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February 2008

February 29, 2008: AN INSPECTOR CALLS – ON RESIDENTIAL REHAB
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STAR RATINGS AND RESULTS FOR TREATMENT SERVICES There was great concern among residential rehabilitation services when the Care Standards Act 2000 came into force. Would the sector be discriminated against, even decimated? DAVID FINNEY of the Commission for Social Care...

February 28, 2008: BRITAIN’S ACCIDENTAL DRUG ADDICTS
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Help is needed Guidelines state that Benzodiazepine tranquilisers should not be prescribed for more than four weeks - but Yours magazine is leading on the story that about 1.1million UK adults, mainly over 50, are addicted to benzos and that...

February 28, 2008: ORGANISATIONS TREATING ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE ARE NOT ON STAKEHOLDER LIST FOR Nice GUIDELINE ON ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
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“I was alarmed not to see the many treatment centres specialising in recovery from alcohol dependence NOT represented on the list of stakeholders informing/steering the Management of Alcohol Dependence guidelines from the National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence,” reports...

February 27, 2008: WADA FIGHTS DRUGS IN SPORTS
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John Fahey, chief of the World Anti-Doping Agency and leading the global fight against drugs in sport has urged governments to speed up their implementation of anti-doping laws. Of the 191 countries that agreed to implement a United Nations-backed anti-drugs...

February 27, 2008: METHAMPHETAMINES: RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE
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Ice, the devil’s drug, poor man’s cocaine... In view of recent warnings from the Association of Chief Police Officers about a methamphetamine epidemic in the UK, we republish an Addiction Today article from 2005 on the opportunities to recover from...

February 27, 2008: DRUG STRATEGY 2008-2018: treatment details
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The following are the promises made in the strategy regarding treatment for drug-and alcohol problems, as well as the proposed action plans - available in full at Drugs: protecting families and communities – 2008-2018 strategy (1Mb pdf file) and at...

February 27, 2008: DRUG STRATEGY 2008-2018 - where to find details
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Drug strategy overview The September 2007 Addiction Today informed readers about the new 10-year drug strategy and the opportunity to influence it with their views. That strategy has now been released. Aiming "to restrict the supply of illegal drugs and...

February 27, 2008: GET CLEAN OR LOSE YOUR BENEFITS
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Drug addicts face consequences unless they seek help The government's latest 10-year drugs strategy will force people claiming incapacity benefit because they are hooked on drugs to see a specialist counsellor. They will be offered support but not forced to...

February 25, 2008: BILL W ON VIDEO
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Click on the links for a piece of history: Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill W on video. Tradition 1. "Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity." Tradition 2 "For our group purpose there is but one...

February 24, 2008: BMA WEBCAST ON ALCOHOL MISUSE
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The British Medical Association launched a hard-hitting report Alcohol misuse: tackling the UK epidemic which calls on the government to show leadership and implement a full range of effective control policies that will reduce the burden of alcohol misuse. BMA...

February 24, 2008: ALCOHOL MISUSE: TACKLING THE UK EPIDEMIC
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The government needs to introduce tougher measures to limit the sale of cheap alcohol, doctors warn in the British Medical Association’s latest report, Alcohol Misuse: tackling the UK epidemic. It describes pricing and promotion of drinks as fuelling an "alcohol...

February 22, 2008: YOUR CHANCE TO INFLUENCE DRUG TREATMENT 'CLINICAL GOVERNANCE'
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Deadline 14 May 2008 Guidance on clinical governance in drug treatment is due to be published this summer. As part of this, the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse has today [21 February] published a draft - and is inviting...

February 20, 2008: Treatment service - TTP Counselling Centre
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TTP Counselling Centre Telford Place, 1 Telford Way, Luton, LU1 1HT, England Telephone: 0845 241 3401 Fax: 0845 241 3402 Email Web GENERAL INFORMATION ref 40118 At Trust The Process Counselling Centre, our primary objective is to provide the finest,...

February 16, 2008: WORK WITH ADDICTION TODAY
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The Addiction Recovery Foundation seeks a 'Revenue Generator' Basic salary £18,000+commission/bonus (uncapped). Negotiable for right person. Deadline: 24 March 2008 (might be some flexibility) Location: Victoria, London SW1 Position: Full-time and permanent, dependent on successful trial period Salary: £18,000pa +...

February 16, 2008: POLICE CHIEFS WARN OF CRYSTAL METH EPIDEMIC
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The Association of Chief Police Officers warned [15 February] that the UK could suffer an epidemic of methamphetamine addiction within two years. A class-A drug, it triggers violence and could be "as big a problem as crack cocaine". ACPO revealed...

February 11, 2008: WHY BRAINY PEOPLE ARE MORE AT RISK FROM ALCOHOL
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Intelligent people are more likely to develop alcohol-related health problems than their less brainy counterparts, states the Medical Research Council's social and public-health services unit at Glasgow University. Its researchers speculate, in the American Journal of Public Health, this is...

February 8, 2008: ALCOHOL-RELATED DEATHS DOUBLE
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Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that alcohol-related death rates for all people are now double the level they were 15 years ago, In 2006, there were 13.4 deaths per 100,000 people. In 1991, there were 6.9 deaths...

February 7, 2008: SCOTTISH ANTI-DRUGS STRATEGY MOVES FROM METHADONE DEPENDENCE TO REHAB
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Opposition wins concessions A new Scottish anti-drugs strategy by this summer will see a sharp move away from dependence on methadone to treat addicts, with more rehabilitation effort, writes DOUGLAS FRASER in the Scottish Herald [7 February]. It is aimed...

February 6, 2008: ESTABLISHMENT "COMPLACENT" OVER PERILS OF CANNABIS
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The health establishment is "complacent" over the dangers of cannabis, UK mental-health tsar Professor Louis Appleby has stated [5 February 2007]. "From the perspective of mental-health services, cannabis is a harmful drug that is part of, and contributes to, a...

February 6, 2008: SUBSTANCE MISUSE IN MAINSTREAM CARE SERVICES
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Where does someone who has a learning disability and an addiction go to receive help? What happens when an elderly person with a life crisis reacts by misusing alcohol, and needs help to stay in their home? Is there any...

February 4, 2008: WHO WILL ISSUE GLOBAL ALCOHOL STRATEGY
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A global strategy for reducing the harm associated with alcohol use will be issued in the next two years by the World Health Organisation. WHO's executive board announced that the strategy will tackle a broad range of alcohol-related problems, from...

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