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Personal
Stories - Kerry Manley |
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Kerry Manley has been through so much with
Kevin's addiction and her resulting problems. It has been so
good to see the impact of Kevin's recovery on his mother [Personal
Stories] |
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Background
briefing |
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Professor David Clark traces the route to recovery.
Part one: Choosing the form of help required to change behaviour
[Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Pulling
together |
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Everybody talks about partnership these days,
but translating it into effective action can be a very different
matter. David Gilliver looks at Lambeth DAT's innovative approach
[Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Consulting
the dragon |
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Before re-commissioning South Wales DIP, the
management team decided to talk to service users about what they
really needed. Glyn Davies explains how the new approach gave
invaluable insight [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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The
great divide |
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This year's National Drug Treatment Conference
showed how many barriers are in the way of ex-drug users joining
the rest of society - particularly those who have been caught
up in the criminal justice system. DDN reports [Drink and Drugs
News, UK] |
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My
great escape |
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Bri Edwards recalls how he dreamt of escaping
Aberdeen for the bright lights of London. But his drug habit
becomes a very demanding companion [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Post-its
from Practice |
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Dr Chris Ford reflects on a 'good' but unnecessary
death [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Service
user group fact file |
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This issue: Frank Bond from BADSUF [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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Drug
Strategy debate |
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
for the Home Department (Mr. Vernon Coaker): I beg to move, That
this House has considered the matter of the Drug Strategy [Hansard,
UK] |
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Review
of Prison-Based Drug Treatment Funding |
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Executive summary of Final Report, December
2007. 8-page PDF [Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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Straw
confirms expansion of dedicated drugs courts |
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Jack Straw has confirmed that drug courts,
dedicated to tackling drug misuse and related crime, are to be
extended to up to four more magistrates' courts [Ministry of
Justice, UK] |
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Dedicated
drug court pilots: a process report |
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Matrix Knowledge Group has produced an independent
process evaluation of the pilots in England and Wales: Leeds
Magistrates' Court and West London Magistrates' Court. 99-page
PDF [Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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'Substance
use among older adults: a neglected problem' |
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'Substance use is generally associated with
young people, but such problems have no age limits'. PDF [EMCDDA] |
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Correlation
(European Network Social Inclusion & Health) Report - Marginalisation,
Social Inclusion and Health |
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This article describes approaches to improve
the situation regarding particular target groups, such as drug
users, sex workers, (undocumented) migrants and youth at risk.
30-page PDF [IDPC] |
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Alcohol
across the lifespan |
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5-year strategic plan [NIAAA] |
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Making
drug control ‘fit for purpose’: Building on the
UNGASS decade |
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Report by the Executive Director of the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as a contribution to the review
of the twentieth special session of the General Assembly. 20-page
PDF [UNODC] |
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IDPC
Briefing number 8 |
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Report on proceedings at the 2008 Commission
on Narcotic Drugs [IDPC] |
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Beckley
report 14 Understanding drug markets and how to influence them |
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This latest report in the Beckley series looks
at the operation of middle-level drug dealers, and how their
behaviour is influenced by the activities of the law enforcement
agencies. 13-page PDF [IDPC] |
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IDPC
advocacy guide version three |
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The latest version of the IDPC Advocacy Guide
provides an update on the emerging process for the review of
global policies on controlled drugs being conducted under the
auspices of the United Nations. 12-page PDF [IDPC] |
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82
years ago - The Rolleston report |
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Finally online via Drugtext library
[Rolleston report] |
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