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The article concludes by suggesting that prolific and enduring weekend polydrug repertoires within local leisure scenes increasingly polarize such scenes from drug use in the general population, with implications for policing and governance, alongside the need for a more nuanced understanding of the night time economy as an analytical concept in social research [Criminology and Criminal Justice, UK]
Keith Humphreys and colleagues report on a workgroup of US experts on substance abuse self-help organisations. Main conclusion: self-help groups are too valuable to leave to chance. They should be actively promoted and facilitated by treatment services and policymakers. Print publication 2005 [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Drug and alcohol work does not get more difficult than this – offering street drinkers a place where they can start to reverse years of deterioration, without having first to stop drinking. Part 2 of our mini-series on wet day centres in Britain will also ring bells for drug workers in needle exchanges and drop-in services. Print publication 2005 [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
DrugScope’s response to the New Horizons consultation has a particular concern with the relationship between substance misuse and mental health problems, and the complex and multiple needs that often accompany ‘dual diagnosis’. We have therefore restricted our response to comments on these issues… [Drugscope, UK]
Gary Topley describes his journey from alcohol-fuelled violence to a new life helping others as a service user representative [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
Sue Kenten describes how her service is helping to empower young Asian women in east London at the same time as celebrating their identity [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
Taped Radio... is just great, the production, the interviewing, the recording, the website, etc. All just done by folk in recovery… So please just check this out, this is recovery in action. I love it and this is what I mean why I am for ever going on about stuff beyond methadone [Wulf, Wired In]
I was just reading how well treatment is going in England today on the NTA website where thousands are being discharged from treatment ‘free of their drug of dependency and no longer in receipt of medication’. (Paul Hayes). Cozy and reassuring. I would feel elated if I hadn’t worked for years in drug treatment and been through the system myself [Peapod, Wired In]
Last night, I watched the Horizon programme ‘Do I drink too much?’ and found myself (as is often the case) shouting in frustration at my television. Don’t worry too much about my state of mind, I do know that neither the BBC nor John Marsden were able to hear me [Lisbeth, Wired In]
Two stories over the past few days reported as “news” which actually serve to underline how the prohibition of recreational drug use hides what’s really going on out there in the real world [UKCIA]
Ed Mitchell makes his studio debut for Inexcess starting what we hope will be a regular feature finding out who’s out there writing and contributing to the great recovery debate. Ed invited John Coats into the studio to talk about his book No Big Deal {15’03”) [Inexcess TV, UK]
This presentation describes the work of a joint NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) project undertaken between 2006 and 2008 [Scottish Recovery Network, UK]
{5’38”} [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs]
In a study examining the reason why people drink, only 35 per cent of Scots said they drink in moderation, while the rest said they drink excessively [The Scotsman, UK]
The region of Greater Manchester is planning to become the first in England to impose a minimum price for the alcohol sold in its supermarkets, pubs and off-licences in an attempt to tackle binge drinking [Sunday Times, UK]
Drink-related disease has reached epidemic levels. We acted on tobacco, now we must act on this [Guardian, UK]
The Taliban in Afghanistan are running a sophisticated financial network to pay for their insurgent operations, raising hundreds of millions of dollars from the illicit drug trade, kidnappings, extortion and foreign donations that American officials say they are struggling to cut off [New York Times, USA]
Department of Justice memo formalizes what marijuana advocates had been pushing Obama to do for some time [Alternet, USA]
“ADCA is pleased to support Carers Week launched today by the Governor General of Australia, and Patron of Carers Australia” [Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia]
As well as highlighting relevant research publications that have been recently published, it examines some of the cannabis-related media stories that have attracted attention each month, as well as providing some information on ‘hot topics’ such as cannabis potency [National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre, Australia]
