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A newsletter from the National Centres for Drug and Alcohol Research, published this issue by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney [NDARC, Australia]
Worldwide coverage of HIV prevention, treatment, and care services in IDU populations is very low. There is an urgent need to improve coverage of these services in this at-risk population [Lancet Abstract, UK]
The evidence is weaker than given credit for in the literature. The lack of evidence for effectiveness of NSP vis-à-vis biological outcomes (HCV and HIV incidence/prevalence) reflects the limitations of studies that have been undertaken to investigate these associations [Addiction Abstract, UK]
I have been shocked recently to see people who I know to be good workers so disillusioned, angry, and upset. And leaving! And do you know what they are blaming it on – Recovery! Now of course its not Recovery that has made their jobs intolerable. That’s just the word that they see and blame for the changes they have been subjected to [Melody, Wired In]
We already know much about how addiction behaves. To package it as a short term problem, cured at six months by treatment is unhelpful. Not to mention mutual aid is curious. If I were cynical, I’d be concluding that either the authors are not knowledgeable of how cocaine addiction behaves, or they want to put a positive spin on things. Neither is admirable [Peapod, Wired In]
That’s if we got to see him. His lifestyle had a strong hold on him by now and, if he wasn’t addicted, he was a long way down that road [Keith F, Wired In]
Don’t tell me I have a choice because I know damn well I have a choice. A choice to be happy or sad, to stay ‘stuck’ or move on and actually, at this moment in time I want to be sad, and I want to stay stuck in my misery and feel sorry for myself and feel sorry for Michael and to stay in the house and never return to work [Susan C, Wired In]
I finished my step 4 and read it out last week. It was so hard. I hate going into my past, but hey, I’m so glad I did as it has revealed a number of things to me. Like I was mostly to blame for the things that I’ve done and the resentments I hold [Mark Burns, Wired In]
Just wanted to share with you all something that happened today. The RCRC singing group based at SHARP Liverpool went on the first leg of its UK Tour of rehabs! We started today at Oaktrees Treatment Centre in Gateshead. We are aiming to visit 6 other rehabs around the country in the next 12 months or so [Jac, Wired In]
Today I’ve got an article from a guest blogger Stephen Bamber. Stephen normally writes the great Recovery focused blog The Art of Life Itself, but I recently asked him if he would like to write a piece for Injecting Advice on how he thinks needle programmes fit into the idea and ethos of Recovery [Injecting Advice, UK]
Our book of the month for March is Chasing Dragons by Kyle Grayson. The book is listed in our extensive library of relevant and interesting titles and as ever we are grateful to our book reviewer David Hart who has written the following [Transform Drug Policy Foundation, UK]
The Young Runaways Education Resource, developed by The Children’s Society in collaboration with the DCSF, will provide a tool for schools to help intervene when children show signs of being ‘at risk’ [The Children’s Society, UK]
My own view is that “harmful use” – whether of cocaine, alcohol, over-eating, or any other self-destructive behaviour – is a symptom of an underlying malaise [Telegraph, UK]
Until we know the real harm of legal recreational drugs such as mephedrone, they should be put into a holding ‘class D’ [David Nutt in Guardian, UK]
A new consortium of academic institutions and public health organizations is working to help European governments identify and remove barriers that prevent people, from accessing medicines that could improve end of life care, alleviate debilitating pain and treat heroin dependence [University of Aachen, Germany]
This report addresses the health consequences of drug use by describing characteristics and drug use patterns of New Yorkers [New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, USA]
Robins’ impressive research study contradicted the commonly held belief that heroin use is an inevitable consequence of using the drug, and that once it has taken hold it is virtually impossible for the user to give up the habit. It provides a good example of the ways in which changes in social circumstances can have a powerful effect on the way people use drugs [Wired In]
