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UK news
Guidance: Continuity of care from prison to community: self-assessment tool
A tool to help local areas carry out a self-assessment to improve the continuity of care for people leaving prison who need alcohol and drug treatment | Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and HM Prison and Probation Service, UK
North Yorkshire parents warned of suspension risk for vaping pupils
A group of North Yorkshire headteachers have written to parents warning pupils face suspension if they are in possession of an e-cigarette | BBC, UK
Price plan to curb heavy drinking ‘has not worked’
[Free one month subscription may be required] Ministers are to face renewed pressure to drop Scotland’s minimum pricing scheme for alcohol after a new report found it has failed to reduce consumption among the heaviest drinkers | The Times, UK
Non-pharmacological Interventions for Problematic Substance Use: a Rapid Overview of Cochrane Systematic Reviews
[Open access] The intent of this rapid overview is to identify and summarize the non-pharmacological interventions used in the prevention and treatment of problematic substance use as reported in the Cochrane Systematic Reviews (CSRs). Non-pharmacological interventions are those which do not involve a medication prescription and can be used in conjunction with other interventions, such as medication or alone | International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, UK
212 empty pairs of shoes to be placed at Stormont to highlight impact of drug deaths and addiction in Northern Ireland
The People's Kitchen have organised the demonstration which will take place on Saturday, June 17 | Belfast Times, UK
Meet some of our volunteer superstars: Volunteers Week 2023
From 1-7th June, Change Grow Live celebrated Volunteers Week – to say thank you to all of the brilliant individuals who give their time for free to make a difference | DDN, UK
Volunteers wanted for study into effects of passive vaping
Researchers are searching for volunteers to take part in a new study being launched into the potential health effects of passive vaping | BBC, UK
Carlisle: Men warned they face jail over £4.5m cannabis haul
Two men have been warned a prison term is "inevitable" after a cannabis stash worth about £4.5m was uncovered on the upper floor a former nightclub | BBC, UK
International news
Alcohol in moderation may lower stress-related risk of heart disease, study finds
US researchers discover reduction of signalling in part of the brain could have significant impact on cardiovascular system | Guardian, UK
Cartoon packaging and an ‘inconsolable’ high: when magic mushroom chocolate gets into the wrong hands
As grey-market psilocybin sweets grow more popular in the US, doctors warn of risks to unsuspecting kids | Guardian, UK
‘I Don’t Know Why I’m Here’: US Musician Arrested Over Drug Charges in Russia
Michael Travis Leake, a rock musician who has lived in Moscow for several years, is the latest US citizen to be arrested by Russian police | VICE, UK
Vape Pricing Critical If FDA Limits Nicotine in Cigarettes, Study Finds
Moves by regulators to limit the nicotine content of cigarettes would encourage people to buy full-nicotine cigarettes from illegal sources, according to a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. But the availability of affordable vape products, the paper also suggests, would curb that migration to the illicit market | Filter Magazine, USA
Bereaved Parents Weaponized by DEA to Back More Drug War
There is no grief like that of a parent who has lost a child. The overdose crisis has seen countless parents, their numbers swelling daily, suffer the unthinkable and bury their children | Filter Magazine, USA
Extended-release pharmacotherapies for Substance Use Disorders in incarcerated populations: A Systematic Review
A history of harmful substance use or dependence is common among people in Criminal Justice Systems (CJSs) around the world. The time after an individual has left the CJS is of elevated risk for those with harmful substance use - with high rates of relapse, accidental overdose and suicide. Despite this, there is often poor access to treatments while incarcerated or on release from the CJS. This webinar looked at a PRISMA-compliant systematic review that was conducted to explore the evidence for extended-release substance use pharmacotherapy for incarcerated or recently released participants | NDARC, Australia
Fears confirmed: New data shows vape stores target poorest areas
In the country’s lowest income communities business is booming for vape retailers, data compiled by Sunday has found | 1 news, New Zealand
Blogs, comment and opinion
Thomas Kerr: SNP have to back our Right to Recovery Bill
Drug deaths are Scotland’s national shame. That is why I was appalled to discover this week – after a question by my MSP colleague Sue Webber – that the SNP withdrew almost £20 million worth of funding last year from services tackling drug and alcohol addiction and supporting those who need help the most | Glasgow Times, UK
I’m an alcoholic in recovery and I’ve realised booze isn’t the problem – it’s me
[possible paywall] There is something priggish and puritanical about decrying all use of alcohol | Telegraph, UK
Law alone not enough to stop vaping among young people
Just like the landmark banning of smoking in all workplaces including bars and restaurants, we must accompany this legislation with a strong social pact, writes Education Minister Norma Foley | Irish Examiner opinion, Ireland
How raising tobacco taxes can save lives and cut poverty across the Asia-Pacific
The human costs of tobacco and smoking worldwide are huge. 1.3 billion people use tobacco, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. More than 8 million people die prematurely because of tobacco, at an annual economic loss of at least US$1.4 trillion. And you don’t have to be a smoker to be harmed: secondhand smoke exposure kills nearly 400,000 women every year | Conversation, Australia