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People, Planet, or Profit: alcohol’s impact on a sustainable future (PDF)
This report looks at: How alcohol production is an impediment to achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); How the alcohol industry uses the SDG agenda and corporate social responsibility to position itself as an engine of development; The environmental damage alcohol production causes, from using up water in water-stressed regions and destroying biodiversity, to the huge waste it creates; The human rights abuses of the alcohol industry, particularly in the Global South, and how we need to move towards a human rights-based approach to alcohol harm reduction | IAS, UK
Cannabis not made safer by increasing its CBD content
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found no evidence that cannabidiol (CBD) reduces the negative effects of cannabis | EurekAlert, UK
Guernsey stop smoking service to offer free vape kits
Quitline, the island's stop smoking service, said the kits would be offered to smokers aged 18 and over in conjunction with advice and support | BBC, UK
Newcastle Cathedral hosts public event calling for reform of failed drug laws
This event included a look at the Overdose Prevention Centre and an address from Reverend Jon Canessa of Newcastle Cathedral | Chronicle Live, UK
Treatment, recovery and Integrated Care Systems - what does it all mean?
Tue, 29 November 2022, 14:00 – 15:30 GMT. Discussion on the risks and opportunities presented by Integrated Care System reforms to drug and alcohol treatment and recovery | Collective Voice, UK
International news
The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2022: The Right Side of History
This Briefing Paper, drawn from The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2022: The Right Side of History, considers when, how and why the approach now known as tobacco harm reduction really began | GSTHR, UK
Netherlands to ban laughing gas from January
The Dutch government is banning the use of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, amid concerns over the health risks for the growing number of young people using it | BBC, UK
Football fans will have to pay £12 for a beer at World Cup in Qatar
Football fans will have to stump up nearly £12 for a beer at the World Cup – despite pre-tournament promises by organisers to keep prices modest. There will also be a limit of four drinks per order amid fears that some supporters could binge drink | Guardian, UK
Increased alcohol-specific mortality in Germany during COVID-19: State-level trends from 2010 to 2020
[Open access] The COVID-19 pandemic may have led to an increase in the alcohol-specific mortality. Against this backdrop, the aim of this report is to explore alcohol-specific mortality trends in Germany of the years 2010 to 2020 | Drug and Alcohol Review, UK
Limerick County TD, Minister of State Niall Collins commends Ana Liffey’s Mid West Team in their tenth year of operations
At a celebratory event this morning, at the Clayton Hotel Limerick, marking ten years of Ana Liffey Drug Project operating in the Mid West Region; Limerick County TD, Niall Collins the Minister of State for Skills and Further Education thanked the members of Ana Liffey’s Mid West Team for all their work over the past ten years; and particularly thanked Team Leader, Rachel O’Donoghue, and her team for the work they did throughout the COVID-19 pandemic | Ana Liffey Drug Project, Ireland
'The level of sickness we're seeing is massive': A day on addiction outreach in Limerick city
Drug workers in the city say the people seeking their services are more excluded and more unwell than ever | Journal, Ireland
Leading international experts to review ‘Global Addictions’ in an interconnected world
Leading international experts in the field of addiction science will gather in Lisbon from 23–25 November 2022 for the fourth European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (‘Lisbon Addictions 2022’). Under the overarching theme of Global Addictions, the event will showcase the latest scientific knowledge in this domain and explore challenges relating to illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco, screen addiction, gambling and other addictive behaviours | EMCDDA, Portugal
In Italy a rave party is now a penal crime
In the first measures by the new Meloni government there is the introduction of a new norm in the penal code which make raves and free parties a crime | Fuori Luogo, Italy
Marijuana Views Linked to Ideology, Religiosity, Age
Americans' support for marijuana legalization remains at the record-high 68% recorded each of the past two years | Gallup, USA
A Horrifying Drug Called ‘Tranq Dope’ Is Spreading in the US
The animal tranquilizer xylazine, which has been linked to severe wounds and amputations, has been detected in nearly 40 states | VICE, USA
Study finds that marijuana and e-cigarettes can harm the heart as seriously as traditional cigarettes
E-cigarettes and marijuana have harmful effects on the heart similar to those caused by tobacco cigarettes, opening the door to abnormal heart rhythms, reports a team of researchers at UC San Francisco | Medical Xpress, USA
ASHES, Vol. 18(12) - Youth preferences for a school-based e-cigarette cessation program
School-based smoking cessation programs could be a major step towards reducing youth vaping. This week, ASHES reviews a study by Krysten Bold and colleagues that examined high school students’ perceptions of what an effective youth e-cigarette cessation program needs | BASIS, USA
An Umbrella Review of the Links Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Misuse: What, Why, and Where Do We Go from Here?
A wealth of research has identified adverse childhood experiences (ACEs; abuse, neglect, violence or disorder in the home) as a strong risk factor for substance misuse. Synthesis of the existing evidence is critical to shape policy and inform directions for future research | Substance Abuse and Rehabiitation, USA
What Happens Next After Colorado’s Psychedelics Victory
On November 8, Colorado voters approved Proposition 122 to decriminalize naturally occurring entheogens and create a pathway to legal, licensed psychedelic healing. The initiative succeeded with 53 percent (over 1.23 million votes) in favor as of publication time | Filter Magazine, USA
Blogs, comment and opinion
Would you let your teenager try psychedelics?
Since the turn of the century, an influx of psychedelic trials have taken place at renowned institutions across the globe. Weekly news stories are lauding these compounds for their benefits in treating adults with everything from PTSD and depression, to problems with addiction and cluster headaches. But virtually none of this research has investigated a large cohort with the conditions listed above | Drug Science, UK
Does the UK government have a drink problem?
Freezing alcohol duty has been shown to increase the number of alcohol-related hospitalisations, premature mortality and rates of alcohol-related crime | Independent voices, UK
Selling Alcohol Responsibly through the off trade
Reflecting on decades of innovation and partnerships across the industry, we take a look at some of the initiatives and work carried out in the UK to ensure responsible selling of alcohol | Portman Group blog, UK
What Can New Zealand Learn from Bhutan’s Tobacco Ban?
Conversations on neo-prohibitionist policy banning tobacco sales are becoming more and more frequent. After Turkmenistan and Bhutan, New Zealand will become the third country to ban the sales of tobacco. Given all the harms that prohibition has created worldwide, should we be concerned about this latest direction for tobacco policy? | Talking Drugs, UK
Psychedelic Baselines
What are the implications of the rampant media coverage, public awareness, and hype occurring about psychedelics? How is it possible to address the medical needs of people who want psychedelic therapy given the systemic impediments that deny access to medications? | Points blog, USA