Abstract Aims This paper provides a historical review of gambling in Canada and examines the benefits and shortcomings of present-day Canadian gambling policies and practices. This includes a discussion of provincial and federal government roles in gambling regulation and an overview of problem gambling prevention and treatment initiatives. Methods The gambling studies literature was probed for pertinent information on factors such as historical development, legislative changes, economic conditions and cultural influences that have affected gambling participation and social responsibility strategies in Canada
Filed in Evidence Base, crime
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Also tagged activity, ambiguous, criminal-code, expansion-which, gambling-policy, gambling-within, increased-crime, minor-concerns, paper-provides, personal, second-allowed, seen-as-minor
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Since October 2012, Local Authorities have had the power to introduce a Late Night Levy (LNL) on premises opening after midnight under the PRSA 2011 . The Levy is intended as a means of raising a contribution towards police and council accrued costs of the late-night economy.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The Local Government Association (LGA) have published guidance on Public health and alcohol licensing in England . Under new licensing measures councils have greater powers in relation to licensing decisions, and health bodies are now a 'responsible authority' .
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy, crime
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Also tagged alcohol-public, based-decisions, Guidance, health, health-briefing, lga, licensing, police, policy, potential, responsible, tackling-drugs, the-prevention
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The much anticipated consultation on the Government alcohol strategy has been released, proposing a 45 pence Minimum Unit Price (MUP).
Abstract: Background: British Columbia (BC), Canada, is home to a large illegal cannabis industry that is known to contribute to substantial organized crime concerns. Although debates have emerged regarding the potential benefits of a legally regulated market to address a range of drug policy-related social problems, the value of the local (i.e., domestically consumed) cannabis market has not been characterized.Methods: Monte Carlo simulation methods were used to generate a median value and 95% credibility interval for retail expenditure estimates of the domestic cannabis market in BC. Model parameter estimates were obtained for the number of cannabis users, the frequency of cannabis use, the quantity of cannabis used, and the price of cannabis from government surveillance data and studies of BC cannabis users.Results: The median annual estimated retail expenditure on cannabis by British Columbians was $407million (95% Credibility Interval [CI]: $169–948million)
Filed in Evidence Base, cannabis, crime
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Also tagged based-on-local, british, estimated, frequency, given-the-value, law-enforcement, monte-carlo, organized-crime, potential, price, should-consider, social-problems, users-accounted
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Earlier this year a new Government Alcohol Strategy won praise from health groups for its intention to introduce minimum pricing, now planned for 2014 .
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, crime
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Also tagged alcohol industry, binge drinking, does-the-claim, evidence-as-yet, financial-times, fiscal-studies, from-the-office, minimum, minimum-pricing, office, price, public, scotch-whisky
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Abstract: This article examines contemporary developments in criminal justice responses to drug related crime.
Filed in Evidence Base, crime
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Also tagged article, been-introduced, been-the-case, despite-limited, drug-related, drug-treatment, effectiveness, expansion, implications, introduction, potential, the-criminal
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North America’s only supervised injection facility, Insite, opened its doors in September of 2003 with a federal exemption as a three-year scientific study. The results of the study, evaluated by an independent research team, showed it to be successful in engaging the target group in healthcare, preventing overdose death and HIV infections while increasing uptake and retention in detox and treatment. The research, published in peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals, also showed that the program did not increase public disorder, crime or drug use.
Filed in Harm Reduction, crime
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Also tagged charter, effectiveness, election, harm-reduction, insite, person, personhood, program, rights, society, supreme-court
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Conclusions: This preliminary investigation identified a positive and statistically significant relationship between an objective measure of neighborhood disorder and JDAs. Future investigations should examine strategies to reduce drug-related crime by addressing the larger neighborhood and social context in which drug involvement and crime occurs.
The Royal College of General Practitioners ( RCGP ) has released guidance to help GPs respond more effectively to patients at risk of domestice abuse. The guidelines advocate that a senior member of
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy, crime
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Also tagged alcohol-concern, clinical, commissioning, domestic-abuse, Guidance, health, identification, level-the-rcgp, office, policy, raise-the-issue, rcgp, royal-college
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