The World Health Organization is launching a new policy on injection safety and a global campaign with support from the IKEA Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to help all countries tackle the pervasive issue of unsafe injections (WHO)
Archives for February 2015
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Drug strategy annual review: 2014 to 2015
The third annual review of the drug strategy, ‘A Balanced Approach’, updates progress on the 3 strands of the strategy since December 2013 (Home Office)
A change to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971: control of MT-45 and 4,4’-DMAR
This circular draws attention to the contents of the Statutory Instruments S.I. 2015/215, S.I. 2015/232 and S.I. 2015/231 which come into force at 00:01 on 11 March 2015 (Home Office)
Casualties of War
How the War on Drugs is harming the world’s poorest (Health Poverty Action)
CND decision to schedule ketamine would undermine WHO treaty mandate
The UN Commission considers to bring ketamine under the control of the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances contrary to WHO recommendations (Global Drug Policy Observatory)
HIV sweeps across eastern Europe amid economic crisis
HIV is spreading at a dangerous rate in nations around the Black Sea, passing a record 100,000 new cases yearly (euobserver)
Comparative risk assessment of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other illicit drugs using the margin of exposure approach
The toxicological margin of exposure (MOE) approach validates epidemiological and social science-based drug ranking approaches especially in regard to the positions of alcohol and tobacco (high risk) and cannabis (low risk) (Scientific Reports)
Way forward to tackle NPS
Expert Review Group reports back on new ways to tackle ‘legal highs’(Scottish Government)
ChemSex and HCV transmission among UK MSM
Before health professionals can communicate effectively with these clients about the potentially stigma-laden issue of HCV they need to develop an awareness of the various elements of risk in the ChemSex environment (BMJ)
Take-home naloxone for opioid overdose in people who use drugs
Advice for local authorities and local partners on promoting the wider availability of naloxone to reduce overdose deaths from heroin and similar drugs (PHE)
WHO calls for worldwide use of “smart” syringes
The World Health Organization is launching a new policy on injection safety and a global campaign with support from the IKEA Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to help all countries tackle the pervasive issue of unsafe injections (WHO)
ChemSex and HCV transmission among UK MSM
Before health professionals can communicate effectively with these clients about the potentially stigma-laden issue of HCV they need to develop an awareness of the various elements of risk in the ChemSex environment (BMJ)
Family Drug and Alcohol Court to extend nationwide
Courts that help families affected by drug and alcohol misuse to open in new areas, thanks to government backing worth £2.5 million (Department for Education)
Prevention of drug and alcohol dependence
The (ACMD) Recovery Committee’s briefing paper on the prevention of drug and alcohol dependence
A change to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971: control of MT-45 and 4,4’-DMAR
This circular draws attention to the contents of the Statutory Instruments S.I. 2015/215, S.I. 2015/232 and S.I. 2015/231 which come into force at 00:01 on 11 March 2015 (Home Office)
‘Legal highs’ incidents up more than 150 per cent in a year, say police
The number of police incidents involving ‘legal highs’ has almost trebled across England in a year )Centre for Social Justice)
CND decision to schedule ketamine would undermine WHO treaty mandate
The UN Commission considers to bring ketamine under the control of the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances contrary to WHO recommendations (Global Drug Policy Observatory)
‘Legal highs’ incidents up more than 150 per cent in a year, say police
The number of police incidents involving ‘legal highs’ has almost trebled across England in a year )Centre for Social Justice)
Family Drug and Alcohol Court to extend nationwide
Courts that help families affected by drug and alcohol misuse to open in new areas, thanks to government backing worth £2.5 million (Department for Education)
Alcohol-related Deaths in the United Kingdom, Registered in 2013
This bulletin presents alcohol-related death figures for the UK, its constituent countries and regions of England for 2013 (Office of National Statistics)