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Alcohol advertising and promotion - consultation [Scotland]
Opened 17 Nov 2022. Closes 9 Mar 2023. Restricting alcohol marketing is identified as one of the World Health Organization’s three ‘best buys’, the most cost-effective measures that WHO recommends to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harm. Many our European neighbours have already taken action to restrict alcohol marketing including Ireland, France and Norway. This consultation sets out a potential approach for Scotland | Scottish Government, UK
North East Ambulance Service Alcohol Related Call Outs Survey 2022
Alcohol related call outs are placing an avoidable demand on nine out of ten North East Ambulance Service staff. And more than three-quarters have been physically or verbally assaulted in the line of duty | Balance NE, UK
Electronic Cigarettes: Secondary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the levels of vape use in secondary schools | They work for you, UK
GPs: Anti-depressants and Alcohol - Question
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they will review the purpose, effectiveness, and the cost, of GPs prescribing anti-depressants to patients who continue to consume alcohol | They work for you, UK
Blackburn clean up led by recovering addicts
Red Rose Recovery combined with Spark BWD in organising the inaugural Roots Community clean-up which also involved volunteers from the Thomas Project | Lancashire Telegraph, UK
Shropshire Council awarded £2.5 million to support rough sleepers and those at risk
Shropshire Council has been awarded £2.5 million following two successful bids for funding to support rough sleepers and those at risk of rough sleeping | Shropshire Council, UK
BDP Winter Show 19th December 2022 [Facebook page]
3 - 4pm, Monday 19th December. The Unitarian Hall, Brunswick Square BS2 8PE. Warm your winter hearts and souls by coming to BDP's annual Winter Show! With live performances from Rising Voices Recovery Choir, Bristol Recovery Orchestra and Oi Polloi Theatre Group. There will be mince pies and mulled apple juice for all. This event is free but you are very welcome to donate in our festively decorated donation buckets! | BDP, UK
Whitby: Duke of York pub withdraws request to serve breakfast alcohol
A pub near the bottom of Whitby's famous 199 steps will be allowed to open from 08:00, but not to sell alcohol until 11:00 | BBC, UK
Illegal vapes seized in Newbury and Hungerford by trading standards
Trading standards officers have seized 171 illegal disposable electronic cigarettes from shops | BBC, UK
International news
Have experts found a more cost-effective way to cultivate medicinal cannabis?
An Australian study appears to have uncovered a more sustainable way to cultivate medicinal cannabis, while reducing costs | Cannabis Health News, UK
California's Vaping Flavor Ban Could Be Lethal
By making e-cigarettes less appealing, it will discourage smokers from switching to a much less hazardous nicotine habit | Reason, USA
Nearly Seven In Ten Americans Back Marijuana Legalization, Including Majority Of Republicans, Latest Gallup Poll Finds
About seven in 10 Americans say that marijuana should be legalized—including majorities of all political parties and age demographics—according to the latest Gallup poll released on Tuesday | Marijuana Moment, USA
Marijuana and e-cigarettes both increase risks of cardiac arrhythmias
In a recent study published in the Heart Rhythm journal, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, assessed the relationship between different types of inhaled marijuana or tobacco product usage with ventricular and atrial arrhythmias | News Medical, USA
Effect of Selective Personality-Targeted Alcohol Use Prevention on 7-Year Alcohol-Related Outcomes Among High-risk Adolescents
In this secondary analysis of a cluster randomized clinical trial including 438 participants, the school-based PreVenture intervention was effective in reducing the odds of alcohol-related harms and the mean frequency with which alcohol-related harms were experienced, from early adolescence (aged 13.5 years) to early adulthood (aged 20.5 years), compared with controls | JAMA Network Open, USA
The Barriers to PrEP Uptake Among People Who Inject Drugs
Since 2012, medications designed to protect people from contracting HIV have been hard at work. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), as they’re collectively known, can take the form of shots or, more commonly, a daily pill, depending on the specific drug and source of risk | Filter Magazine, USA
National Addictions Awareness Week
Join us Nov. 20–26 for National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW). This year we are placing the spotlight on how different communities across the country are helping those in their community with problematic substance use or have a substance use disorder | CCSA, Canada
Blogs, comment and opinion
Investing in public health is essential for the UK’s economic recovery
Investing in our public health system, and in the public’s health, should be seen as an essential part of our economic recovery—not a distraction from it | BMJ opinion, UK
AHA responds to the publication of the Scottish Government consultation on alcohol marketing
The Scottish Government have announced that they will be consulting on alcohol advertising and promotion | AHA UK blog, UK
Expert reaction to Cochrane review on electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation
A review published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews looked at the use of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation. Here are three expert reactions to the review | SMC, UK
Ayahuasca: just how safe is this psychoactive brew?
Psychedelic drugs are experiencing something of a renaissance. It’s no longer a case of turning on, tuning in and dropping out, as the hippy mantra went in the 1960s. Tripping – whether on magic mushrooms, LSD or psychedelic toads – is now part of the global wellness industry. It’s a way to “find yourself” or deal with a mental health or spiritual crisis | Conversation, UK
After Coca: How The Drug War Colonises the Colombian Forest
One of the first and consistent targets of the global War on Drugs has been the coca plant. Even after the Colombian peace agreements, American-sponsored international efforts to control drug supply will always focus on suppressing coca crops in their producing nations, no matter the cost | Talking Drugs, UK