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Finding the evidence base

On Findings’ tenth anniversary, editor Mike Ashton recalls how the largest working drug and alcohol library in Britain first started [Drink and Drugs News, Uk]

Tags: magazineuk   Date: 04 Nov 09

Sacked science adviser speaks out

David Nutt explains what his dismissal means for drugs policy and scientific advice in Britain [Nature News, UK]

Tags: magazineuk   Date: 04 Nov 09

Reaching for help

Cultural issues can stand in the way of families getting the help they need for drug and alcohol problems. Vic Motune reports on the success of Oldham’s Reaching Out project [Drink and Drugs News, UK]

Tags: magazineuk   Date: 03 Nov 09

Cast adrift

What happens when someone’s problems don’t conveniently fit the categories of a rigid, unyielding system? Sue Foreman tells the harrowing story of her attempts to get help for her son [Drinks and Drugs News, UK]

Tags: magazineuk   Date: 03 Nov 09

Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence, Sept - Oct 2009

Informing you of the latest clinically relevant research on alcohol, illicit drugs, and health [Boston University Medical Campus, USA}

Tags: magazineusa   Date: 30 Oct 09

The dodgy dossier of non-treatment: 2

An NTA article printed by medical journal Lancet led national media andinternational academic websites to the perception that this body of bureaucracy is successfully treating addiction/dependency. Deirdre Boyd reveals the truth behind the headlines [Addiction Today, UK]

Tags: magazineuk   Date: 29 Oct 09

The dodgy dossier of non-treatment: 1

The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse spent your hard-earned taxes and mine on paying for positive PR in the Guardian this week, sponsoring a special supplement [Addiction Today, UK]

Tags: magazineuk   Date: 29 Oct 09

Expressions in recovery: For People in Recovery… By People in Recovery (Vol 1, No 1)

Expressions in Recovery is a digest for people in recovery written by people in Recovery. It is a reflection of the recovery community: filled with personal accounts, inspirational stories and art and poetry contributed by people in recovery [The Department of Behavioral Health & Mental Retardation Services, Philadelphia, USA]

Tags: magazineusa   Date: 26 Oct 09

Re-building Lives: Helping Women Recover from Opiod Addiction During Pregnancy

Clinicians face many challenges daily in attempting to develop and implement a treatment program for a pregnant woman suffering from opioid dependence [Counselor, UK]

Tags: magazineusa   Date: 22 Oct 09

Findings, Winter 2009

News from the Betty Ford Center and a Report on Significant Developments in Research on Addictive Diseases [Betty Ford Center, USA]

Tags: magazineusa   Date: 21 Oct 09

Under darker skies

As the financial climate changes for services, the work must still go on. Ian O’Sullivan describes how Mainliners streamlined ambitious plans for an international hepatitis C conference to make sure the event can still happen [Drink and Drugs News, UK]

Tags: magazineuk   Date: 21 Oct 09

Under darker skies

As the financial climate changes for services, the work must still go on. Ian O’Sullivan describes how Mainliners streamlined ambitious plans for an international hepatitis C conference to make sure the event can still happen [Drink and Drugs News, UK]

Tags: magazineuk   Date: 21 Oct 09

Unspoken Truths

No one knows how many people develop serious alcohol and drug problems to cope with the legacy of abuse, but anecdotal evidence – and common sense – would suggest that it’s a large number [Drink and Drugs News, UK]

Tags: magazineuk   Date: 21 Oct 09

Faces & Voices of Recovery eNewsletter - October 20, 2009

[Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]

Tags: magazineusa   Date: 21 Oct 09

NCPIC e-Zine September 2009

As well as highlighting relevant research publications that have been recently published, it examines some of the cannabis-related media stories that have attracted attention each month, as well as providing some information on ‘hot topics’ such as cannabis potency [National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre, Australia]

Tags: australiamagazine   Date: 20 Oct 09

Girl’s Talk

Sue Kenten describes how her service is helping to empower young Asian women in east London at the same time as celebrating their identity [Drink and Drugs News, UK]

Tags: magazineuk   Date: 20 Oct 09

Fighting addiction

Gary Topley describes his journey from alcohol-fuelled violence to a new life helping others as a service user representative [Drink and Drugs News, UK]

Tags: magazineuk   Date: 20 Oct 09

Action News Vol. XIX No. 3 (2009)

[Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse]

Tags: canadamagazine   Date: 16 Oct 09

Of Substance

Of Substance covers the latest Australian news and research on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs [Australian Drug Foundation]

Tags: australiamagazine   Date: 13 Oct 09

Culture of innovation

Enabling staff to see their ideas come to fruition can bring passion and drive to everything they do, according to Swanswell’s chief executive, Debbie Bannigan [Drink and Drugs News, UK]

Tags: magazineuk   Date: 05 Oct 09

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