Weekly news - 5th February 2010 |
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Drink and Drugs News
Editorial and also Magazine Features including: [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
Residential treatment directory
Spring 2010 issue [DDN, UK]
We do offer drug addicts treatment in prison
We've listened to them, and now half of crack users achieve abstinence within six months - Paul Hayes [Guardian, UK]
Imprisoning charities
Yesterday morning I had a fascinating meeting with the Charity Commission about whether charities should manage prisons ... I strongly believe it is both immoral and impractical for charities to be involved in the management of prisons [Blog - Frances Crook, Director of the Howard League for Penal Reform, UK]
Deaths in custody: new website
The Independent Advisory Panel, part of the Ministerial Council on Deaths in Custody, has launched a new website [Ministry of Justice, UK]
Crucial study delivers mixed scorecard for English drug treatment services
For drug treatment in England, studies do not get any more important than this - the first national reassessment for over 10 years. A year after starting treatment drug use, crime and health risk behaviour were all down, but quality of life gains were minor compared to treatment costs [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
SMMGP Policy Update January 2010
[SMMGP, UK]
SMMGP Clinical & Policy Updates
[SMMGP, UK]
Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Bill
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision regulating the sale of alcohol and licensing of premises on which alcohol is sold [Scottish Parliament, UK]
Drinking causes damage you can't see
A new information website [NHS, UK]
US experts recommend alcohol tax rises as an important public health measure
High on the UK pre-election policy agenda, alcohol tax rises have now been accepted by a national US panel of experts as a major public health measure to curb excessive alcohol use and related harms. Politicians remain wary for reasons which cannot just be dismissed as populism [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Getting advice
A report of children’s experience by the Children’s Rights Director for England [Ofsted, UK]
A smokefree future
A comprehensive tobacco control strategy for England. Equality impact assessment [DoH, UK]
A Smokefree Future
An ambitious new strategy will halve the number of smokers, from 21 to 10 per cent of the population by 2020, Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham announced on Monday [DoH, UK]
Citizens Council report
Smoking and harm reduction, with invitation to comment [NICE, UK]
Smoking and harm reduction
Report on NICE Citizens Council meeting PDF [NICE, UK]
Sick and Tired of Homelessness
Health Profile of People Using Cork Simon Services [Cork Simon Community, Ireland]
Under the Skin: A People’s Case for Prison Needle and Syringe Programs
What do people in prison have to say about the Canadian government’s unwillingness to permit the distribution of clean needles in prison? How has this policy, that denies the realities of injection drug use in prison, affected individuals who are struggling with drug addiction? And what does this mean for the community as a whole? PDF [Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network]
Competencies for Canada’s Substance Abuse Workforce
Under the leadership of the National Advisory Group on Workforce Development (NAGWD)—a working group composed of subject matter experts/senior managers from across Canada—undertook a Competencies Project to detail the technical and behavioural competencies needed by the substance abuse workforce to perform effectively to ensure quality client care [CCSA, Canada]
National Drug Control Budget
FY 2011 Funding Highlights [White House, USA]
FY 2011 Drug Control Program Highlights
The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 National Drug Control Budget requests $15.5 billion to reduce drug use and its consequences in the United States [White House, USA]
New alcohol and other drug guidelines
New guidelines on the management of co-occurring alcohol and other drug and mental health conditions in alcohol and other drug treatment settings [NDARC, Australia]