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June 2010

June 30, 2010: NTA EVADES DEFINITIONS
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IN FRAMEWORK FOR UK The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse plans to roll out a “new framework document” for the country. Addiction Today will not reveal details in advance – but is already concerned about accountability and outcomes. The...

June 29, 2010: PATIENT PLACEMENT CRITERIA:
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SELECTING APPROPRIATE TREATMENT About 50 million lives are in the hands of companies across the globe which state that they use ASAM ‘patient placement criteria’ to authorise addiction treatment. What are these criteria? And how can they help give happier...

June 28, 2010: CORRECTING THE MEDIA
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COMMENT FROM PROFESSOR NEIL McKEGANEY on Drug Dealing and Communities "As a result of an article that initially appeared in the Scotsman newspaper, a number of media outlets reported that I have proposed that drug dealers and drug dealing can...

June 11, 2010: THE HEROIN TRIAL FAILURE
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by Anders Ulstein Read the full article here. Summary below. Read related article: Dodgy dossier 2. The Lancet report (29 May 2010) of a recent heroin prescription trial has been widely promoted as a success. But only five out of...

June 11, 2010: "ADDICTIONS AND RECOVERY"
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SELF HELP FOR ADDICTS, FAMILIES, FRIENDS The Addiction Recovery Foundation has updated and republished this book by its CEO Deirdre Boyd, and kept it at a low price of $9.99, to help as many people as possible to recover from...

June 9, 2010: THE 'SCIENTIFIC CITIZEN'
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THE DANGER OF UNQUESTIONING 'TRUST' by Kathy Gyngell Read the full article here. Summary below. Was anyone else more than a little disturbed by Professor Martin Rees' call in his Reith Lecture for public policy choices "to be leveraged by...

June 1, 2010: UKESAD 2010: VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
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"UKESAD 2010 was an inspiration," writes InExcess TV founder and presenter George Williams who filmed the three-day international symposium Building Bridges: from addiction to recovery. "Our highlights capture its spirit, with clips from key presentations and interviews, including White House...