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A recent scientific paper appearing in the journal Addiction has focused on the lack of scientific evidence for the effectiveness of Needle and Syringe Programmes (NSPs), one of the primary aspects of harm reduction [Release, UK]
Dr Joe Gerstein, founding president of Smart Recovery USA, was misquoted in the Guardian newspaper on 10 March as attacking AA – and the story was carried across the Atlantic to JoinTogether [Addiction Today, UK]
A Treatment Improvement Protocol Tip 52 [SAMHSA, USA]
This strategic intelligence assessment presents a marketbased analysis of the risk posed by illicit drug markets in Queensland, with a particular focus on organised criminal involvement in those markets [Crime and Misconduct Commission, Queensland, Australia]
This advice to the Sentencing Guidelines Council makes proposals in relation to the sentencing of the most commonly sentenced drug offences. It considers those offences which derive from conduct intended to bring illicit drugs into circulation (including importation, production and supply) as well as those relating to possession and use [Sentencing Advisory Panel, UK]
I love my life. I have four wonderful kids and a husband who worships me. I ain’t got time to feel like this. Suboxone kept me safe from a danger zone which is long gone. I’ve totally recontructed my life and do you know that I’m so proud of how well I’ve done? [didn’t play well with others, WIred In]
I wonder if we really are as focused about supporting people towards abstinence as we should be. Do practitioners ‘need’ to keep people unhealthy and ‘needy’ to deflect the attention away from their own problems? [Splendidly, Wired In]
If you are in the UK and you work in a needle & syringe programme (NSP) then you should already know about the NNEF, in fact you should be a member (membership is of course free) [Injecting Advice, UK]
Results from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) [Liverpool John Moores University and National Treatment Agency, UK]
The Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) invites members of the public to its open meeting on Monday 29 March 2010. There will be an opportunity for attendees to provide feedback to the ACMD and participate in a question and answer session [Home Office, UK]
“There’s no sign that says, ‘you’re now entering addiction’, there’s no big sign that says, ‘you’ll need to stop now, if you go once more that’s you’ [Wired In]
