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Ed Mitchell was invited to the Royal College of Medicine in Wimpole Street to listen to two of the leaders from the world of medicine and addiction {7’25”} [Inexcess TV, UK]
Webinar series [Legal Action Center, USA]
The National Delivery Plan of the Health and Criminal Justice Programme Board {Department of Health, UK]
The aim of the current study was to estimate how methamphetamine users would respond to changes in the prices of methamphetamine and heroin, using hypothetical drug purchasing scenarios [NSW Bureau of Crime
Statistics and Research, Australia]
Release’s intensive lobbying against government plans to introduce mandatory drug treatment into the welfare benefit system has resulted in success [Release, UK]
Continuing the theme of coping with intense feelings during some of the difficult times in the process of recovery, I find that sometimes the following metaphor is useful to help people deal with overwhelming emotion and troublesome memories [Masha Bennett, Wired In]
Julian describes in detail his view of the contradictions inherent in the approach we take to working with drug users in society {6’22”} [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
A cross-government action plan to improve the health of offenders in prison and in the community, was launched today by Care Services Minister Phil Hope [Department of Health, UK]
Paul Jenkins, Chief Executive of mental health charity Rethink said: “It’s great that the government is recognising the modern scandal that thousands of people with mental illness are being sent to prison inappropriately. But aspirations to change the system aren’t enough. We need this and future governments to make sure the positive words in this report actually happen.” [Rethink, UK]
“The Government has today issued a comprehensive five-year action plan for improving the support people with mental health problems get in the criminal justice system,” Sainsbury Centre joint chief executive Sean Duggan said today. “But it needs clear lines of accountability to make sure it gets delivered.” [Sainsbury Centre, UK]
In April 2009, the government published its response to Lord Bradley’s review of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities in the criminal justice system [Department of Health, UK]
SOME deaths treated as accidental drug overdoses could in fact be suicides among a ‘forgotten’ generation of older drug users, according to Scottish Drugs Forum [Scottish Drug Forum, UK]
A number of presentations, workshop notes and other documents from the conference are available to download [Substance Misuse Management in General Practice, UK]
The Adfam grandparent carers project is looking at existing services in London and developing new ways of supporting grandparents who are bringing up their grandchildren because of parental drug misuse [Adfam, UK]
Binyamin Netanyahu may not like drunkenness among minors, but Israel’s west-facing culture makes some level of it inevitable [Guardian, UK]
This award recognizes Don’s leadership role in creation and on-going growth of the Wellbriety Movement [White Bison, USA]
Welcome to the first national newsletter for the Improved Services for People with Drug and Alcohol Problems and Mental Illness Initiative [VAADA Comorbidity, Australia]
As well as highlighting relevant research publications that have been recently published, it examines some of the cannabis-related media stories that have attracted attention each month, as well as providing some information on ‘hot topics’ such as cannabis potency [National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre, Australia]
A leading mental health advocate, Ian Hickie, has called for the Prime Minister to push for the drinking age to be lifted to 19 to break the connection between school leaving and drinking [The Age, Australia]
Efforts to scale up access to HIV testing and counselling in prisons should not be undertaken in isolation, but as part of a comprehensive HIV programme aimed at improving health care.. [UNODC and WHO]
