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Population health tends to be better in societies where income is more equally distributed. Recent evidence suggests that many other social problems, including mental illness, violence, imprisonment, lack of trust, teenage births, obesity, drug abuse, and poor educational performance of schoolchildren, are also more common in more unequal societies [Universities of Nottingham and York, UK]
Britain’s inequality is well above the average for OECD nations… Research by the University of Nottingham shows that greater inequality is linked to more kids dropping out of school; more violent crime; more people ending up in prison; more babies dying and more mental illness [Mark Easton, BBC, UK]
… it is critical to know the population – its needs, strengths, and resources. Equally critical is awareness of the rehabilitation and reentry capability of the institutions that serve as ‘home’ for this population for years and in many cases decades [Rutgers University, USA]
While re-entry and skill-building programs offered by the New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) at its 11 prisons are heavily used and generally viewed favorably by inmates, many anticipate a difficult return to society due to their underlying health conditions and concerns about finances and support systems [Medical News Today, USA]
William talks about the treatments and beliefs held about addiction through history, and the need to remain humble. [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
What comes first the chicken or the egg? In alcohol dependence, the question becomes; what comes first, the depression or alcoholism? And, I suppose what needs to be tackled first? [David McCartney, Wired In]
I was totally disgusted at the use of words in the following article which was written by Jasper Hamill. The title of this article is Doctors Criticise ‘Reckless’ Drug Abuse Guidance. The end result I am seeking here is that Herald Scotland should retract this article and apologies should be given for their use of words [KieCon01, Wired In]
I told her it was my birthday yesterday and she looked at me in bewilderment saying “it’s not till the 30th January!” (My 40th, that is!). When I told her it was my first anniversary in sobriety she forced herself up out the chair and gave me a kiss and a hug and told me how proud she was of me. Brought a few tears to my eyes I can tell you [Phil Hughes, WIred In]
In fifty years time, when future historians of the UK’s drug treatment system come to write their analyses of this formative period, they will be struck by a glaring absence in the landscape of early 21st century provision – the lack of any integrated system to facilitate access to mainstream education for those in recovery from addiction [theartoflifeitself, UK]
In this episode of Hooked I’m interviewing Harry Shapiro the Director of Communications and Information at Drugscope. We spoke at length about the way the press stigmatises people who use drugs, the direction drug treatment and drug legislation is going and the need for balanced drug services [Injecting Advice, UK]
The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) is a large-scale continuous survey measuring adults’ experience and perceptions of crime in Scotland. The survey is based on, annually, 16,000 in-home face-to-face interviews with adults (aged 16 or over) living in private households in Scotland [Scottish Government, UK]
Brief intervention (BI) is intended as an early intervention for non-treatment-seeking, non-alcohol-dependent, hazardous and harmful drinkers. This text provides a brief summary of key BI research findings from the last three decades and discusses a number of knowledge gaps that need to be addressed [Addiction Abstract, UK]
The government has failed to close Britain’s shameful income gap – but we must not give up the struggle for an equal society [Guardian, UK]
After 15 years of wasting money on a prohibitionist network, city leaders realized it is time to resign The municipal government of Budapest admitted that it has been paying thousands of Euros every year since 1998 as a membership fee for a Stockholm-based prohibitionist organization, the European Cities Against Drugs [Hungarian Civil Liberties Union]
NIDA addiction research news [National Institute on Drug Abuse]
Medical marijuana advocates in Los Angeles appear to have overreached themselves, angering the City Council by establishing more than a thousand medical marijuana dispensaries in commercial and residential neighborhoods around the city [Addiction Inbox, USA]
It has been years in the making, derailed by Congress three times in about as many years, but medicinal marijuana could soon be heading to the nation’s capital [Time, USA]
A little background: Detroit Central City Community Mental Health Inc. is a place for the city’s unemployed, homeless and mentally ill population. Most of its clients have a substance abuse problem. Many are trying to return to “real life” after time in jail or prison [Time, USA]
