Nearly one out of seven college students surveyed at a Texas university has participated in the Choking Game, a dangerous behavior where blood flow is deliberately cut off to the brain in order to achieve a high, according to a study by The Crime Victims’ Institute at Sam Houston State University…
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Tagged brain, choking, crime, crime-victims, dangerous-behavior, houston, houston-state, institute, institute-at-sam, seven-college, students-surveyed, texas, the-brain
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Alcohol use has often been linked to criminal activity on the part of both perpetrators as well as victims.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The Department of Health (DH) have released a suite of fact-sheets about the new public health system promised as part of the NHS Reforms . This includes further details of the responsibilities of local government and the operating model for the new Public Health England (PHE), following the Public Health white paper . Public Health England (PHE) will be an executive agency of DH taking national leadership for public health issues
Also filed in Evidence Base, UK Alcohol Policy
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Tagged adult-social, driver, Evidence Base, forthcoming, health, joint-strategic, legal, outcomes-focus, over-the-threat, policy, public-health, the-development
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Abstract Aims: To determine whether collaborative behavioral management (CBM) reduces substance use, crime and re-arrest among drug-involved parolees.
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Tagged among-parolees, collaborative, crime, drug-violation, majority, management, parole-offices, positive-tools, primary, role-induction, versus-standard
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
To coincide with Alcohol Awareness Week (AAW), Drink Wise North West have launched an appeal for 'Alcohol Champions' to support and lead alcohol harm reduction approaches. To support potential champions, two new Drink Wise packs have been published: The Know More pack sets out the health, financial, social and crime costs in the NW, and supports professionals in building up a business case for change. With 1 in 7 people in the NW drinking at levels which put their health at risk, it's a timely reminder of the sobering consequences of alcohol misuse
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Tagged alcohol industry, champion, champions, crime, damaging, drink, drink-wise, health, health-at-risk, make-the-case, north, north-west, sobering, tackle-alcohol, timely-reminder
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
A new report explores whether UK laws relating to the sale and consumption of alcohol are 'fit for purpose' and are being effectively enforced. The report finds that many laws are not being fully utilised, although a variety of measures are still required to achieve alcohol harm reduction. Download ‘Lost Orders?: Law Enforcement and Alcohol in England and Wales’ or download the Executive Summary
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Tagged alcohol industry, community safety, consumers, fully-utilised, government, harm-reduction, joseph, joseph-rowntree, licensing, office, portman-group, research, tackle-underage
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
In June 2011 the Global Commission on Drug Policy, of which I am proud to be the chair, released its report calling for fundamental reforms to drug policies. Together with my colleagues – former and serving heads of state including Ruth Dreifuss, George Papandreou, Ernesto Zedillo and Cesar Gaviria, prominent business people and intellectuals, and former high level UN officials including Kofi Annan – we called for urgent action to stem the tide of drug-related harm, organised crime and drug-related violence ().
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Tagged 2011-the-global, cesar-gaviria, chair, colleagues, crime, dreifuss, ernesto-zedillo, global, high-level, serving-heads, state-including, stem-the-tide, urgent-action
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
After men become fathers for the first time, they show significant decreases in crime, tobacco and alcohol use, according to a new, 19-year study. Researchers assessed more than 200 at-risk boys annually from the age of 12 to 31, and examined how men’s crime, tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use changed over time…
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Tagged alcohol-use, assessed-more, at-risk-boys, crime, from-the-age, how-men, men's health, men-become, the-age, the-first, tobacco, use-changed
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Last month the London Drug and Alcohol Policy Forum (LDAPF) and Greater London Authority (GLA) hosted an event on Managing the Night Time Economy. Presentations [pdf] from the day included: Camden's NTE Jon Paris and Michael Hrycak, London Borough of Camden Havering NTE Deborah Houston-McBean, Havering London Borough Overhauling the Licensing Act Mark Halton, Home Office Newham's Total Enforcement Sheila Roberts, London Borough of Newham TfL and the NTE Graham Daly, Transport for London Islington Community Alcohol Partnership John Hart, Islington Coucil LAS Soho Alcohol Recovery Pilot Brian Hayes, London Ambulance Service See here for presentations from a previous London NTE event . An Alcohol Concern NTE factsheet is also available, or see the Alcohol Policy UK NTE category .
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Tagged alcohol, alcohol-policy, brian-hayes, community safety, greater-london, licensing, london-borough, london-drug, michael-hrycak, night, night-time, paris, policy
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
ABSTRACT Aims To review evidence on effectiveness of opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) in prison and post-release.