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Audio: Abstinence is not the only fruit: politics, stigma and the value of pharmacologically assisted recovery [Exchange Supplies, UK]
I have utmost faith in the ability of the sector to adapt and achieve, but I am aware that many organisations have been backed into financial corners [Guardian, UK]
All the talk of treatment and reintegration means nothing if we can’t help with the nuts and bolts of basic financial management {Drink & Drug News, UK]
I didn’t have happy memories of my previous visits to NA but I was willing to give it another go. It was the best decision I could of made! I came out of the meeting soooooooo encouraged and lifted up, my whole attitude and outlook on the day’s events had changed [i’m an addict ok, Wired In]
I would do no justice to his work to try and share with you the depth and scope of change he [Mark Gilman] has helped to effect in the North West of England. But let me say, he has boldly gone where no man in the history of treatment field in the UK has gone before! [Annemarie Ward, Wired In]
Michael shares his own journey through recovery and how he came to start the Foundations Recovery Network. We also hear about the differences between recovery in America and Britain [Inexcess TV, UK]
A compelling sequel to ‘going over’, recovery teaches the 10 steps of the recovery position in a watchable and unforgettable way [Exchange Supplies, UK]
This book provides insights into the process of recovery, as revealed by interviews with 70 people who have managed to overcome their long-term substance use problem. An essential read [Amazon, UK]
This meeting aims to examine the current evidence regarding alcohol and the adolescent, and to consider our responses to the problem [Royal Society of Medicine, UK]
The report aims to present a broad picture of health issues relating to alcohol in England and covers topics such as drinking habits and behaviours among adults and school children, drinking related ill health and mortality, affordability of alcohol and alcohol related costs [Health and Social Care Information Centre, UK]
As part of the Global Burden of Disease 2005 project, the ‘Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert Group’ are conducting systematic reviews of the prevalence, incidence and remission of mental health disorders and drug dependence in order to estimate the burden of disease attributable to illicit drug dependence [IHRA]
Faces & Voices of Recovery honors Pennsylvania Recovery Organization – Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT) in 2009 because it embodies the power of the organized recovery community [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
Faces & Voices of Recovery honors Pennsylvania Recovery Organization – Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT) in 2009 because it embodies the power of the organized recovery community [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
This memo authored by John Walsh of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) highlights the key findings of the U.S. government’s most recent comprehensive analysis of cocaine availability [WOLA, USA]
The Obama administration’s budget dealt a serious blow to those who support syringe exchange programs to prevent the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other infectious diseases [Washington Post Letter, USA]
Lorraine T. Midanik, dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California in Berkeley, is convinced that the contemporary concept of denial as applied to alcoholism represents a weak link in the disease model of addiction [Addiction Inbox, USA]
The report finds non-medical use of prescription drugs a serious threat to public health and safety, with unintentional deaths involving prescription opioids increasing 114 percent from 2001 to 2005, and treatment admissions increasing 74 percent in a similar four-year period [Department of Justice, USA]
Their goal is to strengthen the effectiveness of school-centred youth substance abuse prevention and health promotion efforts by providing both a performance benchmark and a supportive guide to reference when pursuing improvements to prevention activities [Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse]
