Weekly news - 12th February 2010 |
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Anthrax update
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) and NHS Blackpool have confirmed that the death of an injecting heroin user in Blackpool was the result of anthrax.
Latest communication to NTA regional teams is available here [NTA, UK]
Two new anthrax cases in Scotland - first anthrax fatality confirmed in England
This brings the number of confirmed anthrax cases in Scotland to 21, with the number of deaths remaining at nine [Scottish Drugs Forum, UK]
Anthrax Outbreak Information
The latest information on the anthrax cases in drug users in Scotland [Health Protection Scotland, UK]
The Professor A Thomas McLellan lecture - 'Prevention, Treatment and Science in the Obama Administration’s National Drug Control Policy’
Professor A Thomas McLellan, appointed by President Obama as Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, has accepted an invitation from the Conference Consortium, DrugScope and Drug and Alcohol Findings to visit the UK, in March 2010. During the visit he will deliver a public lecture, hosted by the National Addiction Centre, and attend a private reception with members of Parliament [Conference Consortium, UK]
Claire Sweeney
New FEAD contributor Claire Sweeney is currently Portfolio manager, Audit Scotland - 16 videos [FEAD, UK]
January 2010 edition of the Drugs Newsletter
For the first Drugs Newsletter of the new year, we have selected featurettes on support to young people away from substance misuse, and looking ahead to tackling drugs changing lives [Home Office, UK]
Parliamentary Briefing
The latest parliamentary briefing from the [National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, UK]
Drugs and Harm: A New Agenda for a New Government?
50 people gathered at Cumberland Lodge to discuss the UK's drug control system and how it could be improved [Cumberland Lodge, UK]
The Use of Mephedrone (M-cat, Meow) in Middlesbrough
December 2009 by Dr. Russell Newcombe [Lifeline, UK]
Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics, 2008-09
Compared to other orders there are few Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTOs), but their numbers have increased substantially between 2007-08 and 2008-09 [Scottish Government, UK]
Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England Post 2010 (Marmot Review)
The aim of the Review was to propose an evidence based strategy for reducing health inequalities from 2010. The strategy includes policies and interventions that address the social determinants of health inequalities [UCL, UK]
Alcohol Insight number 69
A survey of general practitioners’ knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the prevention and management of alcohol-related problems: an update of a World Health Organisation survey ten years on - Final Report [AERC]
The European Alcohol and Health Forum
First Monitoring Progress Report - Summary [RAND]
Management of cannabis use disorder and related issues
A clinician’s guide [National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre, Australia]
Dangers of drug and alcohol use during pregnancy: medics ask for more training
A new study has found that doctors and nurses believe they need more training and resources to help them talk to pregnant women about the dangers of alcohol and drug use. Summary - Full Report [Alcohol Healthwatch, New Zealand]
Winter Rapid Assessment
UNODC report is based on farmers' intentions at the time of planting. While most of the poppies are still under the ground, this assessment of the situation gives a first indication of what Afghanistan's opium poppy harvest will look like in 2010 [UNOCD]