Round up

Citation

Goodair, C. (2013), "Round up", Drugs and Alcohol Today, Vol. 13 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/DAT-06-2013-0026

Round up

Article Type: Round up From: Drugs and Alcohol Today, Volume 13, Issue 3.

Alcohol

Children's and young people's exposure to alcohol advertising – Ofcom report that examines trends in young people's exposure to television advertising of alcoholic products between 2007 and 2011. The analysis looks at trends among children aged 4-15 (including sub-groups of 4-9 and 10-15-year-olds) and adults aged 16-24 (www://media.ofcom.org.uk/2013/05/24/ofcom-asks-advertising-bodies-to-review-rules-to-limit-childrens-exposure-to-tv-alcohol-advertising/)

Drugs prescribed to treat alcohol dependency up nearly 75 per cent in nine years – Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) figures show that prescriptions dispensed to treat alcohol dependency in England have increased by almost 75 per cent in nine years (www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2803/Drugs-prescribed-to-treat-alcohol-dependency-up-nearly-75-per-cent-in-nine-years)

Is alcohol too cheap in the UK? The case for setting a minimum unit price for alcohol – Institute of Alcohol Studies paper that offers a perspective on the research evidence for minimum pricing for alcohol as a public health measure (www.ias.org.uk/resources/papers/occasional/index.html)

Drugs

Dangerous drugs: the misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) Statutory Instrument No.1294 Order 2013 – two “legal highs” NBOMe and Benzo Fury have been made illegal for a period of 12 months from 10 June 2013 (www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1294/pdfs/uksi_20131294_en.pdf)

New drugs in Europe, 2012 – EMCDDA-Europol 2012 Annual Report on the implementation of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA presents the activities implemented by the EMCDDA and Europol in 2012 in support of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA on the information exchange, risk assessment and control of new psychoactive substances (www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications)

European Drug Report 2013: trends and developments – an EMCDDA report presenting an overview of the drug phenomenon in Europe, covering drug supply, use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. Together with the online Statistical bulletin, Country overviews and Perspectives on drugs, it comprises 2013 European Drug Report package (www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications)

Drug prevention interventions targeting minority ethnic populations – EMCDDA thematic paper presenting the results of a study that examined drug prevention interventions for minority ethnic populations in 29 European countries (www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications)

Prevention efforts focused on youth reduce prescription abuse into adulthood – National Institute for Drug Abuse, USA, report finds that middle school students from small towns and rural communities who received any of three community-based prevention programmes were less likely to abuse prescription medications in late adolescence and young adulthood (www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/news-releases/2013/02/prevention-efforts-focused-youth-reduce-prescription-abuse-adulthood)

Tobacco

Tobacco: harm-reduction approaches to smoking – National Institute for Clinical Evidence guidance aimed primarily to help people who may not be able (or want) to stop smoking abruptly, may want to stop smoking without necessarily giving up nicotine, or may not be ready to stop smoking completely but may want to reduce the amount they smoke (www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=byID&o=14178)

School-based interventions to prevent the uptake of smoking among children and young people National Institute for Clinical Evidence – summary of selected new evidence relevant to NICE public health guidance 23 “School-based interventions to prevent the uptake of smoking among children and young people” (2010) (www.evidence.nhs.uk/evidence-update-38)

Websites and other media

The Learning Exchange is a digital library of learning resources freely available on the internet, and includes a section on drugs and alcohol (www://lx.iriss.org.uk/category/learning-exchange-collections/drug-and-alcohol-misuse)

The Purple Bull Podcast: Episode 1 – What is Recovery? – started in January 2013, this podcast has been produced by 15 recovering volunteers who interviewed people in recovery and professionals across the addictions field to gather experiences, views and thoughts about the recovery process (www://recoveryradio.blogspot.co.uk/p/the.html)

Compiled by Christine Goodair, who is Past Chair of SALIS, The International Organisation for Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists.