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One third of deaths related to HIV in the United Kingdom could be prevented if testing for the disease were more widespread and more socially acceptable, says a summary of guidelines published on 1 October [British Medical Journal]
Amelia Gentleman was given unprecedented access to Bristol’s probation service – and witnessed a profession working almost invisibly to turn round the lives of offenders [Guardian, UK]
Alcohol is a factor in two-thirds of emergency ambulance calls at the weekend in Scotland, it was revealed yesterday [Scotsman, UK]
Immunization with an experimental anti-cocaine vaccine resulted in a substantial reduction in cocaine use in 38 percent of vaccinated patients in a clinical trial supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA, USA]
A within-subjects study investigated whether consumption of alcohol and other substances changes during marijuana abstinence [Alcohol Reports Blogspot]
Recently, I keep coming across the same question being asked of me over and over again. Actually thinking about it, I am not actually sure whether this is really the case or whether I have just become more aware of it and have been thinking about it more [Julie T, Wired In]
I have not experienced debilitating depression for many years. Financial security and comfort have become a reality. I don’t have a disease over which I am powerless, and that non-disease isn’t out in the parking lot doing push-ups [mikeblamedenial, Wired In]
I have been translating Bill White’s ‘A Primer for Addiction Treatment Professionals and Recovery Advocates’ into the kind of language uchooseit volunteers speak. This is not about dumbing down or questioning people’s intellectual capacity. It’s about recognising that there are powerful themes, arguments and knowledge out there that we don’t all have the tools to extract [Michaela, Wired In]
The great people behind the Harm Reduction Works campaign sent me an advanced copy of the new overdose DVDs [Injecting Advice, UK]
An Interview with Arthur C.Evans, PhD By William L. White, MA [Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center, USA]
Almost three out of five young people attending one of the south’s largest addiction services are using heroin, compared to almost none three years ago [Irish Examiner]
New figures indicate that smoking is costing the NHS in Wales more than £7m every week [BBC, UK]
First Minister Rhodri Morgan has said Wales has much to celebrate in its bid to stop people smoking, but warned there is still much to be done [Welsh Assembly Government, UK]
Drinkers in Norfolk will soon be offered free taxi rides home to cut crime. A high proportion of antisocial behaviour occurs after pub closing times in Watton, Norfolk, and the initiative could reduce it substantially, police said [Guardian, UK]
Stephen Burgess, National Director of Coram Life Education, has been elected Chairman of the Forum [Drug Education Forum, UK]
Using digital media to explore the views and experiences of Muslim women in Bradford. This project enabled a group of women to make films about their lives, supported by professional film-makers, to educate and inspire others [Joseph Rowntree Foundation]
Fool’s errand or necessary evil? [Addiction Inbox, USA]
Routine use of electronic health records may improve the quality of care provided in community-based primary care practices more than other common strategies intended to raise the quality of medical care [RAND, USA]
Taxi drivers, tradesmen and body builders are among the growing number of people using St Kilda’s 24-hour needle and syringe exchange program – the only service that operates all night, every night in Victoria [The Age, Australia]
Healthcare providers should be concerned about alcohol misused by their patients to self-manage pain and caution them about the hazards of mixing alcohol with pain medications [Pain Topics, USA]
