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The
future of Daily Dose |
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Please join the organisations who have
confirmed their sponsorship and together you can save
Daily Dose. Where else would you get a listing like this? [Editor] |
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2nd
North West Recovering Communities Conference & ROIS |
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Of course, that’s the point – recovery
is about learning to do the ordinary things in life, doing them
well and doing them day in and day out… This was a fantastic
event. Many thanks to the organisers [Mark Gilman Blog, Wired
In] |
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Drug
Treatment at the Crossroads |
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I always say that recovery breeds recovery.
It is infectious. In our treatment centre, we often introduce
clients who are being assessed to those in treatment or at aftercare.
The result is always positive in terms of hope and self-efficacy.
I believe that those who’ve made this journey, to achieve
a substance-free recovery have much to offer [Dr David McCartney
Blog, Wired In] |
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Welfare
Reform Bill |
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The Welfare Reform Bill will be debated in
the House of Commons (Report Stage) on Tuesday 17th March. DrugScope
has sent a briefing (PDF 40.7KB) to all MPs on the proposals
in the Bill specific to problem drug users [DrugScope, UK] |
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Welfare
Reform Bill |
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Report Stage briefing by DrugScope. 4-page
PDF [DrugScope, UK] |
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Government
to reject proposals to set minimum prices for alcohol |
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Minister would not 'want to punish the majority'
[Guardian, UK] |
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Does
marketing communication impact on consumption of alcoholic
beverages |
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Does marketing communication impact on the
volume and patterns of consumption of alcoholic beverages, especially
by young people? - a review of longitudinal studies. 51-page
PDF [The Science Group of the European Alcohol and Health Forum] |
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The
impact of alcohol in Greater Manchester: quarterly report |
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This report identifies available alcohol intelligence
from across Greater Manchester. 50-page PDF [Centre for Public
Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK] |
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Letter
to press - minimum pricing |
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It's disingenuous and misleading for the leaders
of the alcohol industry to suggest that the issue of minimum
pricing will not be properly debated and scrutinised if put through
on existing licensing legislation and regulation [Alcohol Focus
Scotland, UK] |
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Minimum
alcohol pricing to be recommended for England |
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It is expected that the CMO report will call
for a 50 pence per unit minimum price, which according to research
would reduce consumption of alcohol and alcohol-related health
harm, currently costing the NHS around £2.7 billion per
year [Alcohol Policy UK] |
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Wetherspoons'
profits up as chairman blames government for binge drinking |
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JD Wetherspoon's founder and chairman Tim Martin
has criticised the government for saddling the industry with
an ‘unsustainable' tax burden, and for creating a ‘vodka-drinking
culture' by driving young people out of the pubs and into the
street [CRP, UK] |
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The
time has come to stop picking on the drinks industry |
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The drinks industry is facing the most difficult
trading environment that I can remember - Tim How, chairman-elect
of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association [Times, UK] |
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Wasted
opportunities |
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Problematic alcohol and drug use among gay
men and bisexual men. 52-page PDF [Sigma Research] |
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THT
calls for improved drugs and alcohol support services for gay
men |
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A new report released today by Terrence Higgins
Trust (THT) and Sigma Research states that more needs to be done
to develop effective alcohol and drug support services for gay
men [Terrence Higgins Trust, UK] |
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Smoking
behaviour in North West schoolchildren: |
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A study of fifteen and sixteen year olds. 12-page
PDF [Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University,
UK] |
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Skunk: “Kids
think the strong stuff is the best stuff” |
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As the row over skunk use by British teenagers
grows, we trace the history of super-potent cannabis [Times,
UK] |
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Skunk
panic: The Myerson’s book Vs the need for child protection |
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It’s not what you know, it’s who
you know. That old Cliche has been shown to be so true this week
as the Guardian newspaper - normally one of the more trustworthy
of the bunch - demonstrated in style with it’s continued
coverage of the Julie Myerson book “The Lost Child” [UKCIA] |
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Differences
in service utilization and barriers among Blacks, Hispanics,
and Whites with drug use disorders |
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While structural barriers to accessing treatment
were observed, broad-based educational programs and interventions
that are appropriately targeted to racial and ethnic groups remains
an important area for prevention and treatment [Substance Abuse
Treatment, Prevention, and Policy] |
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What
were you thinking? |
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Researchers have used ecological momentary
assessment (EMA) devices to collect data about the real time
activities, moods, and environments of research participants.
This data allows investigators to gain a better understanding
of the events that precede episodes of drug use [BASIS, USA] |
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Round
Table on Alternative Development |
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The last of the four ‘round tables’ of
the high-level segment of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs was
devoted to the broad issue of Countering illicit drug traffic
and supply, and alternative developmen [UNGASS] |
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Residential
care needs reform |
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Young people arrive at the doors of residential
care units already traumatised by experiences of abuse, neglect
and substance use [The Age, Australia] |
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To
reduce health risks from Drinking Alcohol |
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Australian Guidelines. 179-page PDF [NHMRC,
Australia] |
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Alcopops
defeat would give distillers $290m |
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Taxpayers could be stumped with a $290million
bill payable to the liquor industry if the Government's alcopops
legislation is defeated in the Senate [The Australian] |
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Compulsory
Drug Treatment in Thailand |
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Observations on the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation
Act. 35-page PDF [Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network] |
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