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A Message from The Princess of Wales for Addiction Awareness Week
To close Addiction Awareness Week 2023, (28th October - 4th November), The Princess of Wales, as Patron of the Forward Trust has shared a message of support... | Forward Trust, UK
"Let’s Talk About Addiction" Live from The Brink, Liverpool (2nd Nov, 7:00 - 8:45pm)-video
Join Taking Action on Addiction and partner organisations for an evening of inspiring and powerful real-life stories, panel interviews and live music performances in support of Addiction Awareness Week (28th October – 4th November) | Forward Trust, UK
New synthetic drugs on the RADAR
The latest report from RADAR, Scotland’s drugs early warning system, highlights the emergence of new benzodiazepines and opioids, but how does this effect harms? In this blog post, Vicki Craik from the Drugs Team at Public Health Scotland, explains how the drugs market is changing and what impact that may have on public health in Scotland | Public Health Scotland blog, UK
DDN November 2023
The campaign to inform people about potentially deadly nitazenes is an essential one (p6). But as well as vital information, we also want to share the efforts to work together across service boundaries to engage with people at risk. This ‘common responsibility’ led to a unified message by cutting through the noise of poor information. It’s so logical to involve people in making a plan that’s directly relevant to them; how often do we throw the information out there and assume that it’s hitting the target? | DDN, UK
Researchers call for better integration of mental health and alcohol services among minority ethnic groups
New research shows the association between alcohol use and mental health differs across minority ethnic groups, and provides insight into people’s reasons for drinking and the treatment that they have received | KCL, UK
Supporting solutions for South Asian women: Developing models for alcohol support
This study focussed on the lived experiences of South Asian (SA) women who use(d) alcohol (and other drugs), exploring their trajectories into problematic use, and their engagement with support | Alcohol Change UK, UK
Afghan opium survey could affect vulnerable populations
As shown by the new 2023 UNODC Afghan opium survey, opium cultivation in Afghanistan has plummeted 95 per cent since the Taliban’s ruling took effect. Suddenly, poppy farmers everywhere – many of whom had turned to poppy cultivation out of desperation in the first place – were pushed back into poverty | UNODC, Austria
Nitrous oxide ban
From 8 November 2023 Nitrous Oxide is controlled as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and placed in Schedule 5 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 | Home Office, UK
Health leaders welcome King’s Speech setting out Government’s proposals for a smokefree generation
Health campaigners, doctors, local councillors, academics, NHS leaders and survivors of smoking from across England have come together to welcome the government’s legislative plans to create a smokefree generation in today’s King’s Speech| ASH, UK
Tax on vapes could be part of plans to create a smoke-free generation in UK
Documents published alongside Rishi Sunak’s first king’s speech show that a new duty is being considered by ministers | Guardian, UK
People fixing the world: Training heroin users to save their friends - audio
Heroin users in Scotland are being trained to spot when someone is about to overdose and to step in and help. The training – which includes lessons on how to use the antidote naloxone - is often led by people who have themselves been addicts. Taxi drivers and police officers are also being trained, and naloxone being widely distributed, as part of a push to save as many lives as possible. Reporter Craig Langran investigates whether the approach is working | BBC Sounds, UK
UK women top list of world’s biggest female binge drinkers, report finds
OECD says 26% have at least six alcoholic drinks in a single session at least once a month | Guardian, UK
Key interventions to prevent and control infections among people who inject drugs
Six interventions, one aim: to prevent and control infections among people who inject drugs. In new public health guidance released today, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) have joined forces to identify key interventions to address infectious diseases in this population. Reflecting new evidence, infectious disease treatments, and public health concepts, this guidance updates the 2011 edition | EMCDDA, Portugal
E-cigarette Use Down Among U.S. High School Students in 2023
A study released from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows that, among high school students, current (past 30-day) use of any tobacco product declined during 2022-2023 (16.5% to 12.6%), primarily driven by a decline in e-cigarette use (14.1% to 10.0%). Declines also occurred for use of any combustible tobacco product, including cigars, among high school students | CDC, USA
Local stop smoking services and support: additional funding
Information about a new grant totalling £70 million per year over the financial years of 2024 to 2025 through to 2028 to 2029 | DHSC, UK
Press release: Government drive to phase out smoking and tackle youth vaping attracts large response
Over 12,000 responses so far submitted on government proposals to create first ‘smokefree generation’, less than halfway through the consultation period | Department of Health and Social Care, The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, and The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, UK
Reducing the harm from illegal drugs - call for evidence
Illegal drug use causes significant harm to both individuals and to wider society, and costs an estimated £20 billion a year. In December 2021, the Government published ‘From Harm to Hope,’ its 10-year plan providing £900 million of new funding to reduce the harm caused by illegal drugs. The Committee’s inquiry follows its May 2023 report on alcohol treatment services, and will examine both progress to-date in implementing the strategy, and the work of the cross-government Joint Combatting Drugs Unit. The committee wants to hear your views. We welcome submissions from anyone with answers to the questions in the call for evidence. You can submit evidence until Friday 17 November 2023 | UK Parliament, UK
Drugs Map of Britain - new series - video
Cutting through the headlines - the real world of users and dealers in the UK today. What are the drugs of choice across the nation, and what are they doing to local communities? Currently there are 4 episodes available 1) Nitrous Oxide 2) Ketamine 3) Uppers and Downers and 4) Cocaine | BBC, UK