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LINKS are made up of individuals and community groups who work together to improve local services. A LINk covers all health and social care services that are commissioned by the NHS and local authorities in an area [NHS, UK]
In Hooked this week we’re talking about social media and drugs work. We discuss the need to use these new services to engage with drug users and how they can be helpful for networking and research [Injecting Advice, UK]
Working to engage criminal justice practitioners and improve public confidence in the system are priorities for the National Criminal Justice Board [Youth Justice Board, UK]
December 2009 [National Treatment Agency, UK]
Most people value providing treatment for drug addiction because it improves their local community and benefits society as a whole, rather than because it helps addicts become drug free, according to independent research by Ipsos MORI published today by the [National Treatment Agency, UK]
Downward Marijuana Trend Stalls and Prescription Drug Abuse Worrisome [NIDA, USA]
So what advice should you give someone who has had or is planning a break from opiates? [Injecting Advice, UK]
More people who inject illegal drugs are being offered and are accepting confidential tests for Hepatitis C through contact with drug treatment services in England, figures from the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) show [NTA, UK]
In the pre-amble to his Pre-Budget Report, Alistair Darling talked about the need to create a fairer society. We can’t argue with that – our recent poverty stats show that Britain is still a very unfair society for many people [Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK]
How should we cover drug dependence? [Addiction Inbox, USA]
The CPT report on its mission to the UK prisons was released 8 December 2009. It paints a very different picture than that reflected by the BBC [IHRA]
The report ‘Work, Recovery and Inclusion’ outlines that not only can people with the most severe mental health conditions work, but that working positively benefits their mental health and can support their recovery [Cabinet Office, UK]
The Drug Strategy and the work of the Drug Strategy Directorate [Home Office, UK]
Law enforcement agencies across Scotland are to get tougher with drink drivers this festive season and offenders face losing their cars as well as losing their licences [Scottish Government, UK]
The funding will go directly to NHS Health Boards for drug treatment services across Scotland. This money will help to fund recovery services which will be tailored to local needs [Scottish Gocernment, UK]
New specialist coordinators and dedicated advice lines for small businesses are part of a radical overhaul of support for people with mental health conditions [Department of Health, UK]
Nominations are now being invited for the 2010 International Rolleston Award, National Rolleston Award and the Carol and Travis Jenkins Award – all of which will be presented at Harm Reduction 2010: IHRA’s 21st International Conference [International Harm Reduction Association]
A panel of experts and people with personal experience of recovery are among members of the new Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission which held its first meeting [Scottish Government, UK]
Repeated use of the drug popularly known as “ecstasy” significantly raises the risk of developing sleep apnea in otherwise healthy young adults with no other known risk factors for the sleep disturbance, a new study by Johns Hopkins scientists suggests [Medical News Today, UK]
Alcoholic beverages popular among youths are more likely to be advertised in magazines with high youth readership than alcoholic drinks consumed mainly by adults, resulting in disproportionately high youth exposure to such targeted alcohol ads, according to a new study [Medical News Today, UK]
