Drug and Alcohol Monthly Media Briefing

Drug and Alcohol Media Briefing - January 2012

Media releases

National

Alcohol

Call for national plan to combat fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FARE) 18 January

ADCA says cheap alcohol marketing by ALDI is irresponsible! (ADCA) 27 January

Drugs

Lancet letter exposes serious errors in Vancouver injection room study (WFAD) 24 January

Smoking/Tobacco

Nicotine replacement therapy is an effective and proven therapy in helping smokers to quit (ASMI) 11 January

Other

Australia Day peak day for drunkenness and assaults (Turning Pont) 25 January

Special advisor on employment participation appointed to Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) 25 January

ACT

Needle exchange: Still no decisions, still no leadership (Liberals) 10 January

NSW

$110,000 announced for all ages, drug and alcohol free music events in NSW (MusicNSW) 9 January

Victoria

Bong ban now in force (Gov) 1 January

South Australia

Ban on cigarette displays starts today (Gov) 1 January

Tasmania

Regulating Industrial Hemp (Gov) 6 January

Western Australia

One stop shop for drug and alcohol treatment (Gov) 11 January

News articles

National

Alcohol

Discount booze outlets swallow hotel markets 11 January

Too many shandies hurting older Aussies 12 January

ADF soldiers sent back to Afghanistan for drinking alcohol in Dubai 13 January

Holidays, alcohol and cigarettes trigger monthly inflation figure rebound 16 January

Eight diggers sent home from Afghanistan after being caught drinking 16 January

Alcohol binge sessions contribute to growing grog gut 17 January

Report calls for floor price on alcohol 19 January

Study raises alarm on uni alcohol abuse 19 January

Wake up call for heavy drinkers 19 January

Diggers sent home for drunken crash 22 January

Survey to focus on booze rage 23 January

Cop wins appeal over grog stockpile 23 January

Vodka brand gets nod to add gloss to its marketing 23 January

Underage drink clamp but alcohol zones back 24 January

Australia day the peak for booze fuelled violence 24 January

Council moves to solve alcohol issues 26 January

Aldi’s super-cheap $1 beer plan ‘no peril to public’ 27 January

First step to victory is conceding defeat 27 January

Are cops the boss of the cross?: 29 January

Chapel St has had enough of late night anti-social behaviour 30 January

Banned drinkers find a way 30 January

Anti-grog ban mayor ‘found on boat loaded with booze’ 30 January

Big boozing women seek fast solution 31 January

Drugs

The land of surfing, barbies... and dope. Study shows more Australians take marijuana than any other nationality 9 January

Cannabis mouth spray may help addicts quit 9 January

Three charged over drug haul near Mandurah 9 January

Malaysian Airlines flight officer arrested with drugs 10 January

Man charged with 5kg of heroin 11 January

Smoke clears over marijuana lung risks 12 January

Store’s needle bin woe 13 January

Health fraud Joel Barlow hit with drug charges 17 January

House fire uncovers drug operation 17 January

Owner of lost drugs busted on CCTV 17 January

Extraordinary recovery from drug habit 19 January

Mobilong prison drug ring smashed 19January

Stay away from drugs at Big Day Out: Cops 24 January

Alcohol incidents ‘double’ on Australia day 24 January

War on drugs a failure, decriminalise now says Branson 24 January

Epping man a festival fatality 30 January

Drug and alcohol reform

Community engagement on drug and alcohol reform 30 January

Energy drinks

Energy hit leaves more hospitalised January

Indigenous Issues

Territory police ‘need to go further’ in alcohol crackdown 9 January

Headhunting Indigenous project leader Tom Calma cost $33,000 16 January

Anti-smoking campaign targets Aborigines 19 January

Mental Health

Push to forcibly medicate mentally ill 12 January

Prisons

Prison needle exchange talks continue 11 January

Smoking/Tobacco

Heat on Labor over tobacco investments 9 January

Smoking bans to be extended to include waterpipe tobacco 12 January

Breakthrough to ease smoker’s lungs 13 January

Sport

Surfing’s war on drugs 9 January

Hair testing may be part of AFL illicit drugs policy 10 January

Youth

Jump in cigarette sales to minors 16 January

Police step up action over 10yo drinkers 30 January

International:

Alcohol

Two drink-free days a week needed, MPs’ report says 9 January

CDC: Millions of Americans are binge drinkers 10 January

Mayor Bloomberg plans to limit Alcohol sales and advertising in new health initiative 11 January

Study offers clue as to why alcohol is addictive 11 January

Indonesia Islamists protest over alcohol: reports 12 January

Chinese tree offers hope for alcohol antidote 13 January

Risk attitude link to alcohol abuse 16 January

India alcohol poisoning suspect surrenders 16 January

MSPs say supermarkets ‘undermining spirit’ of alcohol laws 17 January

Alcohol in Pregnancy: It’s Never Safe, Especially Not in the First Trimester 18 January

Long tradition of alcohol at sea 20 January

Stella and Budweiser cut alcohol levels in bid to save millions of pounds in duty hikes 22 January

Alcohol crackdown planned for sevens 23 January

Starbucks to add alcohol at more cafes 24 January

Binge drinking common in wealthy people 24 January

Alcohol tax increase will benefit MD health needs 24 January

More male alcohol-related deaths 26 January

Punjab assembly elections 2012: Illicit liquor flows freely as parties seek to lure voters 30 January

Drugs

The side effects of smoking shisha 8 January

Germany tackles opium grandpas 9 January

Liberals vote to retain ties to monarchy, legalize marijuana 15 January

Must be so proud... Beyonce’s baby now has type of marijuana named after her as ‘Blue Ivy’ hits Hollywood 15 January

Synthetic marijuana seized in Vermilion 16 January

Nevada lawmakers call for ban on synthetic cocaine, marijuana 17 January

Afghanistan opium fuels insurgency 17 January

New US plan to stop drug flow over northern border 22 January

Meth fills hospitals with burn patients 23 January

Drugs mule terms cut in new sentencing guidelines 24 January

Maldives battles scourge of rampant heroin use 26 January

A ballot push to legalize marijuana, with alcohol as the role model 26 January

Mexico says drought also hurting marijuana growers 30 January

Hard drugs even more risky for middle aged 30 January

Hepatitis C

Merck hepatitis C drug may ‘anchor’ future worldwide regimen 10 January

Rehabilitation

Fire at ‘locked’ drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in Peru kills 27: 29 January

Smoking/Tobacco

Nicotine replacement has no long-term benefit when quitting smoking, study suggests 9 January

British American Tobacco using kangaroo image to flog its smokes in Europe 13 January

Scotland delays implementing tobacco display ban 15 January

FDA set to review dissolvable tobacco products 19 January

Backing for public smoking ban 20 January

Many keep smoking after cancer diagnosis 23 January

Plain packs will make smoking history 24 January

Judge won’t delay decision in 12-year old tobacco case 26 January

UAE considers tobacco tax but sales unlikely to go up in smoke 30 January

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