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Scotland’s drug addicts spend almost £1.4bn a year feeding their habit while NHS spends almost £2bn a year treating them [Times, UK]
Police have issued restrictions on alcohol at the forthcoming Bathurst 1,000 car race [Guardian, UK]
Amelia Gentleman, who was given unprecedented access to Bristol’s probation service, writes about group of people whose unglamorous jobs play a fundamental role in making and keeping our country safe [Guardian, UK]
This ‘top tips’ document was commissioned by Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Network (ChaMPs) to support the commissioning and delivery of effective behaviour change training programmes across Cheshire and Merseyside [Champs Public Health Network, UK]
A report mapping programmes and exploring processes of behaviour change training programmes and an exploration of the processes involved in commissioning and delivering these programmes across Cheshire and Merseyside [Champs Public Health Network, UK]
NHS Direct has launched a new online health checker to provide help and advice for people concerned about their mental health or wellbeing. This supports the aim of World Mental Health Day to enhance treatment for this often misunderstood illness [NHS Direct, UK]
There are without a doubt many ways that we can speak out and get involved. It is important to remember that each person supports recovery in his or her own way [AnneMarie, Wired In]
Usually I would recognise this feeling of sadness and confusion and be able to hand it over, no problem. But as soon as my head gets ‘involved’ in the equation I get swamped in analysis of the cause and effects. I get lost with what it is I’m really feeling [Phil, Wired In]
You see I irrationally started feeling that I miss certain parts of my life as an addict. You know, the dodging, ducking, diving and dealing, never being bored, the behaviours I displayed. I honestly felt I missed it all and felt a loss of identity [Tony A, Wired In]
An Interview with Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., PhD By William L. White, MA [Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center, USA]
Hooked episode 17 is all about supervised injecting rooms and the recent media coverage of Proffessor John Strang’s RIOTT (Randomised Injectable Opioid Treatment Trial) and its outcomes [Injecting advice, UK]
Reducing the number of problem drug misusers and disrupting the illicit drugs market can bring huge social and economic benefits to Scotland, Minister for Community Safety Fergus Ewing said today [Scottish Government, UK]
Roadside drug testing trial with UK police force announced [Concateno, UK]
Police in South Australia have expressed concern over a new hallucinogenic drug. The media have been referring to it as “Super-LSD” and according to them the effects last “three times longer” than LSD [Talking Drugs, UK]
This report provides initial estimates of the size and value of the illicit drugs market, and estimates of the social and economic cost of illicit drug use in Scotland for the year 2006 [Drug Misuse Information Scotland, UK]
In this report we outline the results of a study funded by the Scottish Government and the University of Glasgow to provide estimates of the prevalence of problem drug misuse in Scotland [Drug Misuse Information Scotland, UK]
Investigating the Effectiveness of Education in Relation to Alcohol [The Alcohol and Education Research Council, UK]
Responding to Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s speech to Conservative party conference this afternoon, The King’s Fund chief executive Niall Dickson said [The Kings Fund, UK]
This report argues that the growing involvement of the alcohol industry in scientific research needs to be acknowledged and addressed. It suggests a set of principles to guide ethical decision-making in the future [Wiley InterScience]
To critically evaluate the methods utilized in the conduct of a systematic review in the field of substance misuse [Wiley InterScience]
