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The
Coming Revolution: But First, Holiday Time for DC |
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There needs to be a revolution in the drug
and alcohol treatment field, in the UK and further afield. A
revolution that will markedly increase the number of people who
find their path to recovery. One that will help professionals,
recovering addicts, family members and many others become much
better at helping others find recovery from addiction [the prof
speaks out] |
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DATs: "Treble
patients in rehab" |
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10% of the 128,000 people desperately seeking
help for their drug problems should be offered rehab or another
drug-free choice of treatment by the Drug Action Teams, stated
Nick Lawrence, head of Alcohol, Drugs & Tobacco Policy at
the Department of Health. This was in response to a question
posed by Addiction Today highlighting that DAT commisisoners
currently place only 3.6% of patients into rehab, according to
figues from the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
[Addiction Today, UK] |
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Quango
Creep and Labour’s State Hegemony by Kathy Gyngell |
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How did the Price Waterhouse Review [Review
of Prison Based Drug Treatment Funding] arrive at these conclusions
so confidently and so uncritically? How could they be so utterly
unaware that the approach of the National Treatment Agency (another
Quango) that their plans mirror, has been laid bare like the
emporer’s new clothes? [Kathy Gyngell, blog, CPS, 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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Drug
hospital celebrates its 20th birthday |
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Castle Craig Hospital, in West Linton, near
Edinburgh, has treated more than 7000 people since 1988 [Edinburgh
Evening News, UK] |
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Preston
Nightsafe Conditional Caution Alcohol Awareness Pilot Project |
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Process Evaluation Final Report 54-page PDF
[Centre for Public Health, UK] |
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Young
people and drugs among 15-24 year olds |
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Analytical report May 2008. 102-page PDF [Europa] |
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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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Focus
on Gender |
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A National Survey of Canadians' Use of Alcohol
and Other Drugs [Health Canada] |
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Harm
Reduction: What’s in a Name? |
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the
concept of "harm reduction" and to work towards an
approach that seeks to bridge the gap between opposing philosophical
positions so as to maximize the benefits of programs for drug
users and minimize the harm created through misperceptions of
what constitutes "harm reduction". 10-page PDF [CCSA,
Canada] |
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The
World Health Organization Documents Failure of U.S. Drug Policies |
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The United States has some of the world's most
punitive drug policies and has led the cheering section for tough "war
on drugs" policies worldwide, but a new international study
suggests that those policies have been a crashing failure [AlterNet,
USA] |
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Setting
the Record Straight: Losing the War on Drugs? |
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New York Times has published an editorial that
willfully cherry picks data in order to conform to their tired,
1970's editorial viewpoint that we're "losing the war on
drugs." Despite our numerous efforts to provide the Times
with the facts, their editorial staff has chosen to ignore irrefutable
data regarding the progress that has been made in making our
nation's drug problem smaller [Pushing Back, ONDCP, USA] |
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Volatile
Substance Misuse: A Review of Interventions |
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Examining literature about interventions designed
to combat volatile substance misuse. 182-page PDF [Department
of Health and Aging, Australia] |
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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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The
benzylpiperazine (BZP) / trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine (TFMPP)
and alcohol safety study |
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An estimated 20 million doses of these party
pills have been sold legally in New Zealand over the past six
years. 38-page PDF [National Drug Policy New Zealand] |
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Toward
a Global View of Alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis, and Cocaine Use |
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Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.
15-page PDF [PLoS] |
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