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After 40 years, Washington is quietly giving up on a futile battle that has destroyed thousands of lives [Independent on Sunday, UK]
Ethan Nadelmann is part of Change.org’s Changemakers network, comprised of leading voices for social change. We asked Mr Nadelmann to respond to questions to provide context for his work and the causes he supports [change.org, USA]
The problem of homeless people sleeping on Britain’s streets may have been transferred to hospitals, according to a new study [Independent on Sunday, UK]
Before patting yourself on the back for resisting that cookie or kicking yourself for giving in to temptation, look around. A new University of Georgia study has revealed that self-control – or the lack thereof – is contagious [Medical News Today, UK]
Issue 3, December 2009 [International Center for Alcohol Policies, USA]
My name is Brian and I am aged 39 at time of writing this. It is not being written to gain attention or sympathy in any way. I was brought up in care, moved around from one children’s home to another for most of my teenage years, due to my mother having a mental illness and my father having died when I was eight [Brian Morrison, Wired In]
I have been struck recently by the number of entries that mention how nervous people feel about dipping their toes into the blogosphere and ‘exposing themselves’ to others. So I have had a think and I hope the following helps those of you who are on Wired In and teetering on the verge of your first blog [Michaela, Wired In]
January has been hard for me so far. I seem to have been down in the dumps and doing my own head in. But its OK because I’m still clean. The responsibility of living life normally is so hard to grasp. I couldn’t survive on benefits without my flat – how am I going to do it with a flat? [Mark Burns, Wired In]
The aim of RAMP treatment is to produce a safe environment that makes concrete the concept of recovery as a passage to freedom and a richer life, accessible to all who’ve exhausted the validity of self medication as a meaningful life choice [Inexcess TV, UK]
At the time of writing this there have been 7 deaths and 14 people are in hospital with infections related to anthrax in Scotland [injecting Advice, UK]
Did Home Secretary Alan Johnson realise the can of worms he was opening when he sacked Professor Nutt? [UKCIA, UK]
Justice Committee – First Report [UK Government]
“Too many people with mental health problems are in prison or hospital custody for lack of community alternatives. This is both a waste of money and a waste of lives” [Sainsbury Centre, UK]
Explaining the benefits of supporting recovery and reintegration from drug addiction [Guardian, UK]
Programme demonstrates massive gap between tests conducted for drink driving and those used to determine drug driving [Concateno, UK]
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls joins forces with comedian Bill Bailey to launch a new national advertising campaign to raise awareness of how alcohol can make young people vulnerable to problems such as unwanted pregnancies, road traffic accidents and poor marks at school [Department for Children, Schools and Families, UK]
It has a street name of ‘bubble’, but mephedrone, which can be bought over the internet, is causing serious health problems [Observer, UK]
Friends and relations are the main source of discrimination towards people with mental health problems {Herald Scotland, UK]
Scots drink 25% more alcohol than people living in England and Wales and the booze gap is widening, according to new research [Herald Scotland, UK]
[Hepatitis Council of NSW, Australia]
