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The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RC Psych as they seem to like to be called) is surely the one body above all others that would be expected to produce an informative, fact packed leaflet concerning cannabis and mental health [UKCIA, UK]
This year has proved to me, without doubt, the priceless truth and value of the maxim ‘No gain without Pain’. And that’s ironic, because it was pain that brought me into recovery in the first place… But why have I been experiencing pain this year, you might ask? [Wynford Ellis Owen, Wired In]
Nice People Take Drugs – it’s not a controversial statement. We all know people who have. The last three US presidents have admitted to it [Guardian, UK]
It amazes me, that something as simple as a peice of music or a video can have such an effect on me. Cunning and baffling is right… but how powerful it can be after so long? That scares me. I will just have to be more vigilant with my thought process and the triggers {Louis, Wired In]
As we wait for the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) guidance to parents and young people about alcohol to be finalised it might be useful to compare his putative 5 messages against what is in the new Australian alcohol guidelines [Drug Education Forum, UK]
It wasn’t the Last Best Hope, or the Holy Grail, but it had stirred up great excitement as possibly the first effective treatment medication for cocaine addicts [Addiction Inbox, USA]
The Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, when he wrote his recent guidance on alcohol for children, young people and their parents talked alot about binge drinking, but didn’t define binge drinking differently for children or young people [Drug Education News, UK]
Tragically, he didn’t get the prize but there were people there last night who were inspired by Dave whilst he was with us and in recovery. God Bless Big Dave and God Bless Dougie and all the others whose recovery shines such a bright light into the darkness of active addiction [Mark Gilman, Wired In]
Toward the end of last year we heard rumours of a strangely very low profile study by the Home Office into the social costs of reclassifying cannabis back to class B under the Misuse of Drugs Act [UKCIA, UK]
The philosophy of living one day at a time, realising that whatever I have to face it won’t be forever, has given me the strength to cope with some very difficult times. It was also easy to understand because that’s how I had lived as an addict from one drug to the next [Sturitch, Wired In]
A University of Minnesota study found a level of underage binge drinking in the military that the study’s lead author called “dangerous to both the drinkers and those around them” [Addiction Inbox, USA]
Well, for starters it would make clear that instead of always portraying alcoholism and addictions as problems, we could highlight that there are viable and varied recovery solutions. In doing this, they would be providing living role models that illustrate the diversity of those recovery solutions… [Annemarie Ward, Wired In]
‘… emphasizes and supports each individual’s potential for recovery. Recovery is seen within the model as a personal journey, that may involve developing hope, a secure base and sense of self, supportive relationships, empowerment, social inclusion, coping skills, and meaning’ [David Clark, Wired In]
We need to move beyond the deadlock on drug policy, to transcend the polarisation, and to give serious consideration to the options for change. Cannabis would be a good place to start {New Scientist, Opinion]
This detailed critique of the Centre for Policy Studies report ‘The Phoney War on Drugs’ was prepared by Axel Klein [Transform, UK]
The UK Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee is launching an inquiry into the cocaine trade – I have copied their press release below with the remit [Transform, UK]
A simple question: Has meth use in the United States truly reached “epidemic” levels, as is commonly stated by health authorities and drug experts? [Addiction Inbox, USA]
I feel so passionate about bringing the roads closer together with great people offering really clear directions along the way to each of the roads that open up… there’s never just one way! Good luck to Wayne on his journey. And Janice… well, I hope that whatever journey she is on that she drops her resentment and picks up some hope… [Jac, WIred In]
What follows is a critique of the Talking about cannabis “Cannabis facts” page which has been re-written this week. It contains a lot of misinformation about cannabis and is seriously misleading [UKCIA]
Today, my partner and I live free from my little policed state. We enjoy seperate lives which we share with each other. We spend time apart outside work. I say we used to share half a life by the end, and now we have a whole life each. Great, full, wallupping, pleasurable, difficult, happy, sad, fully-present lives [Ian S, Wired In]
