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Clean Switch: The Case for Prison Needle and Syringe Programs in Canada

This paper outlines the available evidence and the legal rationale, under federal Canadian and international human rights law, for Canada to implement PNSPs without delay [Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network]

Tags: canadareport   Date: 09 Jun 09

Drug Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation

This examination looked at all the main publicly-funded treatment and rehabilitation services provided for persons with addiction to illegal drugs (mainly cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy and heroin) [Government of Ireland]

Tags: irelandreport   Date: 09 Jun 09

The Effects of Substance Use on Workplace Injuries

This paper describes associations between substance use and occupational injuries and proposes reasons that substance use may be linked to work-related accidents… [RAND, USA]

Tags: reportusa   Date: 09 Jun 09

Peer-based Addiction Recovery Support: History, Theory, Practice, and Scientific Evaluation

Paper by William L White [Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center, USA]

Tags: reportusa   Date: 08 Jun 09

Impact of Alcoholism and Alcohol Induced Disease on America

Alcoholism is a serious disease that affects the lives of millions of Americans, devastates families, compromises national preparedness, depresses economic vitality, and burdens the country’s health care systems [Research Society on Alcoholism, USA]

Tags: reportusa   Date: 07 Jun 09

Alcohol and pregnancy message

The documents and emails released to the applicant on 4 June 2009, relate to the policy process, in 2006/7, by which the UK Chief Medical Officers decided to have a single message on alcohol and pregnancy, and what that message should be [DOH, UK]

Tags: reportuk   Date: 07 Jun 09

Research Report 13 - Measuring the harm from illegal drugs: a summary of the Drug Harm Index 2006

The Drug Harms Index combines robust national indicators of the harms generated by illegal drugs into a single figure time-series index [Home Office, UK]

Tags: reportuk   Date: 07 Jun 09

“DD Today: 3 Years Ago”: The Evidence Base for the Classification of Drugs

Evidence base for the classification of drugs, with additional information on drug use, strategy, punishment, treatment regimes and drug education in several countries [RAND, Europe]

Tags: europereport   Date: 07 Jun 09

Minimum Alcohol Pricing: A targeted measure?

This review identifies significant concerns with the evidence base behind the case for minimum alcohol pricing, and shows that the economic case for the introduction of minimum alcohol pricing in the United Kingdom appears to be weak [Centre for Economics and Business Research, UK]

Tags: reportuk   Date: 07 Jun 09

What Matters with Personal Narratives

A central feature of recovery and story telling is the development of a positive identity in which a high level of personal awareness is necessary to cope with the highs and lows of a journey [Scottish Recovery Network, UK]

Tags: reportuk   Date: 04 Jun 09

Monitoring poverty and social exclusion in Wales 2009

This study reviews ten-year trends in Welsh low-income statistics [Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK]

Tags: reportuk   Date: 04 Jun 09

Letting Our Communities Flourish: A Strategy for Tackling Serious Organised Crime in Scotland

Our vision is of a more successful Scotland, with opportunities for all of our communities to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth [Scottish Government]

Tags: reportuk   Date: 04 Jun 09

Australian Guidelines: To reduce health risks from drinking alcohol

Aim to establish the evidence base for future policies and community materials on reducing the health risks that arise from drinking alcohol [NHMRC, Australian Government]

Tags: australiareport   Date: 03 Jun 09

Wellstone/Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

Faces & Voices of Recovery joined with allied organizations to respond to the request for information (RFI) from the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury as they develop regulations to implement the new law [FAVOR, USA]

Tags: reportusa   Date: 03 Jun 09

Shoveling Up II: The Impact of Substance Abuse on Federal, State and Local Budgets

Find out how much your state spends — then ask your elected officials to read and act on the report [Join Together, USA]

Tags: reportusa   Date: 02 Jun 09

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse - Report on the Future of Alcohol Treatment…

The Inquiry into the Future of Alcohol Treatment Services was called by the All Party Group in 2008 to investigate and understand the current state of alcohol treatment services in England and their future [Alcohol Concern, UK]

Tags: reportuk   Date: 01 Jun 09

The Licensing Act 2003

Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence [House of Commons Culture, Media and Support Committee, UK]

Tags: reportuk   Date: 01 Jun 09

New ADAM Study Reveals Scope of Drug and Crime Connection

Data from the only Federal drug survey which tests for drugs in addition to relying on interview data. As Many as 87 Percent of People Arrested for Any Crime Test Positive for Drug Use [ONDCP, USA]

Tags: reportusa   Date: 01 Jun 09

National Drug Control Strategy: FY 2010 Budget Summary

Identifies resources and performance indicators for programs within the Executive Branch that are integral to the President’s drug control policy [ONDCP, USA]

Tags: reportusa   Date: 01 Jun 09

National drug treatment waiting times framework: National reports

Data on the number of clients seen and the length of time they waited to be seen for various interventions [Scottish Government, UK]

Tags: reportuk   Date: 01 Jun 09

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