Weekly news - 21st October 2011 |
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Scottish Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission - First Year Report & Recommendations to Minister
The first report on the Scottish Government’s progress in the delivery of the national drugs strategy, the Road to Recovery | Scottish Government, UK
Employment, education and training and recovery
Recovery Partnership briefing for the Inter-Ministerial Group on Drug Policy ... Treatment providers are well placed to provide life skills and employment preparation support from the start of treatment … There is concern about a disinvestment in employment-related support, capacity and expertise, particularly since publication of the drug strategy in December 2010 | Recovery Partnership, UK
Radio 4 - You and Yours
Mitch Winehouse, DrugScope CEO Martin Barnes and Wendy Dawson, the Ley Community, discuss residential rehab and drug treatment, Starts: 0:27.34, ends 0:40:46 | iPlayer, Radio 4, UK
UK GPs to be given go-ahead on prescribing Scottish Take Home Naloxone kits
Scottish Drugs Forum has learned that the UK Medicines and Health Care Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has agreed to licence the programme’s customised naloxone emergency injecting kits – a move essential for GPs to be able to prescribe them | Scottish Drugs Forum, UK
Proposed consolidation of the misuse of drugs regulations 2001
Consultation closes 28 Oct 2011 | Home Office, UK
'Talk to Frank' advertising campaign goes live
An advertising campaign has been launched by the Home Office to encourage young people to talk to FRANK for accurate and impartial information about the harms of drugs | Home Office, UK
Hepatitis C can be prevented by methadone plus needle exchange
When you consider the personal and health costs of a life-threatening disease, the importance of this UK analysis can hardly be over-estimated. It found recent UK studies consistent with the conclusion that methadone maintenance plus adequate needle exchange has prevented many hepatitis C infections | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK
Under-18s want more protection from alcohol marketing exposure
A survey of over 2300 children and young people reveals concern at alcohol marketing exposure and support for stronger regulation that robustly protects under-18s, finds | Alcohol Concern, UK
Crime in England and Wales
Quarterly Update to June 2011 | Home Office, UK
Sentencing Council annual report
The Sentencing Council has published its first annual report since it came into being in April 2010 | Sentencing Council, UK
The EU Drugs Strategy
Video - Professor Cindy Fazey, University of Liverpool; Professor Susanne MacGregor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; and Professor Alex Stevens, University of Kent | Parliament, UK
The Treatment of Incarcerated Mentally Disordered Women Offenders
A Synthesis of Current Research | University of Western Ontario, Canada
Excessive Drinking Costs U.S. $223.5 Billion
A new study finds that excessive alcohol consumption cost the United States $223.5 billion in 2006, or about $1.90 per drink. By implementing effective community-based prevention strategies, we can reduce excessive alcohol consumption and its costs | CDC, USA
IDRS Bulletin October 2011 - Key findings
Key findings from the 2011 IDRS. PDF | UNSW / NDARC, Australia
IDRS Bulletin October 2011 - Supplement
Drug injection trends among participants in the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey (ANSPS), 1995 - 2010 | UNSW / NDARC, Australia