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The impact of problem drug use on the family members and carers of drug users is profound and can take many forms: Report by Prof Alex Copello, Lorna Templeton & Dr Jane Powell [UK Drug Policy Commission]
This briefing highlights the key findings and implications of the study Family members and carers of dependent drug users: prevalence, social cost, resource savings and treatment responses [UKDPC]
Are alcohol and drug dependence best treated as chronic conditions needing extended care, or should we expect patients to recover and leave treatment? Whatever the answer, this review finds that generally the offer of long-term continuing care leads to better outcomes [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
Binge drinking is a matter of current social, political and media concern. It has a longterm, but also a recent, history. This paper discusses the contemporary history of the concept of binge drinking [Social History of Medicine, UK]
Three survivors of appalling childhood abuse were last night honoured with the Speaking Out award at the Mental Health Media Awards ceremony {2’43”} [Guardian, UK]
Yes, big day today! Hard to believe that it is one year since we first launched the community. We now have 1070 members, many of whom have contributed content to the community website. In fact, we now have over 1400 blogs on site, along with a variety of stories, articles, multimedia content and links to resources [David Clark, Wired In]
I have been touched and inspired by the people I met and the projects I visited whilst there.I talked to many people over the past 10 days and, with my topic being recovery/treatment, I got many different words but all the same answers [Oliver, WIred In]
A health visitor is describing the dreadfully distressing experience of having to deal with a family where the children were being taken into care because parental substance misuse had made their home unsafe. “It was awful” said the health visitor, “I was so upset, I had to go home and drink a whole bottle of wine” [Sophia, Wired In]
And so it came to pass that somebody or other came down the mountain with a rule inscribed in stone. And that rule saideth, “Thou shalt not be permitted to volunteer for a period of one or two years (delete, or chisel out, as appropriate) from the point at which you last used or drank/left services/had a slip” [Michaela, Wired In]
“There are few substances which are surrounded by more controversy, and which have at the same time such important and potentially far-reaching public health implications”, the late Professor Henry wrote [Kathy Gyngell, Centre for Policy Studies, UK]
As “recovery” gains traction in the ideas marketplace of drug policy and treatment provision those in the mental health field may look on with a little bemusement: recovery has been a key (but not uncontested) driver in mental health service development for the past 15-20 years, and has roots that lie deep in the reform movements of the 19th century [theartoflifeitself, UK]
Julian says we have a ‘self interested approach to difficulties’ together with insecurities, and that this affects people’s capacity to ‘speak out’ {4’51”} [Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs, UK]
In part three of Recovery Through Film David McCollom is working with the group from Hollylodge, Pierpoint to complete the editing and design the sleeve of the DVD {5’04”} [Inexcess TV, UK]
On 11th November CCJS held an audience with Professor David Nutt chaired by our director, Richard Garside {91’57”} [Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, UK]
Letters from Professors Nutt, Beddington and Wiles, and Alan Johnson MP [Parliament, UK]
Presentations from our annual conference – Drug Treatment at the Crossroads: where next for the recovery agenda? October 2009 [Drugscope, UK]
Author dissects the changes that have been made in a range of services, including housing benefits, social care and policing. His descriptions beggar belief, though they would be funnier if it wasn’t our money that was being wasted [Amazon, UK]
A government admission that the new licensing laws may lead to an increase in alcohol related offences plunged the measure into fresh controversy yesterday, just 24 hours before they come into effect [Guardian, UK]
The drug law reform project, in which a number of Latin American judicial experts and legislators participate, aims to promote more humane, balanced, and effective drug laws [Transnational Institute, Netherlands]
It is important as we attempt to transform our mental health system to a recovery based system that we actually transform our culture instead of just changing the sign on the door while doing the same old things inside [The Village, USA]
by Bill White: In 1997, Dr Alan Leshner, then Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) published a seminal article, “Addiction is a Brain Disease, and It Matters,” in one of the world’s leading scientific journals [Faces and Voices of Recovery, USA]
A new study from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found evidence that the amount and timing of alcohol consumption in pregnancy affects child behaviour in different ways [Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Australia]
This study aims to review the economic impact of alcohol worldwide, summarizing the state of knowledge with regard to two elements: (1) cost components included in the estimation; (2) the methodologies employed in works conducted to date [Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy]
This report presents the findings of three groundbreaking studies conducted in Russia, Georgia, and Ukraine that investigate the impact that drug user registration laws have on the lives of drug users and the quality of public health policy [Open Society Institute]
