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What happens when someone’s problems don’t conveniently fit the categories of a rigid, unyielding system? Sue Foreman tells the harrowing story of her attempts to get help for her son [Drinks and Drugs News, UK]
Addiction services are sometimes as sick as our clients. When you think about the stigma, unhealthy behaviours and complex course and chronicity associated with addiction, it’s no surprise that wounds can develop at multiple levels in services [Peapod, WIred In]
Since when did admitting to a drug and alcohol problem – and taking steps to do something about it – equate to individuals belonging to a service? At what point did we become infantilised, unable to make our own decisions without the say-so of someone we may see for half an hour every two weeks if we are lucky? [Michaela, Wired In]
George talks to Stuart about the reality behind the statistics – possibly the best man to speak to for a picture of the realities of drink and drugs in our communities – and he’s on the water every day training for the British Olympic Rowing Team {24’36”} [Inexcess TV, UK]
The adaptability of peer recovery support services to many stages and modalities of recovery, service settings, and organizational contexts is explained, highlighting core principles that cut across all peer-helping-peer service alliances [SAMHSA, USA]
At the recent Injecting Conference (NCIDU) there was a lot of discussion around peer distribution of equipment and peer led services [Injecting Advice, UK]
He was asked to go because he cannot be both a government adviser and a campaigner against government policy. This principle is well understood and long established [Alan Johnson MP, Guardian, UK]
The BBC has obtained a copy of the letter sent to Alan Johnson by a majority of ACMD members [Mark Easton, BBC, UK]
It is the question that is buzzing around the scientific community tonight – why exactly did the home secretary ask his most senior drugs adviser to pack his bags? [Mark Easton, BBC, UK]
The purpose of the review “is to satisfy ministers that the ACMD … is discharging its function that the committee was set up to deliver and that it continues to represent value for money”. It is being carried out by Sir David Omand, a former Home Office permanent secretary, and is due to be completed early next year [Guardian, UK]
Scotland’s leading drugs expert has accused a former scientific adviser of “undermining” efforts to tackle narcotics [The Herald, Scotland, UK]
Cultural issues can stand in the way of families getting the help they need for drug and alcohol problems. Vic Motune reports on the success of Oldham’s Reaching Out project [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
We examined prescriptions for oral naltrexone in a large, nationally distributed treatment population to identify characteristics and healthcare utilization patterns associated with persistence [Addiction, UK]
The NTA has responded to 20 questions posed by Addiction Today about drug treatment policy and practice [NTA, UK]
Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry have found that common mental disorders such as depression and alcohol misuse are the top psychological problems amongst UK troops post-deployment and not post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as is widely believed [Kings College, University of London, UK]
Two European studies confirm that the opiate-blocking drug naltrexone particularly helps alcohol-dependent patients who respond least well to therapy, elevating in-treatment outcomes to those of more promising clients. Print publication 2005 [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
An invisible tide is rising on the shores of West Africa, creeping into its slums, its banks, its courts, its barracks, and its government ministries. It is a tide of money, influence, and power, born from the drug trafficking that is sweeping the region [International Peace Institute, USA]
The estimates reviewed highlight the total annual cost of substance abuse from a number of perspectives including social cost and the direct costs to State government [SAMHSA, USA]
FDA lists meds for trash or toilet [Addiction Inbox, USA]
But the rise and rise of “legal highs” in Australia, where they are largely untested and unregulated, is already sparking serious health concerns [The Age, Australia]
