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September 2010

September 29, 2010: RESPOND TO THE DRUG STRATEGY CONSULTATION
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DEADLINE IS 30 SEPTEMBER 2010! If you have not responded to the Home Office Drug Strategy Consultation and/or have been daunted by the format, simply download the ARF Response below and cut-and-paste what you need from our text, adding your...

September 26, 2010: ADOLESCENCE AND ALCOHOL:
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AN ALARMING RITE OF PASSAGE Adolescents’ brains and physiology are constantly developing for adulthood – and thus drugs including alcohol and tobacco affect them differently than adults. Aaron White shares the latest research results. This article was first printed in...

September 12, 2010: RECOVERY: HELPS, HINDRANCES AND THE WAY AHEAD
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Alexandre Laudet continues her empirical look at recovery, focusing on building ‘recovery capital’, tearing down barriers – and implications for treatment and policy. Print-friendly version: Download AT126 Road to recovery Related article on finding recovery. Treatment services tend to be...

September 12, 2010: THE ROAD TO RECOVERY: WHERE ARE WE GOING AND HOW DO WE GET THERE?
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What is recovery? Alexandre Laudet gives the best summary we found, identifying research and offering empirically-driven conclusions and thus future directions for policy, service development and research – all could be within our reach. Print-friendly version: Download AT126 Road to...

September 12, 2010: METHADONE: WHAT THE MEDIA SAY
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BBC Radio four programme The Report put methadone in the news – and in a rare balanced way without the ideology of limitless prescribing which has long lined the wallets of drug dispensers. Professor Neil McKeganey reports on this and...