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Wired
In Reflections, Part 1 |
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Since changing our identity, the final piece
of the puzzle has clicked into place. It is the simple fact that
we are a Recovery Movement. Our major underlying aim is to help
people find their path to recovery [the prof speaks out] |
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'Life
as a heroin addict' - You Tube launch |
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Last summer, Wired In grabbed the camera and
went to speak to some service users about their experiences with
addiction, treatment and recovery. We were blown away by the
footage we got, and the enthusiasm that our ‘film stars’ demonstrated
[Our Films, Wired In] |
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Harm
reduction: a global snapshot |
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Escalating rates of HIV and hepatitis C in
the injecting community underline the urgent need for effective
harm reduction [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Getting
to the point |
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Barcelona has supervised injecting rooms; Vancouver
is in danger of losing its facilities [Drink and Drugs News,
UK] |
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A
taste of alcohol harm reduction |
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From 'ladette' culture, to involving police
in partnerships to reduce alcohol-related crime [Drink and Drugs
News, UK] |
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Gender
equality |
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Finding society's stigmatised - from international
sex workers, to injectors in Eastern Europe [Drink and Drugs
News, UK] |
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Loud
and proud |
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Drug users make sure their voices are heard
[Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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The
ibogaine debate |
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Argument for and against a drug that can 'interrupt
the craving for opiates' [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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My
great escape |
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Bri concludes his story. Will he find the strength
to reject drugs once and for all? [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Post-its
from practice |
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Changing GPs is not always a simple affair,
says Dr Chris Ford [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Background
briefing |
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In 'A letter to a friend' Prof David Clark
explores challenges for the field [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Letters |
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Responses to recent DDN features [Drink and
Drugs News, UK] |
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Interesting
times - Interesting comments |
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A stimulating debate is developing following
the prof’s comments on the “Isolation and Recovery” article
by Ian Wardle [the prof speaks out] |
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NTA
conference: Delivering the Drug Strategy |
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The conference will include an interactive
session on how we should define “recovery” – one
of the key issues in drug treatment Further
information and booking [NTA, UK] |
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Recovery,
harm reduction or just better regulation? |
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So we have this new buzz word: Recovery ...
recovery to the Scottish Government means, ultimately, abstinence.
What it specifically doesn’t mean is a state of non-problematic
drug use [UKCIA] |
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Ecstasy
now cheaper than a pint |
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Ecstasy is being sold on the streets of Wales
for as little as £1 a tablet – with the average price
of a pint of lager now £2.65 [icWales, UK] |
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Cannabis
increases risk of psychosis in teens |
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Teenage cannabis users are more likely to suffer
psychotic symptoms and have a greater risk of developing schizophrenia
in later life, research has found [Telegraph, UK] |
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How
high? Quantity as a predictor of cannabis-related problems |
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These findings indicate that quantity is an
important predictor of cannabis-related outcomes, and that the
three quantity measures convey useful information about use [Harm
Reduction Journal] |
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Youth
anti-drink plans criticised |
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Charities and opposition MPs have criticised
ministers' proposals to tackle underage drinking in England [BBC,
UK] |
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Alcohol
action plan must prioritise out-of-doors drinkers, finds Addaction
report |
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The snapshot survey carried out last month
of young people treated for drug and alcohol problems by Addaction
also found that young people drinking heavily were more likely
than other underage drinkers to drink out–of-doors, with
almost two thirds drinking outside on high streets, parks or
on estates, rather than at home or in pubs and clubs [Addaction,
UK] |
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Role
models needed to change binge drinking culture |
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Hope UK is convinced that practical action,
including peer influence and role modelling, is needed to change
the prevailing attitude that alcohol is somehow indispensable
for having a good time [Christian Today, UK] |
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Youth
drink guidance for parents |
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Parents in England are to be given advice on
how much alcohol to give their children, as part of a government
drive to tackle teenage drinking [BBC, UK] |
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'We
can't stop our son drinking' |
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As the government tries to tackle anti-social
drinking by targeting parents, the BBC's Jon Kelly speaks to
a couple who say they are powerless to prevent their son abusing
alcohol [BBC, UK] |
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Youth
drink guidance for parents |
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Parents in England are to be given advice on
how much alcohol to give their children, as part of a government
drive to tackle teenage drinking [BBC, UK] |
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Parents,
police powers and ID targeted in new crackdown on teenage binge
drinkers |
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The proposals are on top of plans set out by
the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, at the weekend to make it unlawful
for anyone under 18 to "persistently" possess alcohol
in public [Guardian, UK] |
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UNODC
director goes to Amsterdam: the lost report |
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Transform has now received a document titled ‘Amsterdam
blog Mon 27 April 08’ which apparently appeared briefly
on ‘Costa’s Corner’, his UNODC blog before
swiftly disappearing again ... here is the now disappeared personal
report for your unedited reading pleasure, the authenticity of
which we have no reason to doubt [TDPF, UK] |
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Time
for total ban on tobacco marketing, CMA says |
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After years of impressive gains in the fight
against smoking in Canada, the CMA says it is time for governments
to tackle smoking rates among young people by eliminating all
tobacco advertising and promotion, and by adding their own mass-media
attacks on tobacco use [Canadian Medical Association] |
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Trends
in prevalence of substance use among Icelandic adolescents,
1995-2006 |
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The prevalence of substance use among Icelandic
10th graders declined substantially from 1995 to 2006 [Substance
Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy] |
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Drug
policy freak show |
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A scathing criticism of the Canadian federal
government's opposition to Insite [Addiction and Recovery News,
USA] |
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This
Is Your Mom on Drugs: Aging Doesn't Stop Drug Use |
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For many baby boomers, recreational drugs continue
as a way of life [Scientific American] |
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Business
Gets Wise to the Economic Potential of Medical Marijuana |
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The cash value of the annual California marijuana
harvest destroyed by law enforcement (in other words, not even
taking into account the marijuana that was not destroyed) has
been estimated at $11.6 billion, a figure that makes marijuana
easily the state's largest agricultural commodity [Drug Law Blog] |
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Middle-aged
men outdrinking teen tipplers |
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It's not teenagers but their fathers who are
the nation's heaviest drinkers, new research has found, in the
latest challenge to the Government's alcopops tax [The Australian] |
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Kids
think binge-drinking normal |
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Children as young as nine think adults who
binge drink are behaving normally, according to a new survey
[Herald Sun, Australia] |
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Freedom
to binge isn't freedom worthy of the name |
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The 2am lockout in city bars is a step towards
making Melbourne a safer, more civilised place [The Age, Australia] |
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A new site
created for people who educate others about viral hepatitis |
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The Hepatitis Education site provides links
to various resources, factsheets, case studies and other support
tools available for people providing hepatitis C related education
[Hepatitis Australia] |
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