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Inexcess’s first day at UKESAD has been an inspiration. We have met people from a range of perspectives bringing a diverse view of the world of addiction, treatment and recovery [Inexcess TV, UK]
It’s been a fantastic day at UKESAD… We started the day with Christopher Kennedy Lawford who was testament that addiction reaches all levels of society and does not discriminate [Inexcess TV, UK]
The consultation – Safe. Sensible. Social. Selling alcohol responsibly – asks for your input on our proposals to reduce alcohol-related crime and lower the costs of alcohol-related health problem [Home Office, UK]
The Government has repeatedly declared that it is fighting a War on Drugs. The data presented here show that this is a Phoney War [Centre for Policy Studies, UK]
A Guide for Organizations of People Who Use Drugs – a guidebook by Open Society Institute’s International Harm Reduction Development programme [International Drug Policy Consortium]
The public health guidance from the National Institute for Healthcare and Clinical Excellence endorses the schemes currently provided by pharmacies and other drug services in England to reduce the harms caused by injecting drugs… [NTA, UK]
However, scientists often argue that little of what we have learnt about addiction, recovery and treatment is being applied widely in practice today. Too few people are benefiting from these new insights {Wired In]
Hi everyone, I just wanted to update you all on my experience of the last few days at UKESAD. First of all, let me tell you once again I am inspired and exhausted after hearing so many fantastic speakers, one being Christopher Kennedy Lawford (JFK’s nephew) [Annemarie Ward, Wired In]
I know I ain’t blogged for some time but life has been a bit all over the shop for the last month or so. I relapsed and was in a bit of a death spin for a while, but my friends and family pulled around me and I realised that there was another way, that I did have options and I could chose my own fate [I’m an addict ok, Wired In]
Drug testing in the workplace increases as employers seek to cut costs during recession [Guardian, UK]
Symposium bringing together social science and related researchers from around the UK who study substance use through the analysis of data derived from cohort studies. Book now [Nuffield College, University of Oxford]
Contrary to the industry’s position that visible drink labels will promote responsible drinking, young people are, instead, using these visible standard drink labels to increase or even maximize the amount of alcohol they consume at the lowest cost possible [Medical News Today, UK]
A series of six info sheets on legal and ethical issues related to drug use and HIV/AIDS in Thailand by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network [International Drug Policy Consortium]
From crime beat reporter for the BALTIMORE SUN to award-winning screenwriter of HBO’s critically-acclaimed The Wire, David Simon talks with Bill Moyers about inner-city crime and politics, storytelling and the future of journalism today [Bill Moyers Journal, USA]
The Obama administration’s new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting “a war on drugs,” a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use [Wall Street Journal, USA]
When it comes to addressing America’s disastrous war on drugs, the Obama administration appears to be moving in the right direction — albeit very, very cautiously [The Huffington Post, USA]
Buried on page 795 of President Obama’s budget, released last Thursday, is a paragraph banning the federal funding of needle-exchange programs for drug addicts — an apparent about-face on his campaign promise to overturn that longstanding ban [Time, USA]
This is the challenge facing Pastor Assis, 36, and the countless other evangelical preachers, whose growing presence in Rio’s violent slums provides the only organized entity aside from drug gangs [San Francisco Chronicle, USA]
The use of drug sniffer dogs in schools was unheard of three years ago, but 12 police forces have now taken up the scheme pioneered by the Kent force, which is now taking dogs into primary schools as well, for demonstration purposes [Guardian, UK]
