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Rebecca Cheshire explains how Addaction is tackling the impact of drug misuse on the family [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
Does tier 4 miss out? Peter Walker looks at arresting the decline in rehab and promoting recovery [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
Alcohol is the “gateway drug” that remains the greatest threat to society, and the Government’s failure to address the problem epitomises its disregard for scientific evidence, Professor David Nutt said yesterday [Times, UK]
The aim of this joint guidance is to support professionals working in adult drug and alcohol treatment services and children, parenting and family services such as Family Intervention Projects [Department for Children, Schools and Families, Department of Health, and National Treatment Agency, UK]
The use of online services within the family relationship sector is considered. While there is a limited amount of literature that focuses on families as a target group for online therapy, the principles outlined in this paper are relevant, and where available, specific applications to family counselling, therapy and dispute resolution have been highlighted [Australian Institute of Family Studies]
People often ask me where I got my name from and are surprised when I say my parents. But it has led me to realise both the power of names, labels, the arguments of social constructed realities or not, identities and who owns them and how they are forged [Wulf, Wired In]
“Since setting out an entirely different system of classifying drugs in terms of their relative harms in 2007 David Nutt has been on a collision course with the government [Kathy Gyngell, Centre for Policy Studies, UK]
Release was outraged but perhaps not surprised that Professor Nutt was eventually sacked over his criticism of the government’s policy on cannabis [Release, UK]
George introduces Trevessa and Tony who are in conversation about how yoga can help with stress relief and what to do at the weekend [Inexcess TV, UK]
London’s most common crime by far is taking drugs [Simon Jenkins, Evening Standard, UK]
If there is one thing that politicians can and should do to limit the damage caused by illegal drugs, it is to take careful note of the evidence and develop a rational drug policy [New Scientist, UK]
Scientist removed for views on cannabis says government’s advisory council is fatally flawed and should be independent [Guardian, UK]
The children of drug addicts will get special help if they are at risk when their parents are receiving treatment, under a new agreement between the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) and the Department for Children, Schools and Families [NTA, UK]
After 4 deaths, 16 convictions, Centreville still stunned by grasp of drugs on its young [Washington Post, USA]
Another finds salvation as Centreville heroin ring is broken up [Washington Post, USA]
He is, nevertheless, emerging as the central character in a documentary about his father’s brutal legacy, Los Pecados de mi Padre (The Sins of My Father) [Time, USA]
Prohibitions infringe on the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Implicit in prohibition is the idea that it is legitimate for one person to act as another’s moral surrogate [The Independent Institute, USA]
Last week, writing on the Daily Beast web site, reporter Jeff Deeney profiled a startling underground market for the antipsychotic medication Seroquel (quetiapine) [Addiction Inbox, USA]
Alcohol restrictions could be extended and more indigenous police recruited under a Federal Government push to reduce rates of crime in remote communities [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]
[Drug World, UK]
