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Alcohol-related deaths in the United Kingdom, 2011
Statistical bulletin (PDF) covering alcohol-related deaths in the United Kingdom, England and Wales, and Regions of England | ONS, UK
Addaction responds to new figures on alcohol related deaths
Today, the Office of National Statistics has reported a slight drop in the number of alcohol related deaths across England and Wales. In 2011, 8,748 were recorded - 42 fewer than the previous year | Addaction, UK
Decreasing resources and increasing demand for services: what's happening to you?
We are facing considerable challenges in the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) working with offenders. The Clinks survey is your opportunity to let us know how the current economic climate, funding cuts and policy changes are affecting your organisation, the services you deliver, and the individuals you support | Clinks, UK
Report on the care of suspected internal drug traffickers published
An independent report (PDF) giving clinical advice on the medical care of suspected internal drug traffickers (SIDTs) has been published | DoH, UK
2012 United Kingdom Focal Point Annual Report - now available online (PDF)
The 2012 United Kingdom Focal Point Annual Report, including an overview chapter on new psychoactive substances is now available online| UK Focal Point on Drugs, UK
Scotland Yard chief calls for professional workers to face drug-testing
Millions of professional workers should face drug-testing at work, Britain’s most senior police officer has suggested | Telegraph, UK
The battle over alcohol pricing
Saskatchewan is a long way from the British boozer and the aisles of high street supermarkets. But the experience of the Canadian prairie province could have a defining impact on our society | BBC, UK
Middle-class drinkers 'will bear brunt of alcohol policy'
Older, middle-class drinkers will bear the brunt of David Cameron’s minimum alcohol price plan, according to researchers who predict one of its main effect will be to end today’s multi-buy deals | Telegraph, UK
Julian Ponder jailed for six years for Bali drug possession
A British man has been jailed for six years in Bali for drug offences | BBC, UK
Alcohol-related death rate higher for women in Wales
Women in Wales are more likely to die from alcohol-related causes than women in England, according to official figures | BBC, UK
Pimlico stabbing: Teenage boy dies
A teenage boy who was stabbed to death on Sunday in London was an "exemplary" pupil, his school said | BBC, UK
Duncan Bell killed by Roy Allison in 'drug revenge', inquest hears
A father killed the man he blamed for causing his son's drugs overdose death before hanging himself in the grounds of a crematorium, an inquest has ruled | BBC, UK
New drug bill 'to legalise ecstasy' in Colombia
Colombia's Justice Minister, Ruth Stella Correa, has said a new drugs bill would legalise the personal use of synthetic drugs, such as ecstasy | BBC, UK
Stronger Together: How health and wellbeing boards can work effectively with local providers
A report (PDF) says that the new health and well-being boards should take advantage of the experience and connections of established providers of health and care-related services...if they wanted to be successful at improving the health outcomes of their communities | NHS Confederation, UK
Criminal record checks system breaches human rights, court rules
Senior judge says government 'needs to pull its finger out' after delaying publication of judgment to allow time for response | Guardian, UK
Brazil's fight against drug traffickers stretched thin along its porous borders
President Dilma Rousseff moves to prevent narcotics reaching a booming market created by country's growing middle class | Guardian, UK
Goering the morphine addict, by the Jewish painter who fled for his life
A portrait by a Jewish artist which portrayed Hermann Goering, the leading Nazi, as a morphine addict is to be auctioned | Telegraph, UK
Ministers under fire over tobacco industry meetings
Officials from the departments of Finance and Jobs and Enterprise have been accused of not disclosing meetings with the tobacco industry at a time of intensive lobbying against new EU legislation | Irish Examiner, Ireland
Watch “Methadonia,” Doc Film on Heroin and Poverty
Millie held up her bottle in the car’s backseat, a small see-through one with a childproof cap, no taller than her pointer finger. “See?” She had gone into the drug building to buy “meth,” methadone, not drugs, before traveling to her mom’s home further away in the Bronx. | Scientific American Blogs, USA
Text messaging can be an effective way to reduce HIV risk behaviors among methamphetamine-using MSM
As frequently addressed in this blog, new media is playing an ever-growing role as a tool in our response to HIV/AIDS | Aids.gov, USA
Mexico’s new president changes topic from drug violence, even as mass killings continue
Two months after President Enrique Pena Nieto took office promising to reduce violent crime, the killings linked to Mexico’s drug cartels continue unabated.Only the government’s talk about them has dropped | Washington Post, USA
Teens and Binge Drinking – Is It Something In Your Genes?
A recent article on the Science Daily website reports that there is a genetic component at work with teen binge drinking | PsychCentral Blog, USA
Public urged to 'Dob in a Druggie'
Police in south-west Victoria are encouraging people to report drug users and traffickers, with the launch of a new campaign | ABC News, Australia
Butt out wherever you are: push for world's toughest smoking ban
Smoking would be banned in all public spaces in the City of Melbourne under a radical proposal to make the city healthier and more attractive to visitors while reducing ambiguity for smokers. The move would make smoking bans in Melbourne some of the toughest in the world | Age, Australia