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It is 42 years since the UN set out to eradicate the use of illegal drugs, with results that we see all around us: the last marijuana smoker races the last speaker of Scots-Gaelic towards extinction; redundant cocaine dealers beg pathetically on the streets; the scourge of heroin has been banished forever from the planet [Guardian, UK]
As David shares his journey, we get a real insight into his past world, his long struggle with addiction and how he turned his life around. David has been to the edge and back, and his extraordinary story will be an inspiration to all [Inexcess, UK]
The Sentencing Advisory Panel (sap) has published a consultation paper relating to the sentencing of the most commonly committed drug offences – deadline for submissions is 15th July [Transform Blog, UK]
Most of the evidence, however, comes from trials with regular behavioural support and monitoring and it is unclear whether using nicotine replacement therapy without regular contact would be as effective [British Medical Journal, UK]
SRN would like to invite expressions of interest to tender for a piece of research related to Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) in self help and mutual support groups [Scottish Recovery Network, UK]
Bringing together addiction professionals to exchange practice perspectives. London, 14-16th May 2009. BOOK NOW [UKESAD]
Recession leads to falling beer sales in both pubs and supermarkets [Guardian, UK]
From Monday 27th April, Jobcentre Plus advisers will be actively encouraging problem drug users claiming benefit and not already in drug treatment to attend an initial discussion with a drug treatment provider [NTA, UK]
So while the government is happy to spend taxpayers millions on adolescent treatment and youth services which do not attempt to stop them abusing themselves (I have been told by more than one young people’s services’ teams that “you can’t get them off drugs”), Middlegate is about to join the 18 adult residential rehabilitation units who, because of lack of referrals, have been forced to close [Centre for Policy Studies, UK]
Motivational interviews are not universally beneficial or at worst neutral; sometimes they make things worse. In this US study they helped ambivalent patients make the most of their treatment but impeded the recovery of those already committed to change. Print publication 2005 [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
DrugScope is calling on our members and wider stakeholders to draw attention to the overlap between substance misuse and mental health issues at a series of informal consultation events around the government’s forthcoming New Horizons mental health strategy, starting this month [DrugScope, UK]
One of the leading addiction experts over the past few decades talks at the “Pathways to Recovery – A Unique Seminar Series” {Click radio button, top right} [Pathways Internet Radio, UK]
Although we have laws to control access to drugs such as cocaine and cannabis, we tolerate so-called “head shops” on our high streets which sell the paraphernalia (snorters, pipes, rolling paper, scales) used to consume them [Observer, UK]
