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We visited Pierpoint House in St.Annes-on-Sea, to meet up with David McCollom who is running a creative media course for people in treatment for addiction {6’37”} [Inexcess TV, UK]
Julian says we have a ‘self interested approach to difficulties’ together with insecurities, and that this affects people’s capacity to ‘speak out’ {4’51”} [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
Letters from Professors Nutt, Beddington and Wiles, and Alan Johnson MP [Parliament, UK]
Policy responses focus upon responding to the visible problems caused by “binge drinking” if alcohol-related mortality and morbidity are to be lessened then it becomes increasingly incumbent on policy makers and health professionals to focus their interventions upon drinking in the home [Alcohol Education and Research Council, UK]
It is a serious blight on our society when police feel compelled to launch Operation Unite – a nationwide campaign against drunken violence [Sunday Times Editorial, Australia]
I have been touched and inspired by the people I met and the projects I visited whilst there.I talked to many people over the past 10 days and, with my topic being recovery/treatment, I got many different words but all the same answers [Oliver, WIred In]
And so it came to pass that somebody or other came down the mountain with a rule inscribed in stone. And that rule saideth, “Thou shalt not be permitted to volunteer for a period of one or two years (delete, or chisel out, as appropriate) from the point at which you last used or drank/left services/had a slip” [Michaela, Wired In]
I have been on this site for a while now, I guess I should make a blog. I see it in a pretty simple light. I want to stop using drugs. I have been trying for some time now and I have done well, but it’s harder than I could have ever imagined to stay stopped [Dave87, Wired In]
Oldham council is now focusing attention on the off-trade in its bold approach to addressing cheap drinks promotions [Alcohol Policy UK]
There was an interesting sounding programme on Radio 4 last week called The Report [UKCIA, UK]
“Do you trust the people you use with?” It’s a simple question really, but for a lot of people its a lot harder to answer that you’d think [Injecting Advice, UK]
The purpose of the review will be to satisfy ministers that the ACMD and APC, for which they are accountable, are discharging the functions that they were set up to deliver and that they continue to represent value for money for the public taking account of the likely future workload of the committees and key future issues [Home Office, UK]
“It has been a very significant year for SDF on a number of fronts” [Scottish Drug Forum, UK]
We are currently seeking 5 board members who should have an interest in alcohol research, treatment and educational services [AERC, UK]
He is not normally associated with moderation, but Scots novelist and provocateur Irvine Welsh yesterday intervened in the politically charged debate over how to tackle Scotland’s drink problem [Herald, Scotland, UK]
The Taliban, bankrolled by drugs production, have the upper hand over coalition forces [Independent, UK]
Ketamine, a powerful tranquilliser used on horses, is being taken in growing number by young people in the UK, causing crippling health problems [Observer, UK]
New restrictions will be imposed on 66 of the state’s most violent pubs and clubs as part of a revised scheme to reduce alcohol-related violence [Sydney Morning Herald, UK]
A wave of heroin has hit Victoria, causing the highest statewide death toll by the devastating drug in nearly a decade [Herald Sun, Australia]
A government admission that the new licensing laws may lead to an increase in alcohol related offences plunged the measure into fresh controversy yesterday, just 24 hours before they come into effect [Guardian, UK]
