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The first ever NHS performance (HEAT) target for drug treatment will be confirmed in November and brought into force from next April – requiring Board chief executives to set out how they intend to achieve it and be accountable for doing so [Scottish Government, UK]
Release, the campaigning organisation that specialises in drugs and drugs law, is running an advertising campaign on London buses during June. With the slogan ‘Nice People Take Drugs’, Release is looking to open up the drugs debate and engage the public in a more sophisticated and honest drugs dialogue [Release, UK]
This campaign will highlight the completely out of touch approach taken to drugs by much of the UK’s media and political parties [Release, UK]
UK adults and adolescents are among the top binge-drinkers in Europe, according to the first-ever comprehensive EU-wide report on alcohol released this Thursday [Institute of Alcohol Studies, UK]
Annette has been Director of Quality at the National Treatment Agency (NTA) since 2001 and has been a central figure in developing improved access to and quality of effective drug treatment in England [NTA, UK]
Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment provides a state-of-the-art compilation of assessment and treatment practices with proven effectiveness [Medical News Today, UK]
Sipping wine, beer or spirits three to four times per week increases the risk of binge drinking, particularly among young men, according to a new study published in the journal Addiction [Medical News Today, UK]
The European Federation of Therapeutic Communities (EFTC) moved swiftly today to condemn the violent practices apparently sanctioned within the Serbian rehabilitation service, Crna Reka [European Federation of Therapeutic Communities]
Parts of the brain involved in monitoring behaviors and emotions show different levels of activity in cocaine users relative to non-drug users, even when both groups perform equally well on a psychological test [Medical News Today, UK]
Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals has launched Here to Help, an unique patient support program designed to improve outcomes for people in opioid dependence treatment with Suboxone [Counselor, USA]
Officials in Serbia are investigating a ‘rehabilitation centre’ affiliated to the Orthodox Church where drug addicts have been filmed being beaten [Addiction Today, UK]
What is the scale of ill-health related to alcohol misuse, and what are the consequences for the NHS? To address alcohol-related health problems, should the drinking culture in England change, and if so, how? [NICE, UK]
New controls for a range of substances, including gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), were set out today in two public consultations launched by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith [Home Office, UK]
States could improve public safety and save millions of dollars by investing in community-based alternatives, according to two new research briefs released today by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) [JPI, USA]
As well as this information campaign, Boots has been giving out free sugar-free chewing gum to those collecting methadone on prescription and its little kindnesses like this that showcase what harm reduction really is [Release, UK]
As part of the Global Burden of Disease 2005 project, the ‘Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert Group’ are conducting systematic reviews of the prevalence, incidence and remission of mental health disorders and drug dependence in order to estimate the burden of disease attributable to illicit drug dependence [IHRA]
Faces & Voices of Recovery honors Pennsylvania Recovery Organization – Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT) in 2009 because it embodies the power of the organized recovery community [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
Faces & Voices of Recovery honors Pennsylvania Recovery Organization – Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT) in 2009 because it embodies the power of the organized recovery community [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA]
On World Hepatitis Day (19 May), Concateno, a provider of drug testing and medical screening solutions, calls for the increased use of a broader range of Hepatitis testing techniques including dried blood spot and oral fluid testing [Concateno, UK]
The first budget plan submitted to Congress by President Barack Obama includes an overall increase in funding for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) but calls for elimination of the Department of Education’s Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (SDFS) state grants program as part of $17 billion in cuts to programs deemed wasteful or ineffective [Join Together, USA]
