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On Findings’ tenth anniversary, editor Mike Ashton recalls how the largest working drug and alcohol library in Britain first started [Drink and Drugs News, Uk]
Targeting enforcement to reduce individual and community harm is the premise of this report from a UK drug policy think tank, one which seems widely understood, though in some quarters, deeply contested [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
By Bill White: The purpose of this document is twofold. First, it provides an overview of key findings drawn from historical and scientific research on social/professional stigma related to addiction to illicit drugs, with a particular focus on the stigma experienced by people in medication-assisted treatment and long-term medication-assisted recovery [Faces and Voices of Recovery, USA]
The Department of Health has launched a review of the million-plus patients addicted to prescribed drugs in the UK in a tacit admission that attempts to control the problem over the last two decades have failed [Independent, UK]
Remember George W Bush? For him it was simple. If a scientist told him an inconvenient truth, the messenger was fired, and someone more compliant got the job [British Medical Journal, UK]
Addiction services are sometimes as sick as our clients. When you think about the stigma, unhealthy behaviours and complex course and chronicity associated with addiction, it’s no surprise that wounds can develop at multiple levels in services [Peapod, WIred In]
Since when did admitting to a drug and alcohol problem – and taking steps to do something about it – equate to individuals belonging to a service? At what point did we become infantilised, unable to make our own decisions without the say-so of someone we may see for half an hour every two weeks if we are lucky? [Michaela, Wired In]
The authors describe the work as ‘focusing on the factors which make for health in individuals and families, going beyond clinical observation to include the recent and little-known research now available about exceptionally healthy families and then extend and develop the ideas outside the family context’ [Sarah Davies, Wired In]
Bill White, the US recovery historian, researcher and advocate has written of recovery as a heroic journey… The adventure of the hero is filled with danger and risk (addiction), but ultimately he returns home (back into the community, reintegrated). It rings true for me and others I know in recovery [Androcles, Wired In]
Ed Mitchell has been up to Scotland to appear on STV. He tells us about his trip and some disturbing facts about alcohol consumption north of the border [Inexcess TV, UK]
What happens when someone’s problems don’t conveniently fit the categories of a rigid, unyielding system? Sue Foreman tells the harrowing story of her attempts to get help for her son [Drinks and Drugs News, UK]
That is also why it is such a disgrace that Alan Johnson, the home secretary, sacked him late yesterday afternoon for having the temerity to point out some obvious truths about the government’s populist and unthinking handling of the issue [Guardian Editorial, UK]
It is hard not to suspect that Professor Nutt’s real crime in the eyes of the Government was not his interference in politics but the fact that his words embarrassed ministers [Independent, UK]
In dismissing David Nutt, its chief drugs adviser, the government has bowed to public mood [Observer Editorial, UK]
He was asked to go because he cannot be both a government adviser and a campaigner against government policy. This principle is well understood and long established [Alan Johnson MP, Guardian, UK]
We examined prescriptions for oral naltrexone in a large, nationally distributed treatment population to identify characteristics and healthcare utilization patterns associated with persistence [Addiction, UK]
The proportion of alcohol consumption that is above government guidelines (‘risky drinking’) has been estimated in several countries, suggesting that reductions in risky drinking would lead to significant declines in total alcohol consumption. However, this has not previously been conducted transparently in the UK [Alcohol & Alcoholism, USA]
The aim of this joint guidance is to support professionals working in adult drug and alcohol treatment services and children, parenting and family services such as Family Intervention Projects [Department for Children, Schools and Families, Department of Health, and National Treatment Agency, UK]
The report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe presents the EMCDDA’s yearly overview of the drug phenomenon [European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction]
The adaptability of peer recovery support services to many stages and modalities of recovery, service settings, and organizational contexts is explained, highlighting core principles that cut across all peer-helping-peer service alliances [SAMHSA, USA]
The evaluation report that follows provides additional insights into how communities, by working together, have begun to make a difference by embracing recommended strategies to help prevent and reduce underage alcohol use [SAMHSA, USA]
After 4 deaths, 16 convictions, Centreville still stunned by grasp of drugs on its young [Washington Post, USA]
Another finds salvation as Centreville heroin ring is broken up [Washington Post, USA]
The use of online services within the family relationship sector is considered. While there is a limited amount of literature that focuses on families as a target group for online therapy, the principles outlined in this paper are relevant, and where available, specific applications to family counselling, therapy and dispute resolution have been highlighted [Australian Institute of Family Studies]
