DS Daily - 14th May 2013 |
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Barriers and facilitators to Hepatitis C treatment for people who inject drugs
Through qualitative interviews with HCV treatment providers and people who inject drugs (PWID) this research explores the experience of HCV treatment access and delivery from patient, provider and ‘system’ perspectives... | Skills Consortium, UK
Everyday lives of recovering heroin users
The research draws on the personal accounts of 40 recovering heroin users detailing the psychological, physical and social elements of their unique recovery journeys| Skills Consortium, UK
From addiction to recovery: the referral process
Kristoffer Johansson is addicted to drugs. After an emergency visit to hospital he realised something had to change. Like 27,229 UK adults did between 2011-2012, Kristoffer referred himself to rehab [DrugScope quoted] | Mediamind.co.uk, UK
Stop-and-frisk can only work after real police reform
As mayor, I would reform the police and end the misuse of police tactics that have made New York into something out of Dickens | Guardian, UK
Anti-cocaine vaccine that eats drug up 'like Pac-man' could be used on humans within a year
An anti-cocaine vaccine that ‘eats up cocaine like a Pac-man’ has come a step closer to being used in humans. The new vaccine that could help treat cocaine addicts has just passed preliminary tests in primates and could be trialled on humans soon | Mail Online, UK
New St Mungo’s and Foundation66 project to help people back into work
St Mungo's, in partnership with Foundation66, has been awarded a London Councils contract to help around 300 people across 33 London boroughs towards, and into, jobs | St Mungo's, UK
Metropolitan Police give out cautions for a quarter of ALL crimes including rapes, drug trafficking and robbery
Britain's largest police force let a quarter of all criminals in the past year escape with just a caution, new figures revealed today. The crimes which were punished with no more than a slap on the wrist from Scotland Yard included robbery, drug trafficking and even rape | Mail Online, UK
Pregnancy smoking tests 'are bullying'
All pregnant women could be tested to see if they are smoking according to proposals from the body which issues guidance to the NHS | BBC, UK
Behind the Headlines: Will all pregnant women be breathalysed for smoking?
Pregnant women will be asked to take a breath test to prove if they are smoking during pregnancy, media reports suggest | NICE, UK
Benefits of post-treatment check-ups extend to four years
Chicago studies have shown that quarterly check-ups on former patients can identify treatment need and pave the way for re-entry. Though extra substance use/problem reductions were modest, these remained significant four years after patients started treatment. Issue for the UK: how does this square with the stress on lasting treatment exit? | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Hampshire police respond to increase in illegal raves
Police in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are to co-ordinate a "long-term, preventative response" to unlicensed music events, or raves | BBC, UK
Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie interview: 'drugs put my life in chaos'
There is a lot of music in the Primal Scream frontman. He shifts in his seat, dips his shoulders, wriggles his torso and moves as if he’s dancing to the rhythm of his words | Telegraph, UK
Alcohol Concern is looking for a team of writers to create articles exploring various issues related to alcohol
It’s The Drink Talking is a campaign that aims to give young people a voice on alcohol issues, as well as the tools to create positive social change | National Student, UK
World Anti-Doping Agency finalises new code to penalise drug cheats
The World Anti-Doping Agency's top officials spent the weekend honing a new global code which includes doubling suspensions for some drug cheats | Telegraph, UK
Drug dealing Burns brothers to hand over £65,313 crime cash
Two brothers who were jailed for drug dealing have been ordered to hand over £65,313 under proceeds of crime laws | BBC, UK
Physics technician at top university used his lab to prepare cocaine worth hundreds of thousands of pounds
A technician at one of Britain’s leading universities has been jailed for using his lab to prepare high-grade cocaine. Timothy Newbury, 53, used a hydraulic press in the Physics department at Bristol University to create blocks of the class-A drug | Mail Online, UK
Jersey customs staffing 'not increasing drug smuggling'
Staff shortages at Jersey's customs service are not affecting its ability to catch drug smugglers, a report says | BBC, UK
Last orders for old money
Calling time on its Guinness sponsorship can ultimately be good business for the GAA, writes Dermot Crowe | Irish Independent, Ireland
Rehab for drunk drivers and road rage affected
Proposals would see dangerous drivers forced to visit Emergency Departments | Newstalk.ie, Ireland
There are almost twice as many deaths due to alcohol in Ireland as due to all other drugs combined
In this talk, Professor Frank Murray, Consultant Gastroenterologist and chair of the national alcohol policy group at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI), speaks about alcohol-related harm in Ireland | Alcohol Action Ireland, Ireland
Majority of publicans want minimum alcohol pricing
More than 70pc of publicans want the government to introduce a minimum price for alcohol to help pubs hurt by competition from cheaper off-licences, according to a new survey | Irish Independent, Ireland
Tourist cannabis cafe ban leads to surge in dealing in the south
The decision to ban foreigners not resident in the Netherlands from the country’s cannabis cafes has led to an ‘explosion’ in drugs-related crime in the south of the country, the AD reports on Saturday | DutchNews.nl, Netherlands
Pro-Kremlin vigilantes hunt drug pushers in Russia, but are they state thugs?
Two men in their early 20s lie face down in the snow, hands tied behind their backs, heads doused with dark red paint | Toronto Star.com, Canada
Meth use doubles across Melbourne: report
A massive jump in emergency calls due to crystal meth abuse across Melbourne has prompted warnings for authorities to act now before another epidemic occurs | Australian, Australia