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Ambivalence is a striking feature of addiction, particularly when the person has made a rational decision to stop using and makes attempts to do so [Wired In]
“My whole life, my whole being was centred on drugs and any means to get them you know. My whole life revolved around drugs, drugs, drugs” [Wired In]
“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]
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]
Some people admit to not thinking about the consequences of their actions, and in fact do not think much about their drug use at all. Many others, when they first start taking heroin, are confident that they will not become addicted. A common belief is that, “addiction is not something that could happen to me; it happens to other people” [Wired In]
Here is a drug that is pilloried on the one hand, and yet is used [diamorphine] in the UK without controversy to treat severe and intractable pain, arising from illnesses such as cancer [Wired In]
The harm caused by substance use needs to be considered in a variety of ways. Use of drugs, alcohol and solvents can carry risk to different aspects of life [Wired In]
Tobacco smoking is a practice in which tobacco is burned and the smoke inhaled or tasted. Smoking is primarily practiced as a route of administration for nicotine through the lungs; it is a way of getting nicotine into your system rapidly [Medical News Today, UK]
In simple terms, dependence can be seen as an impairment in a person’s ability or power to choose. The drug becomes more important to the person than other aspects of their life, which the majority of us would consider as essential [Wired In]
Some of us have been waiting a long time to be able to stock foil in our needle programmes, today’s article is from Allison my co-host on the Hooked podcast who is now in a position to do this [Injecting Advice, UK]
The alcohol dependence syndrome was seen as a cluster of seven elements that concur. It was argued that not all elements may be present in every case, but the picture is sufficiently regular and coherent to permit clinical recognition [Wired In]
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]
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]
Contrary to what is commonly assumed, psychoactive drugs do not produce fixed and predictable psychological effects that are dependent purely on their chemical properties [Wired In]
Considers the views of the philosopher Douglas Husak on the justice of drug laws in America [Wired In]
Looks at factors that have influenced the development of laws regulating recreational drug use, in particular influential happenings in America [Wired In]
As the anthrax situation worsens and we get the first cases appearing in England (London and Blackpool) there is still a lot of confusion over the finer details of the outbreak, especially the details on the routes of drug administration [Injecting Advice, UK]
Traces the history of cocaine, linking the Incas, Freud, Thomas Edison, Sherlock Holmes and Coca Cola [David Clark, Wired In]
Looks at how heroin has been used and viewed since it was first synthesised, and briefly describes the development of the heroin problem in America and the UK [Wired In Article]
Provides insights into how opium and morphine have been used and considered at various times in history. [David Clark, Wired In]
