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You can now learn about anti-discrimination laws that protect people in recovery and those with criminal records by taking one of the Legal Action Center’s free webinars at any time or consulting any of the written m materials from the Center’s “Know Your Rights” training project [Legal Action Center, USA]
Today, both Phillip Valentine and CCAR are on a clear path of sustaining a volunteer network – many of them people in recovery – that has emerged as an international model for recovery advocacy [Hartford Business, USA]
For the study, researchers from University College London followed 150 people over a year to see if changes in their ketamine use could predict changes in their psychological well-being, memory and concentration [Addiction, UK]
The findings from the pilot indicate that the roll-out of peer support working across mental health services in Scotland, and beyond, would have a positive impact for service users and mental health teams [Scottish Government, UK]
Recovery can mean many things to many people. DDN reports from a DrugScope conference that aimed to put it all in context {Drink and Drugs News, UK]
Getting married twice for the wrong reasons, losing employment, financial problems, loss of property, security and health, self respect lower than a snakes belly-not to mention sleeping rough for five months. My justification for continued drinking was that at my age it was to late and, with no family, why not? [Seth, Wired In]
Just as I complain about the ‘tabloidisation’ of the public discourse about drugs, classification and the ACMD, a colleague has alerted me to David Nutt’s article in ‘The Sun’ – yes, ‘The Sun’ – from last week [Eric Carlin, UK]
Julian describes drug use within a political context and the difficulty of appeasing the general public. He describes drug users the ‘convenient enemy’ {5’23”} [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
Draft recommendations include minimum price controls and tougher drink-driving regulations [Guardian, UK]
A collaborative approach between clients and staff is proving an effective route to overdose management in Surrey [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
‘David and his fellow scientists argue that the Home Secretary is sacking his science experts, but he was not sacked for his science… The ACMD advises the Home Office – surely this should have given David the clue that we are not just a science committee.’ [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
The sensational sacking of Professor David Nutt seems to have come out of nowhere. But the science of drugs and politics have been heading for a showdown since 2001 [Drugscope, UK]
The overarching aims of the evaluation were to assess the impact of the peer support pilot on service users, peer support workers and the wider service system as well as assessing the process of implementation at national and local levels. [Scottish Government, UK]
This one day event brought together a wide variety of stakeholders from all areas of the region [Alcohol Learning Centre, UK]
The Obama administration announced last month that people who buy or sell medical marijuana in the growing number of states that have decriminalized its therapeutic usage should not be targeted for arrest or prosecution by federal authorities [Scientific American, USA]
Lynn McKnight, board certified Art Therapist, CCS, LPC/S is the Clinical Director of a 32 bed residential alcohol and drug treatment center and 15 bed half-way house in Antigua West Indies [The Afflicted and Affected, USA]
The Bridge is a semi-annual e-pub that links science and service by providing information and tools on technology transfer and implementation science strategies [ATTC Network, USA]
[Canadian Center on Substance Abuse]
On October 30 2008, the NSW Premier announced the imposition of licence restrictions on 48 of the licensed premises previously identified as sites where violence frequently occurred [New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Australia]
But how can someone serving alcohol really go that extra step beyond denying service, and accept a civil duty of care to a customer who’s had too much? [The Age, Australia]
