies Born With Drug, Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
An increasing number of infants are born with drug and alcohol addiction and withdrawal symptoms, according to a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics | Yahoo, USA
Syringe Exchange Program Ban Reinstated
Sign onto a position statement to show your opposition to this ban | via Google Sites
The Caging of America
Six million people are under correctional supervision in the U.S.—more than were in Stalin’s gulags | The New Yorker, USA
A month without drinking alcohol starts tomorrow
People taking part in this year’s FebFast fundraiser by the New Zealand Drug Foundation will start a month without alcohol from tomorrow, the first of February | Scoop, New Zealand
New UNODC initiative works with youth to address substance abuse
Youth Initiative is an initiative for young people, particularly teenagers, to utilise social media to discuss and act against substance abuse | UNODC