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UK Drug Testing News Page Autumn 2008
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DRUGS NEWS FROM THE UK & AROUND THE WORLD
In Japan the world of sumo wrestling has been rocked by a drugs scandal. BBC news 3/9/08
Two Russian wrestlers have tested positive for marijuana use and another has been arrested on suspicion of possessing the drug.
The wrestler who was arrested has already been banned for life. The other two are waiting to hear how they will be punished.
The world of sumo is very conservative and wrestlers are held to the highest moral standards.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7595475.stm
Soldiers sacked over drug tests BBC online 26/8/08
The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, perform gun salutes for the Queen
Five soldiers have been dismissed from the Army after failing a drugs test, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7582005.stm
SNP's new policy on drugs drops methadone
From the Times May 28 2008
The Scottish government is to cut back on methadone treatment in favour of rehabilitation
Angus Macleod, Scottish Political Editor
The SNP has switched the emphasis in Scotland's drugs strategy from harm reduction to recovery and rehabilitation.
The Scottish government hopes that its new five-point plan will help Scots to live drug-free lives and go some way to ridding the country of its unenviable reputation for having more addicts than most comparable European nations.
Also implicit in the strategy, which was published yesterday, is an acceptance that methadone, the heroin substitute prescribed to addicts, has not made enough of an impact on recovery rates.
In 2006 there were about 420 drug-related deaths in Scotland and it is estimated that there are 52,000 problem drug-users.
Related Links-Drug strategy support from the frontline
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article4029979.ece
This last figure is almost certainly a conservative one since many other addicts have not reached the stage of seeking help and are thus not known to the authorities.
Drug-taking, according to official estimates, costs Scots about £2.6billion a year, with a large part of that attributed to crime, as heroin and other drug-users need up to £300 a week to feed their addiction.
As part of its five-point strategy, the SNP will spend £94million during the next three years on tackling drug abuse, and increase funding for health board drug-treatment programmes by almost 4 per cent.
It will also overhaul for the first time services for tackling addiction and send every household an information leaflet, so that parents can warn their children off drugs.
Launching the initiative, Fergus Ewing, the Communities Minister, said that the “guiding purpose” of all drug treatment services would be helping addicts into recovery.
He told MSPs: “In the past there has not been enough focus on achieving positive outcomes for people with drug problems. We must make this a priority for the future.
“We will achieve this by reforming how drugs services are planned, commissioned and delivered. The idea of recovery must be central.
“There has been success in getting people into treatment. But we have been less good about getting them off methadone and into full recovery.”
Mr Ewing described recovery as embracing the principle that rather than concentrating on reducing risk and harm, services should support people to move on towards a drug-free life as active and contributing members of society.
As many as 60,000 youngsters are affected by parental drug abuse in Scotland and Mr Ewing pledged a programme of action to improve identification of children at risk.
Existing powers to seize assets and cash from dealers would also be strengthened and Mr Ewing promised better quality and more consistent treatment for addicts in prisons.
Labour said that the SNP had broken a promise to boost spending on tackling drug abuse by 20 per cent.
The Scottish Tories, who claim to have played a key part in encouraging the Nationalists to bring the new
“recovery” strategy forward, welcomed the shift in focus.
Annabel Goldie, the Scottish Tory leader, hoped that it would herald a new dawn for Scotland's drug policy. “I congratulate the Scottish government for coming to terms with the failures of recent years, characterised by an attempt to merely manage the problem rather than attack it head on,” she said.
“For too long, we have left those who have surrendered their lives to drugs in desperation and devastation. Let today be the day when we offered new hope and real help.”
David Liddell, director of Scottish Drugs Forum, described the strategy as highly ambitious, and acknowledged that medical help or prison sentences on their own were not nearly adequate to help people to overcome their addiction.
Full article & post your commments here http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article4029992.ece
Cannabis goes back to Class B despite drug experts' verdict
From The Times May 8, 2008 Richard Ford, Home Correspondent
Cannabis will be upgraded to a Class B drug next year even though the head of the Government’s advisory body says that the change is neither warranted nor likely to achieve the desired effect.
Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, announced the reversal yesterday of the Government’s earlier decision to downgrade the drug. But under18s caught with it will not be treated any more harshly, to avoid criminalising them.
Punishment for the over18s will increase from the existing “confiscate and warning” for a first offence to a possible penalty notice for disorder on a second offence followed by arrest and prosecution for a third offence.
Although the new jail term for possession rises from two to five years, it is unlikely that anyone will be imprisoned for simple possession of cannabis for personal use. But extra years are to be added to jail sentences handed out to those caught dealing in hospitals, schools, universities and prisons.
The tougher punishments are to be introduced after the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the Government’s official body, was told of patients in psychiatric hospitals ordering drugs by telephone and having them delivered within 15 minutes.
Reclassification will not take effect until early next year because Parliament has to approve the decision.
A report from the advisory council concluded that the health dangers from cannabis did not justify its inclusion in the higher category and that it should remain a Class C drug. Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, chairman of the council, said: “Changing the classification of cannabis is neither warranted nor will it achieve the desired effect.”
The report said that scientific evidence pointed to a “probable, but weak, causal link between psychotic illness, including schizophrenia, and cannabis use”. However, it added that in the population as a whole, the drug played only a “modest role” in the development of these conditions.
Ms Smith said that the Government was overruling the council because she was unwilling to “risk the future health of young people”. She told MPs: “Where there is a clear and serious problem, but doubt about the harm that will be caused, we must err on the side of caution and protect the public. I make no apology for that – I am not prepared to wait and see.”
The Home Secretary said she was concerned about the mental health effects of smoking super-strength skunk cannabis, which now accounts for 81 per cent of cannabis seized on the streets. There were also suggestions that young people were “binge smoking” to get the maximum high.
Ms Smith accepted the remaining 20 recommendations from the advisory council, including a concerted public health campaign to reduce the widespread use of cannabis, a renewed focus on preventing youngsters starting to use the drug and clear advice for parents on what to do if their children are found with an illegal drug.
The council’s report also called for curbs on shops that sell cannabis paraphernalia, such as pipes.
Sir Michael said that the Government was free to accept or reject expert advice. “It really has to be tackled as a public health problem not a criminal justice problem. This is not a criticism of the Prime Minister and Home Secretary. All politicans tend to think there must be a criminal justice solution to it. It is more complicated and subtle that that.”
Read full artiicle and post comments here http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3886524.ece
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