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The government is spending £17.6m on alcohol education and information in 2009-10, but this is dwarfed by the UK drinks industry’s £600-800m annual spend on promoting alcohol [Editorial, British Medical Journal, UK]
Although the content of alcohol advertisements is restricted, Gerard Hastings and colleagues find that advertisers are still managing to appeal to young people and promote drinking [British Medical Journal, UK]
When it comes to alcohol awareness, is the government under the influence of the drinks industry? [British Medical Journal, UK]
We are delighted to announce that the Home Office has finally made the report available: Drugs Value for Money Review July 2007 Report. It’s worth a look to discover what the Home Office thinks is too sensitive for public viewing [Transform Drug Policy Foundation, UK]
This report is intended to inform the new Drugs Strategy, scheduled for publication in 2008 [Home Office, UK]
I lost my son, Marcus, seven and half years ago after a long battle with addiction. He tried desperately hard to overcome this, by going into rehab in Switzerland and then using opiate blockers. He was successful for a whole year when he met an old ‘friend’ [The Luke & Marcus Trust, Wired In]
I have been struck recently by the number of entries that mention how nervous people feel about dipping their toes into the blogosphere and ‘exposing themselves’ to others. So I have had a think and I hope the following helps those of you who are on Wired In and teetering on the verge of your first blog [Michaela, Wired In]
The NTA and the Guardian have launched a new resource about treatment and recovery. Hallelujah! It’s good to see the NTA moving on this front and it is welcome. But as I read through the site though something began to niggle [Peapod, Wired In]
Well I have to say that this has been a really good week in the Wired In community with some amazing entries and really insightful comments. A good reason to pat ourselves on our virtual backs I feel. I know that size doesn’t matter (!) but it feels good to see lots of blogs and lots of new people [Michaela, Wired In]
Ed Mitchell speaks to John Varley, Chief Executive of Barclays Bank, discussing the role and responsibilities that big organisations have towards society and disadvantaged groups {13’16”} [Inexcess TV, UK]
Release, and other leading drug organisations including IHRA and Transform, have sent a public letter to the Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon calling for an emergency public health plan to be initiated [Release, UK]
This is a website run by independent academics and healthcare professionals aimed at raising the awareness and profile of the use of take-home naloxone as a mechanism for reducing drug-related death, and to provide a forum for discussing innovation, training and practice developments [take-home naloxone, UK]
The chance to recover through abstinence-based residential programmes should be offered in jail – the place where most addicts go sooner or later [Mark Johnson, Guardian, UK]
The deaths of Michael Jackson and Brittany Murphy have highlighted the dangers of prescription drugs, and at least 1.5million people are thought to be addicted in the UK [Daily Mail, UK]
And the result is that our society is today being swamped as never before by ‘a torrent of gin and beer’ — as well as cut-price vodka, lager, rum and alcopops. Yet the politicians, who have presided over this social catastrophe, remain utterly supine in the face of this vast, destructive commercial monolith [Professor Roger Williams, Daily Mail, UK]
After 40 years, Washington is quietly giving up on a futile battle that has destroyed thousands of lives [Independent on Sunday, UK]
Eva Harvey describes how Phoenix Futures has piloted therapeutic communities training for its staff, and extends an open invitation to commissioners [Drink and Drugs News, UK]
Motivational interviewing can yield excellent results and the basic skills and techniques are easy to learn. Dr Malcolm Thomas sets out the basics of promoting behaviour change [DDN, UK]
Drug treatment, reintegration and recovery in the community and prisons: a guide for drug partnerships [National Treatment Agency, UK]
In this issue we focus on ‘new drugs’. In addition to our double feature on mephedrone, we also report from K-day – an event where ketamine users expressed concerns over the lack of treatment options available to them and we hear from a treatment service in Kent about their approach to dealing with so-called ‘legal highs’ {long download} [Drugscope, UK]
Justice Committee – First Report [UK Government]
Before patting yourself on the back for resisting that cookie or kicking yourself for giving in to temptation, look around. A new University of Georgia study has revealed that self-control – or the lack thereof – is contagious [Medical News Today, UK]
Despite the Obama administration’s tacit support of more liberal state medical marijuana laws, the federal government still discourages research into the medicinal uses of smoked marijuana [New York Times, USA]
The liquor industry shares the tunnel vision attitude of its more dangerously loyal customers, that nothing is more important than unfettered access to full-strength alcohol [The Age, Australia]
