Weekly news - 24th June 2011 |
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Changes to Employment and Support Allowance
The 2010 Drug Strategy made clear the government's intention to amend the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) legislation so that people accessing drug or alcohol residential rehab become automatically entitled to ESA on the basis that they have 'limited capability to work' | NTA, UK
Government launches drug recovery wings to help cut reoffending
Special units to help prisoners kick their drug addictions are launching in five prisons as part of the Government's plans to reform sentencing | Justice.gov, UK
Response to Sentencing Council: Drug Offences Guidelines Consultation
Drugscope welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on the draft Drug Offences Guidelines| DrugScope, UK
SMMGP Training Day (May 2011) - Download Documents
Problematic Use of Over-the-Counter (OTC) Medication, Benzodiazepines and Other Prescribed Medications: How Do We Manage These Increasing Problems? | SMMGP, UK
The Centre for Drug Misuse Research will be scrapped
Glasgow University backs cuts to courses | BBC, UK
I think I must have been born bad
Emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people in the youth justice system | Children's Commissioner, UK
Young people, alcohol and influences
A study of young people and their relationship with alcohol. Full report - Summary | Ipsos MORI, UK
Drug policy profiles — Portugal
The EMCDDA Drug policy profiles aim to describe some of the main characteristics of national drug policies in Europe and beyond. PDF | EMCDDA
Treatment Episode Data Set 1999 – 2009
The report provides information on the demographic and substance abuse characteristics of admissions to treatment aged 12 and older for abuse of alcohol and/or drugs in facilities that report to individual State administrative data systems | SAMHSA, USA
The Transatlantic Cocaine Market
While almost all of the cocaine produced globally comes from the Andean region (Colombia, Peru and the Plurinational State of Bolivia), the location of demand has shifted drastically in the last decade | UNODC
Monitoring the Future
National survey results on drug use, 1975-2010. Volume I: Secondary school students | Monitoring the Future, USA
The Latin American Drug Trade
Scope, Dimensions, Impact, and Response | Rand Corporation, USA
National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data collection 2010
On a snapshot day in 2010 there were 46,078 clients who received pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence, of which almost two in three were male | AIHW, Australia
World Drug Report 2011
The World Drug Report documents developments in global drug markets and tries to explain the factors that drive them. Its analysis of trends and emerging challenges informs national and international drug and crime priorities and policies, and provides a solid foundation of evidence for counternarcotics interventions | UNODC
Therapeutic interventions for users of amphetamine-type stimulants
WHO Technical brief on ATS No.4 | World Health Organisation via IDPC
The WHO Policy Guidelines for Controlled Substances
WHO Policy guidelines ensuring balance in national policies on controlled substances, guidance for availability and accessibility for controlled medicines | World Health Organisation via IDPC