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Background
briefing |
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Professor David Clark looks at the nature of
addiction as a chronic disorder [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Star
quality |
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A new system is being introduced to rate the
standard of residential treatment, giving clearer choices to
clients. David Finney from the Commission for Social Care Inspection
explains [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Bars
to progress |
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Are criminal justice interventions working
well enough to justify the significant investment in them? Last
month's report from the UK Drug Policy Commission suggests not.
Roger Howard gives us an overview [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Unlocking
prison reform |
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When will we take notice of evidence and reform
prison drug treatment? Comment from Kathy Gyngell of the Prisons
and Addictions Forum [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Chapter
one... |
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Fiona Friend looks at how creative writing
can be used as therapy to recover from addiction [Drink and Drugs
News, UK] |
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Hidden
harm: another postcode lottery? |
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Research shows that children of drug-using
parents are still vulnerable to an unreliable patchwork of services,
say David Best, Saffron Homayoun and John Witton [Drink and Drugs
News, UK] |
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My
great escape |
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Down in London Bri Edwards' heroin habit required
a steady income; nothing else for it but to get a job - whatever
that took [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Letters |
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Responses to recent DDN features [Drink and
Drugs News, UK] |
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Enslaved
by K |
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A whole new realm of the imagination opened
up when David Eggins took his first line of ketamine. In the
real world, however, he was lucky to get out alive [Guardian,
UK] |
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TICTAC
releases its 50th version |
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TICTAC drug information and visual drug identification
system releases its 50th version containing 24,000 drugs [TICTAC
Communications Ltd., St Georges, University of London, UK] |
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Police
failing to sack drink-drive officers |
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The Guardian has learned that at least 170
officers have been allowed to remain serving - or to retire at
taxpayers' expense - after being convicted of drink-driving since
the guidelines were issued six years ago [Guardian, UK] |
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Drink-drive
offenders could keep licences |
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Drink drivers would no longer automatically
lose their licences under government plans to lower the alcohol
limit for motorists to the equivalent of less than a pint of
beer or glass of wine [Times, UK] |
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Stressed-Out
Students Turning to Drugs, Study Says |
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A study by the University of Muenster found
that every third university student has a problem with alcohol.
Cannabis consumption is also on the rise [DW World, Germany] |
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Dutch
plan to shift coffeeshops worries neighbors |
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A plan to relocate half of the cannabis-selling
outlets to the city limits has aroused fury [Washington Post,
USA] |
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Six
per cent of navy staff use drugs, tests reveal |
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The results of a surprise blind drug test show
six per cent of Maritime Forces Pacific members are using illegal
drugs [Times Colonist, Canada] |
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Abstinence
vs. Harm Reduction redux |
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I think she's [Sara McGrail] put her finger
on the crux of much of the tension between many HR advocates
and recovery advocates [Addiction and Recovery News, USA] |
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Study:
Improve Public Addiction Treatment through Performance Contracting |
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Paying substance abuse treatment providers
for results, not services, may lead to improved quality of care,
according to the first published study of a novel performance-based
contracting system implemented by the State of Delaware in 2002
[ATF, USA] |
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Victorian
population health survey 2006 |
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The report contains information on the prevalence
of major risk-taking behaviours - for example, the prevalence
of smoking, nutrition, alcohol consumption [Victorian Government,
Australia] |
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