Daily news - 3rd January 2020 |
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UK news
New ACMD self-commissioned workstreams (PDF)
I am pleased to update you on new self-commissioned workstreams for the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) for 2020 | ACMD, UK
YouGov / Portman Group survey on Consumer Attitudes to Alcohol Packaging (PDF)
The surveys remind producers that their choice of container and its size has a real impact on consumer perceptions and how a product is consumed | Portman Group, UK
How to Break Your Casual Cocaine Habit
Adam Winstock, founder of the Global Drug Survey, has some advice for those who want to reduce their use | VICE, UK
Dry January: ‘I thought not drinking was just for alcoholics’
Can being sober find a mainstream audience outside trends like Dry January? | BBC, UK
Associations between vaping and relapse to smoking: preliminary findings from a longitudinal survey in the UK
Most smokers attempting to quit relapse. There is little evidence whether the use of e-cigarettes (‘vaping’) increases or decreases relapse. This study aimed to assess 1) whether vaping predicted relapse among exsmokers, and 2) among ex-smokers who vaped, whether vaping characteristics predicted relapse | Harm Reduction Journal, UK
Royal Navy adjusts rules to allow Rastafarians to keep their long hair and beards as head of new association calls for end of drug-taking stereotype
The Royal Navy has changed its rules to allow Rastafarians to keep their long hair and beards as the head of a new association has called for the end of the drug-taking stereotype | Telegraph, UK
80 Royal Regiment of Scotland soldiers test positive for drugs over two years
A total of 30 service personnel failed drug tests in the first 10 months of 2019 while 50 tested positive for drugs in 2018 | UK Defence Journal, UK
Levels of child criminal exploitation 'almost back to Victorian times'
Exclusive: police chief says problem is at a high for modern era amid lack of youth facilities | Guardian, UK
Online drugs sales: Coroner seeks answers after woman's death
Suffolk coroner Jacqueline Devonish has written to a regulator and two drug companies questioning whether tighter checks were needed for online sales | BBC, UK
Man arrested for drug-driving at 100mph on A11
A man has been arrested after he was stopped for driving at 100mph (160km/h) and tested positive for cocaine and cannabis | BBC, UK
BrewDog Opens An Alcohol Free Bar In Old Street
The bar has an impressive 15 taps of alcohol free drinks, made up of beers like the well known Nanny State, plus ciders and Kombucha | Londonist, UK
‘It keeps you coming back’: the rise of VIP gambling schemes
Much-criticised membership programmes reward those who often lose large sums of money | Guardian, UK