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I thought that my toddler son was merely ‘energetic’. But the experts thought differently [Times, UK]
Author dissects the changes that have been made in a range of services, including housing benefits, social care and policing. His descriptions beggar belief, though they would be funnier if it wasn’t our money that was being wasted [Amazon, UK]
Robert Yates returns to the streets of Liverpool, where he grew up, to report on a story of deprivation and hope [Guardian, UK]
My statement in October1 that alcohol was more dangerous than many illegal drugs, including cannabis, ecstasy, and LSD, referred back to a paper I published in The Lancet 2 years ago {free registration required} [Lancet, UK]
This report presents the findings of three groundbreaking studies conducted in Russia, Georgia, and Ukraine that investigate the impact that drug user registration laws have on the lives of drug users and the quality of public health policy [Open Society Institute]
There is definitely a theme running through this blog, some services see their former clients as a valuable resource that enable them to provide and enhance the services they offer to clients. It would appear some services don’t!! [Carl, Wired In]
Firstly, my story is not out of the ordinary. I tried heroin about four years ago and found it to be the ultimate escape from every day stress and worries. Someone once described it as like being wrapped in a warm blanket where all your worries fade away [Matt S, Wired In]
A health visitor is describing the dreadfully distressing experience of having to deal with a family where the children were being taken into care because parental substance misuse had made their home unsafe. “It was awful” said the health visitor, “I was so upset, I had to go home and drink a whole bottle of wine” [Sophia, Wired In]
As “recovery” gains traction in the ideas marketplace of drug policy and treatment provision those in the mental health field may look on with a little bemusement: recovery has been a key (but not uncontested) driver in mental health service development for the past 15-20 years, and has roots that lie deep in the reform movements of the 19th century [theartoflifeitself, UK]
We’ve been talking a lot about sharing, so we decided to do a Hooked show on the subject [Injecting Advice, UK]
On 11th November CCJS held an audience with Professor David Nutt chaired by our director, Richard Garside {91’57”} [Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, UK]
We join the group at Pier Point (addiction treatment centre) as they begin filming their pop video, hitting the streets for the second part of the David McCollom’s 12 week music and film course at Lytham St Anne’s [Inexcess TV, UK]
Julian talks about coming across the new phenomenon of heroin use while employed as a Probation worker {9’32”} [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
Professor Stephen Lawrie, director of the Scottish Mental Health Research Network, which is launched this week, said government and the public had to act now to increase funding for mental health research and help more patients [The Scotsman, UK]
Thinktank says inmates are swapping one addiction for another [Observer, UK]
Danny Kushlick outlines “After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation” from Transform in the UK + interview of Ira Glasser at the Drug Policy Alliance conference [Drug Truth Network, USA]
Ken Pomerance and Ron Tannenbaum are the co-founders of In The Rooms, a comprehensive online social network for the Recovery community worldwide [The Afflicted & Affected, UK]
The same day they rejected a gay marriage ballot measure, residents of Maine voted overwhelmingly to allow the sale of medical marijuana over the counter at state-licensed dispensaries [Washington Post, USA]
The Indonesia UNGASS Forum has translated the new narcotics law that was adopted by the Parliament in Jakarta in September 2009. Advocates have highlighted that the new law violates basic human rights and constrains harm reduction efforts in the region [International Drug Policy Consortium]
Every now and then, a report emerges that warrants attention because it shines a light into the darkest of corners. The report published today by the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) on the dire state of mental health services in the prison system is one such document [Guardian, UK]
