Weekly news - 25th March 2011 |
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Shaping recovery – the role of the residential sector
Representatives of more than 40 providers attended the Shaping Recovery conference, one of three events this month designed to raise the profile of the residential sector in the light of the emphasis on recovery in the government's Drug Strategy [NTA, UK]
The Home Office Drug Strategy blog pilot has now ended
The blog ran for two weeks as a method of capture comments and thoughts from delivery partners on the Drug Strategy. The Home Office are keen to hear your views on the blog, in particular if it was a useful way to share views and ideas, successes and challenges. Please send your views to Amie.Shallcross@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk [Home Office, UK]
Psychosis with coexisting substance misuse
This guideline offers best practice advice on the assessment and management of people with psychosis and coexisting substance misuse [NICE, UK]
Social Work Services and Recovery from Substance Misuse
A review of the evidence [Scottish Government, UK]
Social Work Services and Recovery from Substance Misuse
Research Findings [Scottish Government, UK]
What's getting in the way?
Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) is seeking your views on the national barriers to better coordinated services for individuals facing multiple needs and exclusions. Please complete the short survey [MEAM, UK]
Lord Advocate's Guidelines on the supply of Naloxone
New Guidelines from the Lord Advocate lifts some of the legal restrictions on the supply of the life-saving opiate reversal drug Naloxone [Scottish Drugs Forum, UK]
Government's Response to the Reports by Sir Peter North and the Transport Select Committee on Drink and Drug Driving
This is the Government's response to the independent report on drink and drug driving in Great Britain commissioned by the previous Government from Sir Peter North in December 2009. PDF [Department of Transport, UK]
LDAN/DrugScope conference 2011
Conference write up [DrugScope, UK]
The DAWN Report: Emergency Department Visits Involving Ecstasy
The number of drug-related emergency department (ED) visits involving Ecstasy increased significantly from 10,220 visits in 2004 to 17,865 visits in 2008, a 74.8 percent increase [SAMHSA, USA]
An assessment of illicit drug policy in Australia (1985-2010)
This monograph forms part of the Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) Monograph Series [DPMP, Australia]
Global SMART Update
The UNODC Global Synthetics Monitoring: Analyses, Reporing and Trends (SMART) programme enhances the capacity of member states in priority regions to generate, manage, analyse, report and use synthetics drug informtion to design effecive policy and programme intervenions [UNODC]