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Audio of talk by Nick Mercer at the 2009 National Drug Treatment Conference [Exchange Supplies, UK]
To any DAAT commissioners or co-ordinators who may be reading this… I urge you to take the initiative and set up recovery forums in your own areas or regions. It may seem like a daunting task – but it needn’t be so. Help and support IS available from those who have done this before [Stephen Bamber, WIred In]
Today, my partner and I live free from my little policed state. We enjoy seperate lives which we share with each other. We spend time apart outside work. I say we used to share half a life by the end, and now we have a whole life each. Great, full, wallupping, pleasurable, difficult, happy, sad, fully-present lives [Ian S, Wired In]
Everyone is welcome to join us on Friday the 29th May (21.30 – 22.40) for the 2nd Merseyside CandleLight Vigil remembering those people lost to addiction and alcoholism. Full details, see this public Facebook link [Jac, WIred In]
Broken Glass is an intense study of dual diagnosis, where people are affected by a mental illness and an addiction problem [Inexcess TV, UK]
This research project, by Margeurite Schinkel and Nika Dorrer, was conducted to support the policy move in Scotland towards recovery-orientated practice in the metal health field [Wired In Article, UK]
I also look at the characteristics of this recovery process, since we need to learn from this research to help others take this pathway [Wired In Article]
Media workers are the heaviest drinking professionals in England, consuming the equivalent of more than four bottles of wine or more than 19 pints of beer a week, according to government research [Guardian, UK]
Officials believe that in stopping smuggling across borders, the price will fall as the market is saturated internally [Guardian, UK]
What follows is a critique of the Talking about cannabis “Cannabis facts” page which has been re-written this week. It contains a lot of misinformation about cannabis and is seriously misleading [UKCIA]
Watch the six parts [TheSecondRoad, USA]
Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals has launched Here to Help, an unique patient support program designed to improve outcomes for people in opioid dependence treatment with Suboxone [Counselor, USA]
May issue of bi-monthly newsletter published alternately by the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI), Perth and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), Sydney [Australia]
It is hard to imagine a more violent place to live than the town camps of Alice Springs. Not only is the violent crime rate probably the nation’s highest — especially the frequency of stabbings and violent assaults on women — but the illicit and endemic alcohol consumption that fuels it goes on largely unchecked [The Age, Australia]
So it seems Malcolm Turnbull’s Opposition has changed its mind on the alcopops tax, introduced in Parliament in April last year as part of the Government’s plan to reduce teenage binge drinking [The Age, Australia]
As part of its campaign to raise awareness about the major challenge that illicit drugs represents to society as a whole, especially to the young, UNODC launched today a dedicated website [UNODC]
Today, the Guardian launches the biggest investigation of the criminal justice system ever conducted by a British newspaper. Beginning a series which will run throughout the year, Nick Davies looks at the government’s attempt to deal with the most prolific of offenders – the drug users who commit an estimated 7.5 million crimes a year [Guardian, UK]
