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June 17, 2009: ADDICTS COMMIT CRIME TO GET TREATMENT
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Heroin addicts are committing crime to get fast tracked into drug rehab because of waiting lists for treatment, a BBC programme reveals. This confirms anecdotal reports given to Addiction Today over a number of years. BBC Wales' Week In Week...

June 9, 2009: ANOTHER REHAB TO CLOSE
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The Norfolk-based Diana Princess of Wales Treatment Centre has failed in its battle to stay open since it went into administration in July 2008. Receivers say they will try to find new places for the 19 patients being treated there....

May 25, 2009: SERBIAN TORTURE UNIT FOR ADDICTS CLOSES
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A happy ending to our story on brutality meted to addicts trying to recover at Crna Reka "treatment" centre for drug abusers: Reuters reports that the Serbian Orthodox Church ordered its closure after a video showed a patient being beaten...

May 23, 2009: STOP THIS TORTURE NOW
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OUTRAGE AT SERBIAN 'TREATMENT' OF PATIENTS WITH ADDICTIVE DISORDERS Officials in Serbia are investigating a 'rehabilitation centre' affiliated to the Orthodox Church where drug addicts have been filmed being beaten. Vreme magazine shows a man appearing to assault a patient...

May 18, 2009: RECOVERY MOVEMENT HAS ARRIVED!
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As 500 people attended the UK/European Symposium on Addictive Disorders, to participate in Effective approaches to intervention, treatment and recovery, it was clear not that a grassroots recovery movement has started - but that it has arrived. And within 36...

May 18, 2009: THE PHONEY WAR ON DRUGS
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FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT DRUG POLICY IS EXPOSED The government has repeatedly declared that it is fighting a "war on drugs". But Kathy Gyngell shows that this has been a facade, in The Phoney War on Drugs, published today by the...

April 24, 2009: OPEN LETTER FROM MIDDLEGATE LODGE
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UNIQUE REHAB FOR CHILDREN FACES CLOSURE "By way of introduction, I am chairman of Middlegate,a unique Ofsted-registered, residential rehabilitation unit treating young people aged 11-18 years of age which has been caring and treating young people since 1995. Middlegate's aim...

April 2, 2009: FREE AT LAST: MOMENTS OF CLARITY
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As a member of the Kennedy clan, Christopher Kennedy Lawford had it all – including a full-blown addiction to alcohol and drugs. Here he talks about how he finally managed to stop, and stay stopped for the past 23 years....

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 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 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...

February 12, 2009: MINISTERS REJECT ANOTHER ACMD SOFTENING ON DRUGS
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It was not surprising that the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommended this week that ecstasy should be lowered from a class A to B drug - but the speedy response of ministers in rejecting that recommendation was...

February 1, 2009: "UK DRUG REHABILITATION SERVICE IS COLLAPSING"
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“Private clinics struggle to get funding as government policy favours less effective – but cheaper – methadone clinics,” Nina Lakhani reports in today’s Independent on Sunday. Below is her article, which can also be accessed at the Independent website here....

January 29, 2009: 'LEAGUE TABLES' FOR ADDICTION-TREATMENT PURCHASERS AND PROVIDERS
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REVIEW IS NOT BASED ON PATIENT RESULTS A national review of drug treatment networks, published today by the Healthcare Commission and the National treatment Agency, could help to explain how poor commissioning led to the closure of about 15 addiction-treatment...

January 26, 2009: NO REASON TO BE SANGUINE ABOUT TEENAGE DRUG USE
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This month, the National Treatment Agency published the staggering figure of nearly 25,000 young people under 18 getting "treatment" for their drugs and alcohol problems.[1] 10 years ago, the thought of so many young teenagers using drugs to this degree...

January 21, 2009: MPS' INQUIRY CONCLUDES DEPENDENCE ON LEGAL MEDICINES IS "A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM"
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The All Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group today publishes the findings of a year-long inquiry into dependence to over-the-counter and prescription-only medicines. The inquiry, conducted Select Committee-style, took written and oral evidence from the general public, medical and addictions specialists,...

January 16, 2009: RUGBY HOUSE: RECRUITMENT
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SENIOR SUBSTANCE MISUSE PRACTITIONER Salary: NJC SCP 30–34 (£28,403-£31,527 Application deadline 30 January 2009 Based in Herbert Street, London (rolling rota – no overnights Download Senior Substance Misuse Practioner - Herbert Street The Herbert Street Project, based in Kentish town,...

January 13, 2009: NTA STAFF CHANGES, RECRUITMENT
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NEW DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS In December 2008, the NTA advertised for a new Communications Director (salary £89,220 +PRP). Interviews with applicants are this week. Click here for details on NTA website. NEW CHAIR OF NTA 4 NEW BOARD MEMBERS CHAIR...

January 9, 2009: ALCOHOL CONCERN: RECRUITMENT
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (2-year contract - £38,000 plus bonus) Download AC recruitment Jan 09 Alcohol Concern is seeking a new Business Development Manager to oversee the development and delivery of Alcohol Concern’s fast growing Business Development Unit. The Unit provides...

December 1, 2008: WHO ARE THE 70,000 NOT IN REHAB NOR ON SUBSTITUTE MEDICATION?
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Jon Hibbs, communications director of the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, has written to Addiction Today stating that "one third of people in treatment (sic) are not on substitute medication. NDTMS figures, given in a recent parliamentary question, confirmed...

November 30, 2008: TIER-4 CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
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Click here for related blog. “Abstinence-based drug treatment will grow by more than 2,000 places a year following over £54 million of government capital funding,” stated a press release issued by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse on 26...

November 30, 2008: Q: WHEN IS £54MILLION NOT £54MILLION?
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A: When the NTA recycles a two-year old press release with an unusual juxtaposition of words and figure. Read related blog here. “Abstinence-based drug treatment will grow by more than 2,000 places a year following over £54 million of government...

November 17, 2008: HELP PILOT SYSTEM-CHANGE
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DEADLINE 11 DECEMBER 2008 One of the aims of the Drug Strategy, Drugs: protecting families and communities (2008), is to deliver new approaches to drug treatment and social reintegration. “One of the key actions is to develop pilots to test...

November 17, 2008: DRUGS UNCOVERED
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ASPECIAL REPORT BY THE OBSERVER Click here for an indepth report by the Sunday newspaper on drug attitudes and much more.

November 17, 2008: IS METHADONE THE ANSWER?
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OR DOES METHADONE STOP ADDICTS FROM TACKLING THE CAUSES OF DEPENDENCY? “Experts and users are divided about the merits of this 'maintenance' approach compared to the more robust alternative of rehab. Elizabeth Day listens to arguments from both sides,” stated...

November 16, 2008: URGENT ACTION NEEDED OVER “ESCALATING” USE OF METHADONE
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Scotland is "over-dependent" on methadone, stated Conservative leader Annabel Goldie. She has written to first minister Alex Salmond claiming annual costs had risen 19% to £25.7million in recent figures. Goldie welcomed the government's national drug strategy, which recognises recovery and...

November 14, 2008: LDAN AND DRUGSCOPE TO MERGE?
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The board of the London Drug & Alcohol Network has invited its members' views on a proposed merger with DrugScope. The move was triggered by the fact that, from February 2009, LDAN will no longer be core-funded by London councils...

November 13, 2008: "AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ACMD ABOUT ECSTASY"
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BY PROFESSOR ANDREW PARROTT The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has been devoting time to reclassifying ecstasy downwards, even though not requested by government to do so. Deirdre Boyd recalls parliament’s criticism of the ACMD here. Read Professor...

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