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Wired In Director Professor David Clark introduces the new Daily Dose [Wired In]
This booklet defines and distinguishes acute care and recovery management models of addiction treatment, and the terms ‘recovery management’ and ‘recovery-oriented systems of care’ [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
It’s my opinion that we need fewer addiction specialists and more recovery specialists. That probably means more of us recovering people being around treatment services. We’ve shown we know how to do it [Peapod Blog, Wired In]
Instead of telling treatment providers what to do to qualify for funding, the US state of Delaware set recruitment and engagement targets and left the methods up to the services. Result: more user friendly, more accessible and more engaging treatment without stifling innovation [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
This new framework aims to ensure that all bodies involved in tackling alcohol and drugs problems are clear about their responsibilities and their relationships with each other; and to focus activity on the identification, pursuit and achievement of agreed, shared outcomes [Scottish Government, UK]
Sets out the Group’s recommendations to Government on future local partnership arrangements to tackle alcohol and drugs misuse [Scottish Government, UK]
The government published the new drug strategy on 27 February 2008. In the year since its publication there has been a great deal of progress, with drug use now down to its lowest level in more than a decade [Home Office, UK]
Although we have laws to control access to drugs such as cocaine and cannabis, we tolerate so-called “head shops” on our high streets which sell the paraphernalia (snorters, pipes, rolling paper, scales) used to consume them [Observer, UK]
DrugScope is calling on our members and wider stakeholders to draw attention to the overlap between substance misuse and mental health issues at a series of informal consultation events around the government’s forthcoming New Horizons mental health strategy, starting this month [DrugScope, UK]
With so much happening in our lives that is beyond personal control, I am grateful for the freedom to choose what I pay attention to and to select how I describe it. And I am particularly grateful that you have lent me your attention by reading this blog [GuyinGHo Blog, Wired In]
Nic’s story, but from the perspective of his father, David. Achingly honest, it chronicles the betrayal, pain, and terrifying question marks that haunt the loved ones of an addict [Amazon, USA]
IHRA News Section links to report that features a summary of the organisation’s programmes and activities – including the Global State of Harm Reduction publication and the Harm Reduction and Human Rights (HR2) programme [International Harm Reduction Association]
Donald Kurth, president-elect of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, calls for an end to discrimination facing people in or seeking recovery and the creation of a public health environment where every American is welcomed into treatment and care [Faces and Voices of Recovery, USA]
Dr. Norman G. Hoffmann, a clinical psychologist and president of Evince Clinical Assessments, is an internationally recognized expert in the area of assessment and outcome evaluation. This video interview covers a variety of topics relating to treatment and recovery [The Afflicted & Affected, USA]
Updated and revised by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, as part of the release of the new screening initiative NIDAMED [NIDA, USA]
“I am pleased to introduce NIDAMED. NIDA’s new initiative to provide the medical community with drug abuse-related resources to enhance patient care…” [NIDA, USA]
Combined data from 2002 to 2007 indicate that over 8.3 million children under 18 years of age (11.9 percent) lived with at least one parent who was dependent on or abused alcohol or an illicit drug during the past year [SAMHSA, USA]
The Hepatitis C virus is capable of surviving on surfaces for as long as 16 hours. The scientists conclude that the results, while preliminary, “lend important virological and clinical support to the intranasal HCV transmission hypothesis.” [Addiction Inbox, USA]
This suite of resources outlines some of the strategies that may be effective in preventing alcohol-related harm in Aboriginal communities in Australia [DrugInfo Clearinghouse, Australia]
Women’s drinking habits are under the spotlight again following a study that projects dramatic rises in alcohol consumption over the next five years [Guardian, UK]
