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Cannabis
supply to young people mostly through social networks |
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Cannabis supply to young people is largely
through social networks and friendship groups rather than through
overtly criminal drug markets [JRF, UK] |
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Cannabis
supply and young people |
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How do young people obtain cannabis? A snapshot
view from a large city and rural villages. 60-page PDF [JRF,
UK] |
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Barack
Obama supports cannabis decriminlisation |
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Some interesting drug policy debates are suddenly
opening up in the US presidential race, as detailed in an article
in todays Washington Times, with Barack Obama confirming his
position in support of decriminalising cannabis possession [TDPF,
UK] |
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Smoking
stuff bad for lungs shock |
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When the endlessly tedious cannabis classification
debate makes one of its biannual return visits to the political
landscape the media can't seem to help themselves but scout around
for 'cannabis bad for you' stories [TDPF, UK] |
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BMA
response to Government plans aimed at reducing prisoner re-offending |
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The BMA particularly welcomes the commitment
to examine drug rehabilitation programmes and introduce measures
to stem the flow of illegal narcotics into prisons [BMA, UK] |
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BMA
calls for urgent reforms to protect the public from failing
prison system |
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Prison doctors’ leaders have issued an
urgent call for the Government to implement a raft of initiatives
aimed at repairing twelve months of political failure that have
left the public potentially exposed to newly released offenders
with untreated drug addiction and mental health problems - December
2007 [BMA, UK] |
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Population
in Custody |
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December 2007. 15-page PDF [Ministry of Justice,
UK] |
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Latest
statistics |
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Details of the latest statistical updates,
including statistics on the population in custody, end of custody
licence releases, probation, sentencing, and women and the criminal
justice system [Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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Written
ministerial statement on prison policy |
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Jack straw - The announcements I am making
today signal a major drive to overcome some of the barriers to
the rehabilitation of offenders. Our primary aim in doing so
is further to aid the work we are already doing on cutting reoffending.
These measures are focused on tackling drug use among offenders
[Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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Muslim
Youth Involvement Project |
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Mentor UK have been working with the Right
Start International Foundation to run the Muslim
Youth Involvement Project. The output of the project will
be a toolkit for those seeking to involve young Muslims in
drug prevention [Drug Education News, UK]
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Faith
and Unreason |
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Critics of the 2005 liberalisation of drinking
laws in England and Wales have always seemed more motivated by
faith in their position than reason. So I suppose it's only fitting
that the latest public figure to criticise the reform of the
drinking laws should be the Archbishop of Canterbury [Open House
(blogs), Independent, UK] |
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National
logo competition |
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NIDAC is looking for a logo that can best represent
the Committee as “the leading voice on Indigenous drug
and alcohol”. Three finalists will receive all expenses
paid trip Melbourne to attend the National Drug and Alcohol Awards
in June 2008 where the winner of the competition will be announced
and receive a $5,000 first prize [ANCD, Australia] |
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