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The U.S. could face a wave of addiction and mental-health problems among returning veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars greater than that resulting from the Vietnam War, according to experts at the recent Wounds of War conference sponsored by CASA at Columbia University [Join Together, USA]
Alcohol-related deaths among U.S. college students rose from 1,440 deaths in 1998 to 1,825 in 2005, along with increases in heavy drinking and drunk driving, according to an article in the July supplement of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs [National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, USA]
Men are worried that drinking too much alcohol will affect their appearance according to a new survey for the Know Your Limits campaign [Department of Health, UK]
The fourth annual national Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Awards, designed to recognise, reward and celebrate the work being done by drug teams and workers across the country, have been launched [Home Office, UK]
The survey ‘Attitudes to Mental Illness 2009’ showed that the vast majority of the public think that people with mental health problems deserve sympathy and that society needs to be more tolerant towards them (86 and 85 per cent respectively) [Department of Health, UK]
A unique £18.5m initiative aimed at providing critical support and guidance to over 13,000 substance misusers has been announced by Minister for Social Justice and Local Government, Dr Brian Gibbons today [Welsh Assembly Government, UK]
The awareness week, which runs from 8 – 12 June 2009, will see a range of partners including drug treatment agencies, local authorities, substance misuse voluntary workers, police and community groups highlighting their work to rid communities across the country of drugs [Home Office, UK]
Addiction scientists are calling for tighter regulation of alcohol advertising, as new research shows that self-regulation by the alcohol industry does not protect impressionable children and youth from exposure [Addiction, UK]
Figures published today by the National Treatment Agency (NTA) for BBC Radio 1 have shown that more people than ever under the age of 30 are getting help for problems with drugs [NTA, UK]
A special panel at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recommended a formal study on the possibility of merging the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to form a National Institute on Addiction [Join Together, USA]
A new advertising campaign including a video which confronts young people with the reality of their drunken behaviour was unveiled by Home Office Minister Alan Campbell today [Home Office, UK]
A pioneering Chicago program that allows opiate addicts and their friends to administer the anti-overdose medication naloxone to those in distress has been replicated in 17 states [Join Together, USA]
“For rehab services, sufficient referrals are critical, yet, as today’s NTA report reiterates, many local areas are not commissioning residential services in line with national guidance” [Drugscope, UK]
Drug treatment services across England will benefit from £11.8m of extra investment from the Department of Health for service improvements this year [NTA, UK]
In the run up to National Tackling Drugs Week (8th-12th June), drug and alcohol services in Liverpool have gathered together to host ‘Know more’ an event which will showcase a range of services that offer advice and support to young people and their families [Medical News Today, UK]
The UKDPC has been awarded a second three-year grant from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. The £1.1m grant allows the Commission to continue its work for a final three years [UKDPC, UK]
Representatives from more than 50 federal agencies, corporations, nonprofits and academic institutions are meeting today in Washington, D.C., as part of a multi-phase process aimed at mitigating what they call the crippling effects of alcohol misuse and crime in the United States [PR Newswire, USA]
n May 2009, the German Parliament voted in favour of diamorphine (a synthetic, pharmaceutical form of heroin) to be used as a therapeutic option for severely dependent opiate users who had not benefited from any previous treatments [IHRA]
New research from the University of Chicago indicates that the number of pregnant women seeking treatment for methamphetamine use tripled between 1994 to 2006 [Join Together, USA]
The rapid increase in opium poppy cultivation observed in Afghanistan since 2001 has gone hand-in-hand with the emergence of the illicit production of heroin in the country [UNODC]
