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Findings of a recent study suggest that receiving alcohol industry sponsorship may increase sports participants’ drinking. The study involved a cross-sectional survey of 1279 participants from 14 team and individual sports in three large provinces of New Zealand [Addiction Editorial, UK]
A 2008 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that an 80 percent reduction in the incidence of HIV in intravenous drug users over the past 20 years can be attributed in part to such programs funded by private organizations and localities [Washington Post Editorial, USA]
This report highlights the findings of a collaborative research study undertaken by Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the NSPCC’s ChildLine in Scotland service to explore children and young people’s experiences of harmful parental drinking and the concerns they express about the impact this is having on their lives [SHAAP. UK]
At its core, the philosophy of recovery embraces and encourages an individual’s capacity for change and personal transformation [SAMHSA News, USA]
So the drug war doesn’t achieve its goal of reducing addiction. All it does achieve is horrific gang violence – and in some cases the cartels gut whole countries like Mexico and Afghanistan [Johann Hari, Independent, UK]
Stigma is an enduring problem for addicts, not only in active addiction, but even into recovery… If you got this far, I thought I would ask for personal examples of stigma and how it felt as well as any ideas on how stigma is best tackled. We need to face up to this [David McCartney, USA]
We kept the two minutes’ silence and thought about those who died in old wars. But what about the other war? Those of us who have been all too close to the front line, have been wounded and damaged and seen our friends, patients and family members die, wonder how many have died, directly or indirectly, in the “war on drugs” [Sophia, WIred In]
There has been a great deal of commentary about the above film that has been recently shown in London and Sheffield. I will be attending a meeting about this issue on Wednesday and would appreciate comments from anyone who has a view [Mary Wollstoncraft, WIred In]
Nigel Radcliffe is delivering one of the most praised projects in the recovery world. Working with Transport for London Nigel is helping to transform the lives of employees who are having difficulties with drug use and alcohol {20’46”} [Inexcess TV, UK]
The Scottish Government’s discussion paper, Changing Scotland’s relationship with alcohol, made a commitment to work with partners to identify the scale of the problem of drunk and incapable people requiring emergency support, to evaluate existing models of providing that support and to identify good practice [Scottish Government, Uk]
Reviews the worldwide literature on services that exist to manage the care needs of drunk and incapable people [Scottish Government, UK]
The objective of this project is to conduct a randomized controlled evaluation of the internet-based Check Your Drinking (CYD) screener [Addiction, UK]
Compiled by Peter Miller, Molly Jarvis and Louisa Strain [Addiction, UK]
The government should ban the alcohol industry from sponsoring any sporting event in the interest of preventing harm, international medical experts say today [Guardian, UK]
Scientists quit after meeting home secretary after sacking of Professor David Nutt [Guardian, UK]
What does the phrase “the discussions were very constructive” mean? [Mark Easton, BBC, UK]
The strongest beer ever produced in Britain is set to be banned – weeks after a Scottish brewery launched the brew as a “cure” for binge drinking [Scotsman, UK]
Advancing recovery-oriented approaches and fostering the development of recovery-oriented systems of care is one of the priorities of SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) [SAMHSA News, USA]
This TIP provides clinical guidelines for the proper use of medications in the treatment of alcohol use disorders [SAMHSA, USA}
The American Medical Association (AMA) voted today to reverse its long-held position that marijuana be retained as a Schedule I substance with no medical value [Opposing Views, USA]
