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On Findings’ tenth anniversary, editor Mike Ashton recalls how the largest working drug and alcohol library in Britain first started [Drink and Drugs News, Uk]
Tony Wright describes an unusual way of improving communication skills [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
The overall story has long been one of fear-mongering and rank hypocrisy, but the debasement of the ACMD is a comparatively recent twist [Guardian Editorial, UK]
The proportion of alcohol consumption that is above government guidelines (‘risky drinking’) has been estimated in several countries, suggesting that reductions in risky drinking would lead to significant declines in total alcohol consumption. However, this has not previously been conducted transparently in the UK [Alcohol & Alcoholism, USA]
The evaluation report that follows provides additional insights into how communities, by working together, have begun to make a difference by embracing recommended strategies to help prevent and reduce underage alcohol use [SAMHSA, USA]
Bill White, the US recovery historian, researcher and advocate has written of recovery as a heroic journey… The adventure of the hero is filled with danger and risk (addiction), but ultimately he returns home (back into the community, reintegrated). It rings true for me and others I know in recovery [Androcles, Wired In]
The authors describe the work as ‘focusing on the factors which make for health in individuals and families, going beyond clinical observation to include the recent and little-known research now available about exceptionally healthy families and then extend and develop the ideas outside the family context’ [Sarah Davies, Wired In]
Focuses on faith in oneself to develop the necessary qualities and thought processes to achieve recovery. Faith in others in recovery, expressed through our thoughts and actions about living a simple loving and caring life in harmony with others [John Mills, Wired In]
As a member of the ACMD, I just want to correct some of the impression given in the media about the Council’s membership [Eric Carlin Blog, UK]
Hooked episode 20 is about the current news in the UK regarding the sacking of Professor David Nutt by the Home Secretary Alan Johnson [Injecting Advice, UK]
Ed Mitchell has been up to Scotland to appear on STV. He tells us about his trip and some disturbing facts about alcohol consumption north of the border [Inexcess TV, UK]
DDN hears how Wandsworth Drug Project is helping to raise community awareness of drugs [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
David Nutt, the government’s former chief drugs adviser, on how he formulated his controversial views on drugs [Guardian, UK]
David Nutt explains what his dismissal means for drugs policy and scientific advice in Britain [Nature News, UK]
David Cameron called the sacking of the Government’s chief drugs adviser an “unseemly spat” today, but said that his party did not support any relaxation in the penalties for taking illegal drugs [Times, UK]
Alan Johnson’s defence of his damaging and rather crass decision to sack Professor David Nutt (Letters, 2 November) contained errors of fact, as well as errors of judgment [Guardian, UK]
Computer-delivered interventions (CDIs) reduce the quantity and frequency of drinking among college students. CDIs are generally equivalent to alternative alcohol-related comparison interventions [Addiction, UK]
Substantial minorities of heroin and cocaine users identified while visiting a US hospital for medical care cut back after assessment and brief motivational counselling. Print publication 2005 [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Harm reduction in Russia is on the verge of collapse – watch our video made at the Moscow AIDS conference [Drug Reporter, Hungary]
Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, has been voicing that sentiment a lot lately, declaring that the government must do something about the country’s status as a world leader in alcohol consumption [New York Times, USA]
