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This report published by the Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme in partnership with the International Centre for Prison Studies at Kings College London, revisits the topic of the incarceration of drug offenders [IDPC, UK]
Doctors have linked alcohol intake to the development of the brain-wasting condition in between 10 and 24% of the estimated 700,000 people in the UK with the disease [Observer, UK]
Scientists, universities and community organisations should refuse to take funding from Drinkwise, an organisation established and controlled by the alcohol industry, according to Deakin University’s Dr. Peter Miller and Dr. Kypros Kypri from the University of Newcastle in a commentary published in the May issue of the international scientific journal, Drug and Alcohol Review [Medical News Today, UK]
So what am I doing? I am currently doing recovery studies in Glasgow and Birmingham that are about getting people in recovery to tell their stories and I am also developing questionnaires to measure recovery capital and to assess workers’ attitudes on recovery in mainstream services [David Best Blog, Wired In]
Also, keep an eye out for an invitation I’ll be posting in the next week or so to a symposium on 29th June, Manchester, organised by myself and DB [David Best], from University of West Scotland, supported by the ever-inspiring Mark Gilman and NTA North West [Stephen Bamber Blog, WIred In]
Outlines the Government’s plans for mental health improvement for the period 2009-2011 {long download} [Scottish Government, UK]
Further demonstration from a US research team that relatively intensive case management support does help welfare applicants overcome substance use problems, but in this case only those not already managed through substitute prescribing [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Mike describes the processes by which the practitioners choices can make things better or worse. “People who have decided that they want to go for treatment… 90% of the work is done” [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
Papers and reports [Substance Misuse Management in General Practice, UK]
NICE was asked by the Department of Health (DH) to develop public health intervention guidance on School-based interventions to prevent the uptake of smoking amongst children. All registered stakeholders are now invited to comment on the evidence that has been assembled to inform the development of this guidance [NICE, UK]
This quite remarkable book by William L White tells the story of America’s personal and institutional responses to drug and alcohol addiction over the past 250 years. It provides a context through which professional helpers can better understand and respond to the myriad faces of addiction and recovery [Chestnut Health Systems, USA]
NIDA Notes covers drug abuse research in the areas of treatment and prevention, epidemiology, neuroscience, behavioral science, health services, and AIDS [National Institute of Drug Abuse, USA]
President Obama’s budget released Thursday takes a step backward from a controversial political position he had taken during the presidential campaign [The Huffington Post, USA]
Stigma based on drug use and incarceration work to increase the needs of women for health and social services and at the same time, restricts their access to these services [Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, USA]
Mexico’s recognition that it has to reform its law-enforcement system coincides with a belated U.S. confession. An insatiable demand for drugs north of the border, the Obama Administration concedes … [Time, USA]
Considers the views of the philosopher Douglas Husak on the justice of drug laws in America [Wired In Article]
