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The
Strategic Isolation of the Drugs Field |
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We are charged with nothing less than enabling
our clients to speak with the newly enabled voice of recovery
... the onus is upon major providers of drug treatment services
to develop an organisational capacity to deliver radical innovation
[Ian Wardle, CEO, Lifeline, UK] |
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The
Road to Recovery: A New Approach to Tackling Scotland's Drug
Problem |
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The Scottish Government's new national drugs
strategy that focuses on recovery but also looks at prevention,
treatment and rehabilitation, education, enforcement and protection
of children [Scottish Government, UK] |
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Scottish
Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse: Integrated Care for Substance
Misusers Project Group - Final Report |
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This final report draws together all the strands
of work sponsored by the group, including the Essential Care
rreport and an update of Integrated Care for Drug Users and makes
several recommendations for implementing improvvements in service
integration [Scottish Government, UK] |
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Integrated
Care for Drug or Alcohol Users: Principles and Practice Update
2008 |
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Brings up to date 'Integrated care for Drug
Users' first published in 2002 [Scottish Government, UK] |
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Scottish
Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse: Psychostimulant Project
Group Report |
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Scottish Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse
report identifying the extent and impact of psychostimulant use
in Scotland; making recommendations on how to improve access,
range and quality of services available to psychostimulant users
[Scottish Government, UK] |
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Scottish
Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse - Essential Care Working
Group Report |
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The Essential Care report concluded that recovery
should be the main focus of treatment and care for people with
problem substance us. The Government accepts all the recommendations
in Essential Care and the response outlines how this will be
implemented through the new drugs strategy and elsewhere [Scottish
Government, UK] |
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The
National Forum on Drug-related Deaths: Annual Report 2007 -
The Scottish Government's Response |
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The Government's response to the first Annual
Report from the National Forum on Drug-related Deaths outlines
activity already being carried out or planned in the Scottish
drugs strategy and elsewhere [Scottish Government, UK] |
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Young
People’s Specialist Substance Misuse Treatment: Exploring
the Evidence: Consultation |
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Invitation to comment on NTA guidance [NTA,
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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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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Letters |
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Responses to recent DDN features [Drink and
Drugs News, UK] |
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The
future of tobacco control - consultation |
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This consultation (PDF)
is the first step in developing a new national tobacco control
strategy [DoH, UK] |
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Drug
control in Georgia: drug testing and the reduction of drug
use? |
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The Republic of Georgia has experienced rapid
economic, political and social change after the gaining independence
from the Soviet Union in 1991. Drug-related affairs are no exception. Download
PDF [IDPC] |
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National
corrections drug strategy |
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The ANCD would like to acknowledge the support
of all the adult, juvenile and community corrections Ministers & senior
administrators in Australia for their support and approval of
this strategy. PDF [ANCD, Australia] |
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Crystal
Clear: The Social Determinants of Gay Men's Use of Crystal
Methamphetamine in Victoria |
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Australian comparative analysis of crystal
methamphetamine use by gay men. (via Policy
Pointers) 77-page PDF [ARCSHS, Australia] |
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