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The
Recovery Agenda is Underway - Embrace it |
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Quite simply, we need a revolution in this
field in the UK. We need to stop playing political games, cut
out the 'spin', and get on with genuinely trying to help people
[the prof speaks out] |
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Background
briefing |
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Professor David Clark begins 'A journey into
and out of heroin addiction' [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Back
of the net |
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Getting a 12-step abstinence service taken
seriously in Liverpool needed some serious tactical planning,
says Jacquie Johnston-Lynch [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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A
badge of pride |
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DDN hears how agencies in Ireland and Wales
are joining forces to bring a uniquely Celtic approach to harm
reduction [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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A
new definition of recovery |
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The UKDPC has just unveiled a statement that
it hopes will tune the drug and alcohol field into a new recovery-focused
culture. Will it succeed? [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Reaching
them young |
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Offering young people drug and alcohol advice
at their first brush with trouble can be highly effective in
diverting them from harmful usage, says Mike Blank [Drink and
Drugs News, UK] |
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Robust
interventions |
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Devising better practice for young people with
multiple drug and alcohol problems [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Notes
from the alliance |
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We've got the government's ear on user involvement,
says Daren Garratt [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Review
of prison-based drug treatment funding |
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PricewaterhouseCoopers report on prison drug
treatment funding. 44-page PDF - Appendicies here [Ministry
of Justice, UK] |
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Creation
of drug-free jails too expensive, say consultants |
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The creation of drug-free prisons in England
and Wales is too expensive and not a practical option with more
than half the record 83,000 jail population misusing drugs, according
to a consultants' report commissioned by justice and health ministers
[Guardian, UK] |
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Inside
Out |
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How to get drugs out of prisons. 37-page PDF
[CPS, UK] |
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Approaches
to Alcohol and Drugs in Scotland A Question of Architecture |
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A systemsmapping approach to how Scotland can
reduce the damage to its population through alcohol and drugs
by half by 2025. 74-page PDF Executive
summary [Scotland's Futures Forum, UK] |
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Dimensions
of a manageable problem |
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A collection of expert views. 201-page PDF
[Scotland's Futures Forum, UK] |
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First
Measures |
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A guide to alcohol misuse prevention work with
children. 52-page PDF [Mentor, UK] |
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Mentor
UK Alcohol Misuse Prevention Awards, 2006 Shortlisted Finalists |
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See appendix 1 [Mentor, UK] |
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New
drug treatment pilot launched |
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An innovative new trial to get drug users to
complete treatment and stay off drugs for good was announced
today by Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo [NTA, UK] |
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Paying
the Price |
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This report presents current and projected
needs for mental health services and their related costs. Summary and Full
report PDF [King's Fund, UK] |
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Ana
Liffey Drug Project Launches Digital Project Report |
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Minister John Curran TD, Minister of State
with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy, launched
the Ana Liffey Drug Project 'Project
Report 2006 & 2007' [drugs.ie, Ireland] |
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EMCDDA
General report of activities 2007 |
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Published every spring, it catalogues the Centre's
achievements in each area of its annual work programme. 13-page
PDF [EMCDDA] |
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Pot
2.0: New Report Finds Highest-Ever Levels Of THC in U.S. Marijuana |
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The Office of National Drug Control Policy
and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) released the latest
analysis (PDF) from the University of Mississippi's Potency
Monitoring Project, which revealed that levels of THC - the psychoactive
ingredient in marijuana - have reached the highest-ever amounts
since scientific analysis of the drug began in the late 1970s
[Pushing Back, ONDCP, USA] |
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Alcohol
and Violence: Exploring Patterns and Responses |
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Increasing attention is being paid to the question
of what exactly is the nature of the association between alcohol
and violence ... This collection of papers is an attempt to contribute
to that understanding 106-page PDF [International Center for
Alcohol Policies] |
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The
current state of drug policy debate |
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Trends in the last decade in the European Union
and United Nations. 21-page
PDF Report [TNI-UNGASS] |
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