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It’s hardly a secret that taking cocaine can change the way you feel and the way you behave. Now, a study published in the Jan. 8 issue of Science shows how it also alters the way the genes in your brain operate [Time, USA]
The new research, published in the journal Addiction, found that heavy drinkers cut their alcohol consumption 30% after using the website Check Your Drinking. The reduction was maintained for at least six months [Time, USA]
Get the tools and resources you need to work on two important Faces & Voices initiatives – The Recovery Bill of Rights and The Recovery Voices Count campaign [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
A new year is underway and Faces & Voices board of directors and staff will be working with you over the next 12 months to make it possible for more of our family members, friends and neighbors to find and sustain their recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
Question: “How many times in the past year have you had 5 or more drinks (for men), or 4 or more drinks (for women) in a single day?” [Addiction Inbox, USA]
Watch Webcast Discussion about Scientific Approach to Keep Youth Safe from Drugs [National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA]
This briefing paper offers a guide to public health professionals and activists for understanding and responding to the alcohol industry’s public awareness and education initiatives. Its central thesis is that these programs can only be understood in the context of the industry’s marketing and political agendas [American Medical Association, USA]
In this report, Corporations and Health Watch analyzes changes in alcohol industry responses to criticisms of its marketing practices. One source for such an analysis is the documents disclosed by the tobacco industry[Corporations and Health Watch, USA]
Bill Puddicombe is the Chair of the European Association for the Treatment of Addiction (EATA) and of Adfam, the UK organisation offering assistance to families who have problems related to dependency [Afflicted & Affected, USA]
“More than 20 million people who need treatment for substance abuse do not receive it,” said Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). “This is a problem we can begin to address by making people aware of treatment options available to them and encouraging families and friends to give their support to people seeking and receiving treatment [ONDCP, USA]
Christopher Kennedy Lawford has focused much of his life on public service in the non-profit sector, working for The Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, The Special Olympics, and The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University and Caron Treatment Centers [Afflicted & Affected, USA]
For patients battling severe depression, antidepressant medications are still the best option for treatment, but these drugs may offer little benefit to patients suffering from milder forms of depression, according to a new analysis published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association [Time, USA]
The recovery model is a social movement that is influencing mental health service development around the world… Do the research data, in fact, support optimism about outcome from serious mental illness, the value of work, the importance of empowerment and other tenets of the recovery model? [The Psychiatrist, USA]
But the offer is intended for a specific group: drug-addicted men and women. “Get birth control, get cash,” the flier reads. “If you are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol then this offer is for you.” [New York Times, UK]
Nobody overdosed, but some of them had 10 times more cocaine coursing through their systems than researchers had encountered before, according to Kosten. He said some of the addicts reported to researchers that they had gone broke buying cocaine from multiple drug dealers, hoping to find a variety that would get them high [Washington Post, USA]
November – December 2009 [Boston Medical Center, USA]
G. Alan Marlatt, Ph.D spent many years as a Prof. of Psychology and Dir. of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington. He has published over 200 articles and 5 books, and his work on relapse prevention, assessment and harm reduction has had a wide impact on the treatment of addictions in the U.S. and abroad [Afflicted & Affected, USA]
As 2009 winds to a close, we review the global year in drug policy [Stop the Drug War, USA]
Medical cannabis patients have been engaging in substitution by using cannabis as an alternative to alcohol, prescription and illicit drugs [Harm Reduction Journal, USA]
Increased heavy drinking among young adults in recent surveys presents asignificant challenge for alcohol policy and may indicate a sustained increase in future US alcohol consumption [NIH Public Access, USA]
