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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released its 306-page annual World Drug Report on Wednesday, providing a mix of statistical findings and normative policy recommendations which hold implications for U.S. and international trade, security, and drug policy [Council of Hemispheric Affairs, USA]
When we think of people like Pope Paul VI, the Queen of Spain or Britain’s Princess Anne, most of us do not think of them as criminals. But that is what they are, under the current international drug law [Transnational Institute, Netherlands]
Research led by scientists in Canada suggests that alcohol is a factor in 1 in 25 deaths worldwide, prompting calls that an international framework is needed to reduce the harm that alcohol is causing to global health [Medical News Today, UK]
The families and carers of injecting drug users will be given training in how to respond to overdoses and how to administer a drug called naloxone in the event of a heroin overdose in a groundbreaking new scheme to help save lives [National Treatment Agency, UK]
The call to action, signed by Release, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, former president of Brazil Fernando Cardoso, and others, urges governments to enact policies that are based on scientific and medical research rather than politics [Release, UK]
World Drug Day, 26 June 2009: As the United Nations launches the 2009 World Drug Report this week, more than 40 international groups and experts worldwide today issued a call to action that presses governments to adopt a humane approach to drug policy [International]
Building on the work of predecessor regulators, the Commission is introducing an approach that assesses quality across health and social care as it moves towards a single registration system for providers of care in both sectors in 2010 [Care Quality Commission, UK]
Advances in brain research throw light on addiction, says EU drugs agency [EMCDDA]
The rates of binge drinking in male collegians remain unchanged, but the rates in female collegians have increased dramatically [Medical News Today, UK]
The main results from the trial suggest that brief interventions in the workplace have the potential to reduce alcohol related harm and also save public sector resources [Alcohol Education Research Council, UK]
The world’s eyes are on Scotland as the country moves to become the first to introduce a nationwide minimum price for alcohol [Scottish Government]
Speaking at a conference in Birmingham, he challenged both Whitehall and local authorities to invest in housing and employment support for recovering addicts in order to make re-integration a reality [NTA, UK]
A cross border initiative to ban alcohol advertising that appeals to children and adolescents is needed to protect young people from the harmful effects of alcohol, according to leading public health doctor, Peter Anderson, writing in this month’s Clinical Medicine, the journal of the Royal College of Physicians [European Centre for Monitoring Alcohol Marketing]
Alcohol marketing increases the likelihood that adolescents will start to use alcohol and increases the amount used by established drinkers. This is the conclusion of a European science group in a report presented to the EU [Alcohol, Drugs and Development]
The WHO member states keeps the Social Determinants of Health process on track by passing a resolution based on the commission report at the World Health Assembly last month. The Health Assembly next year will discuss a proposed global strategy to reduce harmful use of alcohol [Alcohol, Drugs and Development]
The intervention tested was Positive Action (PA), a comprehensive K-12 social and emotional development program for enhancing behavior and academic achievement [NIDA, USA]
Concateno, Europe’s largest provider of drug and alcohol testing services, has welcomed the Department of Health’s £11.8 million of extra investment for drug treatment services, announced by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) recently [Concateno, UK]
Concateno, Europe’s largest provider of drug and alcohol testing services, presented its expertise in testing for Ethyl Glucuronide (EtG) as a marker for long-term alcohol use at the Society of Hair Testing’s annual meeting in Rome [Concateno, UK]
n April 2009, the annual IHRA Awards were presented during Harm Reduction 2009: IHRA’s 20th International Conference [International Harm Reduction Association]
Excessive drinking is deeply ingrained in military culture, and service members are more likely than the general public to drive drunk, drink while underage, and be intoxicated while on duty, according to a study from the University of Minnesota and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Join Together, USA]
