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Speech Morales at the CND

The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) filmed the speech of the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, at the high level UN meeting in Vienna on March 11, 2009, in which he announced that Bolivia would start the process to remove the coca leaf from the 1961 Single Convention as well as the suspension of the paragraphs of that convention that prohibit the traditional chewing of coca leaf [Transnational Institute, The Netherlands]

Tags: europefilmtalk   Date: 17 May 09

Inexcess at UKESAD - Day One Highlights

Inexcess’s first day at UKESAD has been an inspiration. We have met people from a range of perspectives bringing a diverse view of the world of addiction, treatment and recovery [Inexcess TV, UK]

Tags: filmuk   Date: 16 May 09

Inexcess at UKESAD - Day Two Highlights

It’s been a fantastic day at UKESAD… We started the day with Christopher Kennedy Lawford who was testament that addiction reaches all levels of society and does not discriminate [Inexcess TV, UK]

Tags: filmuk   Date: 16 May 09

Chris Schroeder interviews Dr. Harris B. Stratyner

Dr. Harris B. Stratyner, Ph.D., CASAC is the Regional Vice President for Caron’s New York Recovery Center. A renowned addiction and mental health treatment specialist with more than 27 years of experience, he oversees the clinical staff and develops and implements workshops/ programs for patients in recovery [The Afflicted & Affected, USA]

Tags: filmusa   Date: 16 May 09

Bill Moyers interviews “The Wire” creator David Simon

From crime beat reporter for the BALTIMORE SUN to award-winning screenwriter of HBO’s critically-acclaimed The Wire, David Simon talks with Bill Moyers about inner-city crime and politics, storytelling and the future of journalism today [Bill Moyers Journal, USA]

Tags: filminterviewusa   Date: 16 May 09

Evidence based medicine and clinical trials: the issues

The second video in our series to promote the BMJ’s online archive now being fully searchable back to 1840 examines the development of evidence based medicine and clinical trials [British Medical Journal, UK]

Tags: filmuk   Date: 14 May 09

Robin Davidson on models for understanding Substance Use

Robin Davidson describes the different paths the alcohol field and the drugs field have taken [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]

Tags: filmuk   Date: 14 May 09

Robert Rae introduces Scotland’s Futures Forum

Robert explains how Scotland’s Futures Forum was developed and what the core’s approaches are [Film Exchange on Drugs & Alcohol, UK]

Tags: filmuk   Date: 13 May 09

Doing good in the community

A young man from just outside Glasgow talks about becoming a positve influence on his community through working with drug users after becoming drug and alcohol free [Talking Drugs, UK]

Tags: filminternationalstory   Date: 12 May 09

Lee - SHARP Graduate, Drug Addiction

Lee talks to us about his addiction with crack cocaine and how he tried to take his own life. He tells us how his self belief was rebuilt at SHARP, and how he got the courage to start liking himself and begin changing his life for the better [Inexcess TV, UK]

Tags: filmstoryuk   Date: 11 May 09

Bob Campbell on the qualities people need to work with others

“For trying to help people, say in social work, you need to have certain qualities… some people just aren’t cut out for it and some people are.” [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]

Tags: filmuk   Date: 11 May 09

Rowdy Yates on Lifeline and the growth of drug treatment

Rowdy tells the story of Lifeline’s initial development and how it fit with the national priorities at that time [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]

Tags: filmuk   Date: 10 May 09

Chris Schroeder interviews Ann Smith

Ann Smith is the Executive Director of Breakthrough at Caron, a five and a half day residential group therapy program designed to help adults shift destructive life patterns, improve relationships and foster personal growth [The Afflicted and Affected, USA]

Tags: filminterviewusa   Date: 08 May 09

Tim Leighton on drugs, alcohol, crime and health

Tim talks about about the relationship between health and crime and the role of ‘deviance’ and ‘class’ [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]

Tags: filmuk   Date: 08 May 09

Mark Gilman - National Treatment Agency

Mark talks candidly with George and a special studio audience about the role of the NTA, its successes, its challenges and plans for the future. Once again the scale and complexity of treatment and recovery are central to the show [Inexcess, UK]

Tags: filminterviewuk   Date: 06 May 09

Howard Parker on Heroin in the 80’s

Howard describes the period in which heroin use became visible in the UK [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]

Tags: filmuk   Date: 06 May 09

Nick Crofts presents the conference rapporteur’s report at IHRA’s 20th harm reduction conference

Closing Session – Nick Crofts from IHRA’s 20th harm reduction conference in Bangkok on vimeo [International Harm Reduction Association]

Tags: filminternational   Date: 06 May 09

Susanne MacGregor on the myth of the ‘methadone parking lot’

Susanne says that she does not believe anyone wants to just ‘park’ people on methadone. She goes onto explain why she thinks this misunderstanding occurs [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]

Tags: filmuk   Date: 06 May 09

Ian Wardle - Are we in danger of becoming a joke?

Ian asks one of the contributors to reflect on the current state of the drugs field. Your response to this question is welcome [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]

Tags: filmuk   Date: 03 May 09

Susanne MacGregor on the myth of the ‘methadone parking lot’

Susanne says that she does not believe anyone wants to just ‘park’ people on methadone. She goes onto explain why she thinks this misunderstanding occurs [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]

Tags: filmuk   Date: 03 May 09

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