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This report presents seven case studies, each telling the story of an initiative designed to bring about attitudinal, behavioural or policy change, for example sustainable transport use or youth smoking prevention [Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK]
This detailed critique of the Centre for Policy Studies report ‘The Phoney War on Drugs’ was prepared by Axel Klein [Transform, UK]
The UK Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee is launching an inquiry into the cocaine trade – I have copied their press release below with the remit [Transform, UK]
European and US studies show that methadone patients stick with therapy for hepatitis C disease and do as well as other patients, bolstering the case for drug services to encourage clients to consider diagnostic testing and therapy [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Confirmation that brief advice to risky drinkers identified in accident and emergency departments can cut drinking and reduce the chance of further injuries and readmissions; the issue now is why this happens sometimes but not always [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Secondly, addiction is not necessarily an irrevocable and everlasting affliction. Some people stop using heroin and do so through their own resolve and initiative [Wired In Article, UK]
‘… emphasizes and supports each individual’s potential for recovery. Recovery is seen within the model as a personal journey, that may involve developing hope, a secure base and sense of self, supportive relationships, empowerment, social inclusion, coping skills, and meaning’ [David Clark, Wired In]
Audio and powerpoint of presentation from 2009 National Drug Treatment Conference [Exchange Supplies, UK]
Inaugural Professorial Lecture given by Professor Julian Buchanan at Glyndwr University, Wales on Thursday 21st May 2009. This lecture explored the negative impact of the war on drugs. Powerpoint and lecture notes [academia.edu, UK]
We need to move beyond the deadlock on drug policy, to transcend the polarisation, and to give serious consideration to the options for change. Cannabis would be a good place to start {New Scientist, Opinion]
Child poverty has fallen in Scotland, but evidence from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation suggests that the current rate of progress will not achieve the 2020 target to eradicate child poverty [JRF, UK]
This report provides key findings of the RAND Europe study which assesses how the global market for illicit drugs has developed from 1998 to 2007 and describes worldwide drug policies implemented during that period to address the problem [RAND, USA]
Report found that of $373.9 billion in federal and state spending, 95.6 percent ($357.4 billion) went to shovel up the consequences and human wreckage of substance abuse and addiction; only 1.9 percent went to prevention and treatment, 0.4 percent to research, 1.4 percent to taxation and regulation, and 0.7 percent to interdiction [287 page pdf} [The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, USA]
Government spending related to smoking and the abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs reached $468 billion in 2005, accounting for more than one-tenth of combined federal, state and local expenditures for all purposes, according to a new study [New York Times, USA]
Substance abuse, addiction and its consequences cost U.S. governmental bodies nearly $500 billion in 2005 with only a fraction of state and federal dollars spent on prevention and treatment [CNN, USA]
Video of conference [Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League]
Video of conference [Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League]
Recently the Herald has drawn attention to the damage methamphetamines cause to people and society. The stories told have been traumatic accounts of woe and self-destruction [The New Zealand Herald]
