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by William L White and Larry Davidson: The mental health and addiction fields could use the concept of recovery to form a more effective behavioral health system [Behavioral Healthcare, USA]
by William L White and William Cloud: This article defines recovery capital and explores how attention to recovery capital can be integrated into the service practices of front-line addiction professionals [Counselor, USA]
I’ve had a couple of conversations this week about the way some people feel they are treated in pharmacies when they collect needles [Injecting Advice, 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]
In signing the law, Obama underscored the importance of radically limiting the tobacco industry’s capacity to market its products to young people [New England Journal of Medicine, USA]
The Portman Group’s publicly stated aim is “to promote sensible drinking” However, according to Professor Nick Heather, former Director of the Newcastle Centre for Alcohol and Drug Studies, the Group’s real agenda is rather different: “The attempt to distance alcohol as a drug from other kinds of drug and to give it a good face is the main activity of groups like the Portman Group.” [Spin Profiles, UK]
As 2009 winds to a close, we review the global year in drug policy [Stop the Drug War, USA]
In short, the impasse the U.S. faces in Afghanistan, in its efforts to support an unpopular and corrupt regime, must be understood in the light of its past relations to the drug traffic there – a situation which resembles the past U.S. involvement in Laos even more than in Vietnam [Global Research, Canada]
It’s about having an inner smile that can be seen by all, but most of all it’s about Tony being Tony [Tony Mulvanerty, Wired In]
We need to stay up to date with harm reduction advice, and it’s all well and good being up to date on an individual basis but what about the information we hand out? Are you still giving out that leaflet that was written 5-6 years ago [Injecting Advice, UK]
… I can’t believe I didn’t notice the signs. How could I have been so stupid? But maybe I just didn’t want to see them. Maybe I was pretending so I didn’t have to deal with the hell all over again [Lucie James, Wired In]
The bulk of injectors coming into NSP are either using tourniquets, or have got to the stage where they’re groin injecting because they say they ‘have no veins left’ [Injecting Advice, UK]
It is important as we attempt to transform our mental health system to a recovery based system that we actually transform our culture instead of just changing the sign on the door while doing the same old things inside [The Village, USA]
by Bill White: In 1997, Dr Alan Leshner, then Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) published a seminal article, “Addiction is a Brain Disease, and It Matters,” in one of the world’s leading scientific journals [Faces and Voices of Recovery, USA]
They have achieved their revolutions without the aid of any dramatic technical or clinical breakthroughs. They have instead transformed their priorities, their roles and their relationships [The Village, USA]
“Treatment changed my life. Because it changed my life, it has effectively changed the lives of those I love and come into contact with: my partner, my family, my friends and, of course, my clients.” [Androcles, Wired In]
Society (mainly through the popular media) creates a climate of belief that it is impossible to overcome heroin addiction. It prejudices against, and stigmatises, heroin users, former heroin users and their families [David Clark, Wired In]
Racism, dogmatism, and sexism are the judgments that one race, set of beliefs, or sex are superior. I am introducing the term “recoveryism,” defined as the judgment that one approach to recovery is superior [Practical Recovery, USA]
The primary purpose of the Wired In online recovery community is to empower people to help themselves, or others, overcome substance use problems [Wired In]
Although individuals will view addictive behavior in many ways, based on their own beliefs and situations, society needs a comprehensive view of it; article by A Tom Horvath [Practical Recovery, USA]
