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ACMD - Recovery from drug and alcohol dependence: an overview of the evidence (2012)
The ACMD Recovery Committee's first report on factors contributing to recovery from drug or alcohol dependence | Home Office, UK
Skills Consortium Road-show 4: Bristol
The Skills Consortium is a sector-led initiative which boosts and nurtures the skills of the drug and alcohol sector | Adfam, uk
Adfam Policy Briefing: 4th January
This is Adfam's first briefing of 2013 and looks to the year ahead, as well as summarising the final reports and announcemenets of 2012. There is also a factsheet on the NTA's latest data and information on parents in drug treatment | Adfam, UK
Chair of the MEAM Programme Board (MPB)
MEAM is now appointing (for the first time) an independent Chair of the MEAM Programme Board (MPB) to support the four chief executives and MEAM staff in the achievement of its shared objectives | MEAM, UK
Less crime, fewer victims, safer communities
The most significant reforms to tackling re-offending and managing offenders in the community for a generation were set out today by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling | Ministry of Justice, UK
The second European conference on drug supply indicators: conclusions of the
Chairs
The EMCDDA and the European Commission have been asked to prepare a proposal for key
indicators for the drug supply area | EMCDDA and European Commission, Brussels
Dartmoor Prison 'major problems' with drugs and alcohol
Illegal brewing of alcohol and the use of drugs were "major problems" at Dartmoor Prison in 2012, a report said | BBC, UK
Private firms 'to take on probation services'
An overhaul of the probation service in England and Wales will see low-risk offenders supervised by the private sector, the government is to announce | BBC, UK
Partnership crucial to push localism agenda in 2013
Pooling public sector assets and building political, executive and managerial partnership across organisations will create real change | Guardian, UK
Swansea Drugs Project to host major meow meow conference in April
Drug experts from around the country will be heading to Swansea for a meeting on how to combat the growing menace of meow meow | This is South Wales, UK
Alcohol campaign with women firmly in its sights
That is the message behind a well-timed alcohol awareness campaign launched by the Scottish Government yesterday and aimed principally at women | Herald Scotland, UK
Making a case for prevention
The Centre for Social Justice are looking again at their Breakthrough Britain work and this morning I was asked to give evidence on prevention to their working group on addictions | MentorThinks, UK
Effectiveness of screening and brief alcohol intervention in primary care (SIPS trial): pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial
To evaluate the effectiveness of different brief intervention strategies at reducing hazardous or harmful drinking in primary care | BMJ, UK
Skincare brand launches cannabis-infused line - but you'll have to visit a legal marijuana dispensary to buy it
Apothecanna, based in Denver, Colorado, stocks a range of weed-inspired goods from massage lotion to lip balm | Mail Online, UK
Scotland’s HIV Epidemic - the start
The only way to a Scotland free of HIV is by fostering positive attitudes and promoting understanding. This blog shares information and thinking about public health and the prevention of HIV. I would like to think that it’s relevant to people living with HIV. It would be great to hear what you think | Scotfreehiv.tumblr.com, UK
Having a word can help cut dangers of alcohol
Thousands die each year from alcohol-related harm, while the NHS spends millions on hospital admissions related to drinking. Professor Jon Shepherd outlines how a new project to tackle the issue will work | Wales online, UK
An overview of HIV prevention interventions for people who inject drugs in Tanzania
In the past decade, Tanzania has seen a rapid rise in the number of people who inject drugs (PWID), specifically heroin | IDPC, UK
Elderly Sunderland gardener mistook £20,000 amphetamine for plant food
An elderly gardener was hauled before the courts after he took almost £20,000 worth of amphetamine into his home - thinking it was plant food | Sunderland Echo, UK
Child patients ‘treated with drunk adults’
Seriously ill children sent to emergency departments are not being treated away from adult patients, including many who are violent and drunk, a HSE report claims | Irish Examiner, Ireland
Doctor prescribed strong tranquilliser to teen heroin addict
A doctor who prescribed tranquillisers to a 15-year-old recovering heroin addict has been found guilty of professional misconduct | Irish Independent, Ireland
Legally wasted, officially lost: Romania struggles with the designer drug phenomenon
Legal highs have entered and reshaped recreational drug markets throughout Europe, confusing policy makers, law enforcers and users alike. In one Eastern-European country, injecting drug users have radically changed their habits | Drug Reporter, Hungary
FDA issues draft guidance on abuse-deterrent opioids
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a draft guidance document to assist industry in developing new formulations of opioid drugs with abuse-deterrent properties | FDA, USA
CDC Report: Binge Drinking is Under-Recognized in Women and Girls
The first Vital Signs health indicators report of 2013 from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention finds that binge drinking is too often not recognized as a women’s health problem| RWJF, USA
For Drug Users, a Swift Response Is the Best Medicine
Ben W. Joseph was a trial judge in the Chittenden County Criminal Court, in Vermont, and he had a problem — one shared by judges across the country that results in billions of dollars of wasteful spending by governments every year | NYTimes, USA
Addressing the Legalization of Marijuana
Thank you for participating in We the People and speaking out on the legalization of marijuana. Coming out of the recent election, it is clear that we're in the midst of a serious national conversation about marijuana | White House, USA
Why marijuana should be legal for adults
David Frum is one of today's best and most reasoned conservative political voices, so his recent CNN.com op-ed on marijuana policy was just a little disappointing | CNN, USA
Harborside Health Center, World's Largest Medical Pot Dispensary, Wins Battle To Avoid Shutdown
A federal magistrate on Monday ruled that the Harborside Health Center located in Oakland and San Jose, Calif., can continue to operate, despite a bid by federal prosecutors to shut it down | Huffington Post, USA
Q&A: Drug crusader Gabriel Sayegh on saving money and lives in the drug war
Gabriel Sayegh, 36, is director of the New York State policy office for The Drug Policy Alliance, an organization devoted to making sure drug laws are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights | AM New York, USA
The economic case for decriminalizing heroin
The University of Chicago’s Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy, who generally lean right on matters of public finance, made some waves by calling for the full decriminalization of drugs | Washington Post, USA
Mexico enacts law to help drug war victims
The Mexican government on Wednesday enacted a controversial law aimed at giving recognition and recourse to tens of thousands of victims of the drug-related violence that has raged across the nation for the last six years | LA Times, USA
Super fund is giving up on cigarettes
The superannuation fund for health and community services workers has become the latest fund to dump its investments in tobacco | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
'Ice' users likely to suffer psychosis on drug, study finds
Users of methamphetamine, or ''ice'', are five times likelier to suffer psychotic symptoms while taking the drug, according to a groundbreaking new Australian study | Canberra Times, Australia