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Mark
Saunders Personal Story - The Film |
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We use less emotional language than the Independent,
like '...gives hope to others that recovery can be achieved,
while also showing the real life side of addiction' [the prof
speaks out] |
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Background
briefing |
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Prof David Clark's third part of looking at
addiction as a chronic disorder [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Different
roads |
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Is recovery possible? Only when we acknowledge
that maintenance and abstinence are paths that run in different
directions say David Best, Jessica Loaring, Safeena Ghufran and
Ed Day [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Love
matters |
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Too many children are born into drug problems,
suffer in silence, or grow up to repeat the pattern sown by their
family. Mark Ashby visits Kidsco and sees how a responsive and
nurturing environment can transform their expectations [Drink
and Drugs News, UK] |
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A
Polish experience |
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A trip to an international conference was the
beginning of an unexpected adventure in taking acupuncture to
Poland, as Anne Marshall explains [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Can
we talk? |
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David Wright imagines a dialogue between the
voices of substance misuse and mental health [Drink and Drugs
News, UK] |
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Service
user group fact file |
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This issue: ICDAS from Islington [Drink and
Drugs News, UK] |
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My
great escape |
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Bri sees a new life opening up - but will he
stay on track to enjoy it? [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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Government
launches alcohol abuse ads |
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The Department of Health is launching the first
stage of a £10m drive to tackle binge drinking with a TV
campaign about the units of alcohol in different drinks [Guardian,
UK] |
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Drinkers
'ignorant' about alcohol |
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Three-quarters of drinkers do not know a typical
glass of wine contains three units of alcohol, a survey for the
Department of Health suggests [BBC, UK] |
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Drinking
diaries: A doctor's verdict |
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As the government launches its latest campaign
to help people monitor what they drink, two drinkers keep an
alcohol diary for a week - and get a doctor's verdict [BBC, UK] |
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Alcohol
on table at world health summit |
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The World Health Organisation faces pressure
to take a tough stance on alcohol consumption at its annual assembly
in Geneva this week amid fears industry lobby groups will water
down any proposals [The Age, Australia] |
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Prescriptions
supplanting illegal substances as drugs of choice |
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Health professionals - both intentionally and
unwittingly - and dishonest patients are diverting powerful and
potentially addictive pharmaceuticals from legitimate medical
channels, authorities say [LA Times, USA] |
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