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September 2008

September 27, 2008: PRISONS USE BIOMETRICS TO MANAGE METHADONE
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PCT RESOURCES SPENT IN PRISONS. The Prison Service is equipping up to 100 prisons with biometric methadone dispensers The machines, supplied by NEC, will check prisoners' fingerprints or iris scans to access their medical record before dispensing the correct dose...

September 26, 2008: IS THE NTA FIT FOR PURPOSE?
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REHABS CLOSE AS PATIENTS ARE DIRECTED ELSEWHERE The general public as well as some dedicated specialists do not need convincing of the need for people who are addicted to drugs to become drug free. They see it in the newspapers...

September 25, 2008: ASSESSMENT IS THE KEY
Comments: 2 | Categories: Research , Therapeutic Techniques
Heated debates about abstinence vs harm minimisation could be coolly eliminated if... satisfactory, appropriate assessment identifies whether someone is dependent/ addicted or merely a misuser/abuser, states Norman Hoffmann. This article was first published in Addiction Today journal in 2002. It...

September 25, 2008: NHS DERELICTION OF DUTY...
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...TO GIVE ADDICTED YOUNGSTERS CHANCE OF DRUG FREE LIFE There is urgent need for residential treatment for young, under 18, addicts. They are unlikely to get better in the environment in which they grew up and which fed their problems....

September 20, 2008: "NINE TYPES OF HEAVY DRINKER"
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The government claims it has identified nine types of heavy drinker as it launches a new alcohol campaign. Department of Health focus groups found that heavy drinkers often fall into one of a number of categories. These range from de-stress...

September 17, 2008: "ADDICTION IS A DISEASE"
Comments: 10 | Categories: Medical , Policies, legislation , Research , Therapeutic Techniques
“Drug [including alcohol] addictions are medical diseases which deserve parity in national healthcare programmes...” states scientist and professor Carlton Erickson, as he reveals the neurobiological research. Although this article was first printed in Addiction Today journal in 2002, the vast...

September 13, 2008: BROADCASTING TO BUILD RECOVERY
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Two new recovery resources have arrived to help professionals, people in recovery and members of the general public who want to learn more. The Afflicted and Affected internet broadcast is hosted by well-known radio personality and recovery lecturer Chris Schroeder....

September 9, 2008: WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
Comments: 1 | Categories: Funding opportunities
At one time or another, most charities are victims of donor fatigue, when neither marketing nor the appeals of celebrity fund-raisers can stir donors to give. But for charities whose work involves social issues such as drug or alcohol abuse,...

September 2, 2008: DEFINING RECOVERY:
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removing stigma FROM “ABSTINENCE” For a few years now, abstinence and harm-reduction workers have been willing to understand each other’s work, and begin to inter-refer to each other’s services along a true continuum of care, and recent Scottish and US...

September 1, 2008: HAZELDEN APPOINTS NEW CEO
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The long wait to see who will head up Hazelden – a pioneer in addiction treatment for 60 years – has ended. Minnesota native Mark G Mishek was named as president and CEO of Hazelden, the national non-profit organisation that...