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May 2010

May 2, 2010: "STOP THE TOP": NTA RESPONSE... VS THE EVIDENCE
Comments: 3 | Categories: Current Affairs , National Treatment Agency - DoH , Policies, legislation , Research
Dr Jason Luty revealed research in the March 2010 issue of Addiction Today showing that the National Treatment Agency’s Top Treatment Outcome Profile form is “criminally invalid”. The NTA’s Colin Bradbury gives his defence below - and Addiction Today editor...

May 2, 2010: GOVERNMENTS, POLICIES AND MANIFESTOS
Comments: 1 | Categories: News , Policies, legislation
“Government policies can improve drug problems – or worsen them,” White House drugs adviser Keith Humphreys notes. As Obama releases his first US drugs policy this summer, and three contenders for the next UK government publish their manifestos, it is...

May 1, 2010: WHO WILL TREAT THE YOUNG ADDICTS?
Comments: 1 | Categories: Current Affairs , Families and children , News
MEPHEDRONE TOLL MOUNTS In February, the UK’s only rehab for 11-18 year olds was finally forced to shut its doors. Within a month, mephedrone washed over these shores like a tsunami, producing a rising flood of addicted teens – with...