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March 30, 2009: US BANKERS SEEK TREATMENT
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Reuters reports that people in finance are seeking treatment for addiction as the global economic crisis sinks its teeth into a high-stakes industry where confidence is the name of the game and nobody wants to admit to a weakness. This...

March 27, 2009: BRITISH TEENAGERS ARE BINGE-DRINKING 'CHAMPIONS' OF EUROPE
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A European survey of 35 countries reveals 'chronic' drinking problems in 15-16 year-olds, which leads to rifts with parents, unplanned pregnancies and injuries. British teenagers are among the worst binge drinkers in Europe, with girls more likely to get drunk...

March 25, 2009: MISUSE & ADDICTIONS MONTH
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WHERE TO FIND HELP Treatment agency 'open days' May 2009 Join in a series of 'open days' or half days throughout May, when addiction-treatment providers, referrers and commissioeinrs can visit each other and learn from service users. They will welcome...

March 25, 2009: 7-8 May 2009
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WORKING WITH DRUG & ALCOHOL USERS IN PRIMARY CARE: 14th National Conference Family Medicine: from cradle to grave 7&8 May 2009, ACC, Liverpool Don’t miss the opportunity to promote your products and services to 600 GP’s Shared Care Works, Nurses...

March 24, 2009: UNITY GROUP: WORKING TOGETHER
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MISUSE & ADDICTIONS WEEK: WHERE TO FIND HELP PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS - 2008 Addiction Recovery Foundation Addiction Today journal staff will be partnering with The Recovery Network to hold a London-based event during the Misuse & Addictions Awareness Week. ******* The...

March 17, 2009: THE DEADLY COST OF NOT RAISING DRINK PRICES
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It's clear: if alcohol is more expensive, lives are saved and crime falls. So why the resistance? Magnus Linklater investigates a sobering issue in The Times. Can you be “lukewarm” about a proposal that would save lives and cut crime?...

March 15, 2009: MINISTER LOOKS AT WEANING PATIENTS OFF METHADONE
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Minister John Curran wants evidence on whether patients manage to stave off addiction, reports Stephen O’Brien in The Times newspaper. In Ireland, drug detox programmes for heroin addicts are to be overhauled in an attempt to reduce the death toll...

March 15, 2009: FAMILIES TORN APART BY TEENAGE CANNABIS USE
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It is the end of a taboo: articulate, middle-class parents are speaking out about the nightmare of seeing their children spiral into drug abuse and, all too often, mental illness. Many blame themselves for staying silent, assuming that modern strains...

March 10, 2009: FACTS vs PROPAGANDA
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Members of the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime are to sign a declaration to extend a "war on drugs" – a policy that some critics argue is ineffective and contributes to the spread of HIV. But the views...

March 8, 2009: WILL GOVERNMENT SET DRUG-FREE TARGETS FOR TREATMENT?
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DECISION MUST BE MADE IN MARCH 2009 In January, Drug Action Teams around the country submitted draft treatment plans for 2009/10 to the government’s National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse – NTA approval is needed before they can receive funding...

March 7, 2009: RECRUITMENT: SUBSTANCE MISUSE PRACTITIONER
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Printer-friendly version: Download Substance Misuse Practitioner - Long Yard Rugby House-ARP provides a range of community and residential services in London for people with alcohol and drug related problems. The Organisation is underpinned by a strong learning culture and actively...

March 6, 2009: RECRUITMENT: SENIOR SUBSTANCE MISUSE PRACTITIONER
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Printer-friendly version: Download Herbert Street - Senior Substance Misuse Practitioner Herbert Street Senior Substance Misuse Practitioner (No overnights) Based in North London Herbert Street is an intimate 9 bed residential project that is managed by a trained clinical supervisor, counsellor...

March 6, 2009: RECRUITMENT: OLDER PEOPLE SPECIALIST ALCOHOL PRACTITIONER
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Printer-friendly version: Download ARC - Older People Specialist Alcohol Practitioner Rugby House - ARP Older People Specialist Alcohol Practitioner Based in Hammersmith & Fulham 2 Year Fixed Term Contract This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, self motivated alcohol...

March 4, 2009: USE STRUCTURED INTERVENTIONS...
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... TO SPEED CLIENTS INTO CARE Structured family and workplace interventions are a powerful catalyst for change, raising a troubled person’s ‘rock bottom’ to the here and now without the dangers of a progressively-worsening addictive life. Deirdre Boyd studied cutting-edge...

March 3, 2009: "DRUG-RELATED DEATHS": DEFINITION
Comments: 4 | Categories: Medical , Policies, legislation , Prevention , Research
Further to the debate on what does or does not count as a "drug-related death", Peter O'Loughlin gives the authoritative definition, as below. In 2000, the advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) published a report, Reducing Drug Related...

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March 1, 2009: COKE COSTS THE EARTH
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USING COCAINE DESTROYS RAINFORESTS It does not matter how many bottles you recycle: if you use cocaine, you turn virgin rainforest into coca farms - which quickly become toxic and barren... * 4.4 square metres of rainforest is destroyed to...

March 1, 2009: RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION: WHAT’S THE STORY?
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The government’s Commission for Social Care Inspection and the NTA carried out a review of treatment services last year – inspector David Finney reveals findings that “residential rehabs outstrip other sectors in every outcome group we measure”. Print-friendly version: Download...