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Daily
Dose sponsorship details |
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WIRED is
appealing for sponsors whose support is absolutely essential
for the continued publication of Daily Dose [Editor] |
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Universal
mandatory drug testing in prisons for buprenorphine |
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Justice Minister David Hanson has made a written
ministerial statement announcing that mandatory drug testing
for the drug buprenorphine will be introduced into prisons [Minister
of State, Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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Minister
announces latest move in the fight against drugs in prisons |
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Universal testing for the opiate substitute
buprenorphine is to be introduced into all prisons in England
and Wales from 1 April, Justice Minister David Hanson announced
today [Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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Prison
policy update - briefing paper |
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This briefing paper on the government's prison
policy provides an update on the prison building programme announced
in December 2007, and outlines the further steps we are taking
in the specific areas of drugs, prison work and alternatives
to custody. 26-page PDF [Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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A
Survey of Buprenorphine Misuse in Prisons |
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July 2007. 13-page PDf [Ministry of Justice,
UK] |
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Heroin
use in jails overtakes cannabis, random tests show |
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Heroin is now more widespread than cannabis
inside prisons in England and Wales, according to the results
of an official random drug testing programme [Guardian, UK] |
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Call
to fine public drunks £100 |
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People should be fined £100 for being
drunk in public, even if they do not cause a nuisance, a leading
medic says [BBC, UK] |
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Lancet
urges parents to act on underage drinking |
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Parents should take the greatest share of responsibility
for steering teenagers away from binge drinking, according to
an editorial in the Lancet [Guardian, UK] |
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Report
of the HSE Working Group on Residential Treatment & Rehabilitation |
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This report charts a way forward for the inpatient/residential
drug and alcohol services in this country in line with the strategic
development of Rehabilitation as the Fifth Pillar of the National
Drugs Strategy. 83-page PDF [Health Service Executive, Ireland] |
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CND
day 4 - INPUD statement before plenary session |
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Stijn Goossens of the International Network
of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) gave the following statement
on the promotion of health and human rights of people who use
drugs during the Commission on Narcotic Drus plenary debate in
Vienna [HR2, IHRA] |
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Parents
not buying needle exchange plan |
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Assurances by police and Vancouver Island Health
Authority that a relocated needle exchange will not result in
the street chaos now seen outside the Cormorant Street facility
failed to mollify angry parents of St. Andrew's Elementary School
students [Times Colonist, Canada] |
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WA
high court says random school drug testing unconstitutional |
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The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that
random drug testing of student athletes is unconstitutional,
finding that each has "a genuine and fundamental privacy
interest in controlling his or her own bodily functions." [Seattle
PI, USA] |
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Lake
Stevens to halt drug testing after court ruling |
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Lake Stevens School District plans to suspend
student drug testing after the Washington
State Supreme Court ruled today that testing of student athletes
is unconstitutional [HeraldNet, USA] |
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Brain
Enhancement Is Wrong, Right? |
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An era of doping may be looming in academia,
and it has ignited a debate about policy and ethics that in some
ways echoes the national controversy over performance enhancement
accusations against elite athletes [New York Times, USA] |
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Police
'hit list' drawn up to catch drug-using officers |
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Senior police have drawn up a hit list of officers
to be drug-tested as soon as a new law is passed [The Age, Australia] |
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Binge
drinkers in denial: survey |
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Most Australian men binge drink every time
they gather around the barbecue in summer, but only one in seven
believes they drink too much [The Age, Australia] |
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Experts
call for dull cigarette packs |
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Cigarettes should be sold in dull, homogenous
packs stamped only with a brand name and a health warning, a
major review by leading Australian public health researchers
says [The Age, Australia] |
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"Not
So Silent Partners" |
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NGO Contributions to the 1998 UNGASS targets
[UNODC] |
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