On the 25th April 2012 the majority of the licensing changes set out in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act ( PRSA ) 2011 came into force. The Home Office have released updated guidance: Download the Amended guidance Issued under section 182 of the licensing act 2003 and supplementary guidance: Licensing authorities as responsible authorities – preliminary guidance Suspension for non-payment of fees – preliminary guidance The measures set out in the PRSA include: doubling the fine for persistent underage sales to £20,000 introducing a late night levy to help cover the cost of policing the late night economy increasing the flexibility of early morning alcohol restriction orders lowering the evidential threshold on licensing authorities removing the vicinity test for licensing representations to allow wider local community involvement reforming the system of temporary event notices (TENs) suspension of premises licences due to non-payment of annual fees The late night levy, early morning alcohol restriction orders and locally set fees measures will be brought in at a later date of either October 2012 or April 2013 according to the Home Office . A list of Home Office factsheets on the full licensing changes due are available.
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Tagged cover-the-cost, early-morning, evidential, flexibility, Guidance, licensing, local-community, majority, police, police-reform, policy, social, the-licensing, vicinity
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Although the short and long-term health risks of alcohol, tobacco and illegal drug use is well known, they still remain a public health concern in the UK amongst young people, with risks ranging from accidental injuries, to violence, sexual ill-health and elevated rates of chronic conditions as well as premature death…
Filed in Uncategorized, tobacco
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Tagged accidental-injuries, amongst-young, chronic-conditions, conditions-as-well, health-risks, illegal-drug, public-health, sexual-ill-health, short, the-short, tobacco, well-known
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ABSTRACT Aims Concern about crime is a significant barrier to the establishment of methadone treatment centers (MTCs). Methadone maintenance reduces crime among those treated, but the relationship between MTCs and neighborhood crime is unknown.
A Loyola University Medical Center study has found that binge drinking may slow recovery and increase medical costs for survivors of burn injuries. The study was presented during the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association in Seattle.
Kansas lawmakers are considering a resolution that would require state health officials to conduct a study about the health effects of smokeless tobacco, potentially allowing the state to market smokeless tobacco as a healthier alternative to cigarette smoking. The Federal and State Affairs Committee of Kansas’ House of Representatives has been debating a measure that would require the state’s Department of Health and Environment to conduct a study of the health effects of using smokeless tobacco — commonly known as chewing tobacco — to determine if it is safer than cigarette smoking. One goal of the resolution is for the state health department to ultimately make a recommendation to the legislature as to whether Kansas should promote smokeless tobacco over cigarette smoking.
Filed in Harm Reduction, tobacco
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Tagged environment, kansas, legislature, pose-the-same, recent-similar, representatives, resolution, state, the-legislature, the-state-based
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Alcohol, tobacco and illegal drug use among young people is a public health concern in the UK.
NHS Scotland have released a report on Computer based interventions: A report to rapidly assess the effectiveness evidence in relation to computer-based alcohol interventions. Like recent and previous reviews , the report identifies potential for web-based interventions, but also limitations and the need for further research.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Tagged address-alcohol, deliver-health, effectiveness, evidence, increased, internet, intervention, policy, public-health, rapidly-assess, research, the-internet
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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found clinical evidence that the drug gabapentin, currently on the market to treat neuropathic pain and epilepsy, helps people to quit smoking marijuana (cannabis). Unlike traditional addiction treatments, gabapentin targets stress systems in the brain that are activated by drug withdrawal…
A history of binge eating – consuming large amounts of food in a short period of time – may make an individual more likely to show other addiction-like behaviors, including substance abuse, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. In the short term, this finding may shed light on the factors that promote substance abuse, addiction, and relapse…
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Tagged addiction, binge-eating, consuming-large, eating disorders, finding, individual-more, medicine, short, short-period, state, state-college, substance-abuse, the-factors
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As childhood and adolescent deaths from infectious diseases have declined worldwide, policymakers are shifting attention to preventing deaths from noncommunicable causes, such as drug and alcohol use, mental health problems, obesity, traffic crashes, violence and unsafe sex practices…