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We've migrated to a more flexible system for the running of Daily Dose but you can still get to the 7 years worth of archived content if you need to..
There’s a good amount of content available on the site already and this made me realise that I must remind people that this material is there. You may find some of it useful for your work or for helping you better understand certain issues. Or it may just be of general interest [David Clark, Wired In]
2009 National Drug Treatment Conference: audio and powerpoint presentation [Exchange Supplies, UK]
George Williams catches up with Anthony Massouras and talks about addiction, treatment and recovery and the UKESAD symposium. Anthony is founder and owner of Mimosa Healthcare Group, which offers acute and sub-acute care services and is the UK premier provider of training in its field [Inexcess TV, UK]
There is now convincing evidence that cleaning syringes with water and bleach will kill ALL of the blood-borne virus in 99.9% of syringes. This short youtube documentary talks to the research team who conducted the research on the impact of bleach on HIV on syringes, and explains why it is so important that syringe cleaning is taught to injecting drug users [Exchange Supplies, UK]
Latest update from the respected Cochrane review process still finds no reason to advocate replacing conventional care with specialised therapeutic approaches or integrated teams when severe mental illness is complicated by substance use [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Limited access to opiate substitute prescribing in Norway paved the way for a study which suggested that if 100 people are made to wait for treatment, an extra one or two will die per year compared to treatment being made immediately available [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
One of the biggest strategic decisions facing prevention planners is whether to target high-risk groups or to prioritise universal programmes. This analysis won’t decide the issue, but it does create an important new tool for comparing these strategies [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
This will probably get under the skin of quite a lot of people – in fact, most Society readers who aren’t working on the frontline [Guardian, UK]
They provide £3.9bn of childcare every year, yet grandparent carers are barely acknowledged by the political and legal worlds [Guardian, UK]
The fact sheet describes how, around the world, governments commit flagrant and widespread human rights violations against people who use drugs, often in the name of “treating” them for drug dependence [International Drug Policy Consortium]
Joy Olson, Executive Director of the Washington Office on Latin America, testified on the Merida Initiative before the Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the U.S. House of Representatives [IDPC, UK]
Testimony Of Gil Kerlikowske, Director National Drug Control Policy to the Domestic Policy Subcommittee Oversight and Government Reform Committee. ONDCP’s Fiscal Year 2010 National Drug Control Budget and the Priorities, Objectives, and Policies of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under the New Administration [ONDCP, USA}
During April, Alcohol Awareness Month, the Second Road featured daily recovery stories from people in recovery [The Second Road, USA]
There are tens of thousands of New Yorkers and their loved ones who are living stories of recovery from alcoholism, drug abuse and problem gambling. Your Story Matters offers these individuals who are ready to share their story an opportunity to do so [Your Story Matters, USA]
A national Join Together policy panel created a Blueprint that state governments need to follow to develop effective alcohol and drug policies that will save lives, restore families and reduce crime [Join Together, USA]
In a major milestone for the addiction field, the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) recently named the first group of board-certified addiction-medicine specialists, recognizing 1,240 doctors who previously had been certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) [Join Together, USA]
The first budget plan submitted to Congress by President Barack Obama includes an overall increase in funding for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) but calls for elimination of the Department of Education’s Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (SDFS) state grants program as part of $17 billion in cuts to programs deemed wasteful or ineffective [Join Together, USA]
The government’s proposal to re-introduce the alcopops bills has raised some questions about how ‘identical’ the bills must be to serve as a double dissolution trigger [Parliament of Australia]
This site was created by a team of meth treatment specialists in Melbourne, Australia, and aims to help people self-manage some of the most common meth-related issues [meth.com.au]
