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'Our
Community' |
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Recently the Wired In team have been working
very closely with the volunteers in our Recovery Community. Together
we have created a series of blogs where the volunteers are sharing
information about themselves, and their views and experiences
of addiction and recovery [the prof speaks out] |
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Background
briefing |
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The second part of Lydia's journey into addiction
[Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Family
matters |
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Many services are ignoring the fact that family
members need support too, and overlooking the positive role they
can play in treatment. David Gilliver reports [Drink and Drugs
News, UK] |
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The
chemistry of mercy |
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Christopher Hallam is profoundly alarmed at
'the chorus of voices' calling for restricted use of methadone.
He explains why [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Consensus?
What consensus? |
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Failing to acknowledge that recovery should
be aimed at becoming drug free could undo the UKDPC's attempt
to define recovery, says Professor Neil McKeganey. Readers' viewpoints
follow [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Passing
go |
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Harm reduction can have a positive impact by
steering people out of the criminal justice system as long as
the directions are clear, says Andy Stonard [Drink and Drugs
News, UK] |
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Why
bother..? |
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Louise Olson looks at the economic argument
for offering methadone maintenance [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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"Life
as a heroin addict" - part 5 |
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In part 5 of 'Life as a heroin addict' we look
at the stigma in and around the drug scene and the drug addict.
We also hear about the effect this has on the drug user, including
low self-esteem and paranoia [Our Films, Wired In, UK] |
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Funding
opportunities for GP alcohol inteventions? |
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Ministers have put forward plans for £50
million of clinical funding that would be partly used to pay
for Screening and Brief Interventions (SBIs) by GPs [Alcohol
Policy UK] |
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Asda
'to sell cheap drink on net' |
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A supermarket chain yesterday warned it could
undermine Scottish Government plans to crack down on cut price
deals on alcohol by selling heavily discounted drink on the internet
[The Scotsman, UK] |
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Harm
reduction - Poll |
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Should Harm Reduction measures (e.g. safer
injecting practices) be taught to young people, who are under
18 years of age, in targeted areas where problem drug use is
prevalent? [Low Threshold - Harm Reduction, blog, Ireland] |
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How
Shelly in 'Second Life' Resists Vodka |
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US scientists are successfully curing alcoholics
in the online world of Second Life [Spiegel, Germany] |
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False
positives are common in drug tests on new moms |
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Hospitals' initial urine- screening drug tests
on pregnant women can produce a high rate of false positives
- particularly for methamphetamine and opiates [LA Daily News,
USA] |
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US
warns on Mexico drugs war |
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A top US counter-narcotics official has warned
that Mexico's democratic development is at stake in the country's
battle against drugs cartels [Financial Times, UK] |
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U.S.
Drug Policy: At What Cost? |
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Moving Beyond the Self-Defeating Supply-Control
Fixation. 11-page PDF [WOLA] |
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Review
of Hepatitis C Treatmentand Care Services |
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The main objective of this project is to map
the various existing models and arrangements of hepatitis C treatment
and care service delivery across NSW, and to make recommendations
for models and arrangements that would support the NSW health
system to meet future demand for hepatitis C treatment and care
services 127-page PDF [NSW Health, Australia] |
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Volatile
Substance Misuse: a review of interventions |
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This review examines published and unpublished
literature about interventions designed to combat volatile substance
misuse [DoH, Australia] |
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Tobacco
giant 'breaks youth code' |
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A British tobacco giant is breaking its own
marketing code covering the sale of cigarettes to young people
in Africa [BBC, UK] |
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Reports
section |
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There are 37 reports in the Daily Dose Reports
section this month [Editor] |
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