More lenience for ‘drug mules’ in sentencing guidelines overhaul
25 January 2012
People coerced into drug smuggling by organised criminals are likely
to face shorter prison terms under new guidelines issued by the
Sentencing Council.
Treatment to be ‘key measure’ of health improvement
25 January 2012
‘Successful completion of drug treatment’ will be one of the ‘desired
outcomes’ when new national body Public Health England becomes
operational next year.
‘Poor understanding’ prompts call for alcohol guideline revision
13 January 2012
The government’s sensible drinking guidelines should be reviewed, according to a report from the cross-party House of Commons Science and Technology Committee.
Three quarters of young people ‘successfully completing’ drug treatment
13 January 2012
Seventy-five per cent of under-18s leaving drug and alcohol treatment
services in 2010 did so because they no longer needed specialist interventions, compared to 48 per cent five years ago, according to a
report from the NTA.
Government promises action on ‘country’s most troubled families’
13 January 2012
The government says it is making £450m available to ‘turn around the
lives of 120,000 of some of the country’s most troubled families’ –
defined as those that have ‘serious problems and cause serious problems’
– by the end of the current Parliament.
Consider heroin prescription in another anthrax outbreak, urges report
13 January 2012
Consideration should be
given to prescribing an alternative to street heroin in the event of
another anthrax outbreak, says a report on behalf of the National
Anthrax Outbreak Control Team (NAOCT) that handled the outbreak of two
years ago (DDN, 18 January 2010, page 4).
Opium production in South East Asia shows sharp increase
13 January 2012
Levels of opium poppy cultivation in South East Asia have ‘significantly’ increased, according to a report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
News a brief
13 January 2012
A round up of the news from the field.
Three quarters of young people successfully completing treatment
14 December 2011
Seventy five per cent of under 18s leaving drug and alcohol treatment services in 2010 did so because they no longer needed specialist interventions, compared to 48 per cent five years ago, according to a new report from the NTA.
News in brief
04 December 2011
A round up of the news from the field.