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Rising alcohol consumption is a cause for concern. This evidence review summarises interesting trends in drinking in the UK and discusses possible causes [Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK]
Binge drinking among women has almost doubled since 1998, in a rapid narrowing of an alcohol gender gap that persisted for generations, research today from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows [Guardian, UK]
A pregnant British woman who was accused of drug trafficking and is being held in a jail in Laos will not face the death penalty because of her unborn baby, a spokesman for the South-east Asian country has revealed [Independent, UK]
A British woman held in jail in Laos accused of smuggling heroin will be visited by a British lawyer and a diplomat [BBC Radio 4, Today]
Spent the night with Stuart, Tamsin and their young boys in the country. A real pleasure to spend an evening with such lovely, kind people. I am so lucky being in the recovery field, meeting and interacting with such good friends. And I also got well and truly entertained by Mark Gilman, who is a scream [David Clark Blog, WIred In]
You see externals were not the answer to my problem. Like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, I was still going down as I frantically scrambled to gain control. I needed an inside job and found that (eventually and after much pain) through residential treatment [Peapod Blog, WIred In]
Susanne says that she does not believe anyone wants to just ‘park’ people on methadone. She goes onto explain why she thinks this misunderstanding occurs [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
Transform has been arguing for many years that the harm reduction movement should be more open and vocal in their critique of the harms caused by prohibition and its enforcement, and more actively engage with the the debate around ending prohibition and replacing it with a system of legal regulation. Senior AIDS activists are now doing just that [Transform Drug Policy Foundation, UK]
Back in March this blog listed some complaints about the Talk to Frank website and it’s recent anti cannabis campaign. In a comment, Steve Rolles suggested a distilled list of comments be sent in the hope that feedback would improve the site [UKCIA Blog}
Closing Session – Nick Crofts from IHRA’s 20th harm reduction conference in Bangkok on vimeo [International Harm Reduction Association]
A meta-analysis of 25 population surveys on drug use in Europe was carried out, including intrinsic and methodological discussions and a description of financial sources, timetables and accessibility of the fieldwork and data documentation [EMCDDA]
Acupuncture as a treatment for drug addiction took another punch recently in a study published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment [Addiction Inbox, USA]
Addiction in Afghanistan is rising along with the country’s opium production, which is cranking at something close to fever pitch [New York Times, USA]
A new program from the National Institute on Drug Abuse aims to help health workers past the stigma and ensure that more patients are asked for simple clues to addiction at every visit, not just in the ER, but anytime they see a doctor [Washington Post, USA]
Account of the Phase 1 of the Project, aimed at achieving two objectives – the development of a comprehensive prevention model capable of reducing alcohol related violence and aggression, and a scientifically defensible research design to test the model in a variety of licensed environments in Australia and New Zealand [Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice & Governance, Australia]
Looks at how heroin has been used and viewed since it was first synthesised, and briefly describes the development of the heroin problem in America and the UK [Wired In Article]
But that massive figure is still considered to be a substantial underestimate of the true cost to the health service, justice system and econom [The Scotsman, UK]
