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Tory MP Iain Duncan Smith’s description of methadone as “a fatalistic, short-term, and damaging approach to drug and alcohol addiction” signalled a growing mistrust of the pragmatic harm reduction measures introduced by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. Paul Hayes and Annette Dale-Perera look back at the politics of treatment [Druglink, UK]
The British government’s official drug advisers are expected to recommend that it be banned, but some drugs policy experts say criminalisation could do more harm than good. Now New Scientist cuts through the hype. [New Scientist, 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]
Chris Ford’s regular insight from a busy G.P.‘s surgery [DDN, UK}
In a follow-up to their article looking at whether 12-step meetings are appropriate for women who have experienced abuse, Grace and Sarah Galvani explore the implications for fellowship members and sponsors who support women living with these issues and look at some broader implications for alcohol and drug professionals [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
The interest of clients are not being served by a faceless, target-driven system [DDN, UK]
“SMART Recovery is a US abstinence-based programme that’s gaining a foothold in the UK thanks to a pilot project with Alcohol Concern. David Gilliver spoke to its founding president, Dr Joe Gerstein [DDN, UK]
Bringing Thomas McLellan to President Obama’s drug strategy team could reposition addiction treatment at the heart of mainstream healthcare. DDN met a man on a mission [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
Issue 43 [DrugWorld, UK]
[Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
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]
Drugnet Europe, the EMCDDA’s quarterly newsletter, provides regular information on the Agency’s activities to a broad readership [European Monitoring Centre of Drugs and Drug Addiction]
Read a full round up from the DDN/Alliance National service user involvement conference [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
Iain Duncan Smith MP has given a speech in which he calls for the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse to be replaced. He also advocates for rehab places to be quadrupled – and filled with referred patients [Addiction Today, UK]
As the country awaits a new government, can we hope for improvement in guiding desperate, vulnerable people towards true recovery from addiction? [Addiction Today, UK]
[Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
March 2010 {Hepatitis C Council of NSW, Australia]
February, 2010 [Substance Misuse Management in General Practice, UK]
February 2010 [Drug World, UK]
Everyone agrees that getting service users back into employment is vital for sustained recovery, but it needs to be done properly argues Tony Wright [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
