Weekly news - 20th May 2011 |
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New sponsor - Westminster Drug Project
A warm welcome to Westminster Drug Project who have joined with our other sponsors in support DS Daily
Taking Drugs Seriously
A Demos and UK Drug Policy Commission report on legal highs. Full report and background paper | UKDPC
Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) - Evaluation Research Study
The final report, separate executive summary and highlights are now available | Brunel University, UK
DrugScope's response to the ‘Building recovery in communities’ consultation
We welcome the focus on recovery and social (re)integration…the framework [needs] to recognise the distinction between recovery resources that are directly controlled by local commissioners and treatment providers, and resources that may be largely outside their control (for example, the availability of suitable accommodation or training and employment opportunities | DrugScope, UK
Festival organisers warned over the dangers of so-called 'legal highs'
Music festival organisers were today asked to review their measures for tackling illicit drug use at their events by Baroness Browning, the government's new minister for crime prevention and antisocial behaviour reduction | Home Office, UK
Universal school-based prevention programs for alcohol misuse in young people
This review identified studies that showed no effects of preventive interventions, as well as studies that demonstrated statistically significant effects. There was no easily discernible pattern in characteristics that would distinguish trials with positive results from those with no effects | Cochrane Library
A study of cocaine use in Northern Ireland 2009
The study identified two types of cocaine user, these are recreational or socially integrated users and those referred for drug treatment who as a group was socially marginalized users | Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Belfast, UK
Purchasing integrated services for substance use conditions in health care settings
An Issue brief on lessons learned and challenges ahead | Treatment Research Institute, USA
Alcohol and assault on Friday and Saturday nights
Findings from the DUMA program. Download of paper | Australian Institute of Criminology
From coca monitoring to sustainable farming
In Bolivia, UNODC has been working closely with authorities to assist in this process and to better utilize land usage through promoting the growing of licit crops in place of coca bushes | UNODC
Sustainable livelihoods: a broader vision
Social support and integration to prevent illicit drug use, HIV/AIDS and crime - discussion paper | UNODC