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Life
on life’s terms… not Clare’s… |
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I have stopped playing the blame-game and try
to take responsibility for all my actions, past and present.
And I can honestly say with a hand on my heart … even my
crappiest days in recovery have been better than my most fabulous
days high as a kite or stoned immaculate [ClareC Blog, Wired
In] |
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Scotland’s
growing drug and alcohol problem needs a coordinated effort
across the whole public sector |
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An Audit Scotland report, Drug and alcohol
services in Scotland, provides further evidence of Scotland’s
growing problem with drug and alcohol misuse [Audit Scotland,
UK] |
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Addaction
calls for new approaches to treatment following major study |
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A new groundbreaking study (21-page
PDF) has found that young people respond well to treatment when
it is carefully tailored to their needs, and the results when
families are also included in treatment is even more positive
[Addaction, UK] |
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How
is abstinence from heroin maintained? |
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… interviewees quoted both social network
factors (moving away from drug-using friends and support from
non-using friends) and practical factors (accommodation and employment),
as well as religious or spiritual factors. Treatment was not
mentioned widely either in achieving or sustaining abstinence… [Annemarie
Ward Blog, Wired In] |
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Tackling
the harm caused by drugs |
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Multi-agency work to get a grip on drug-related
offending and the harm it causes in local neighbourhoods will
step up a gear from 1 April [Home Office, UK] |
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On
the road - Part 3 |
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I watched her face, the emotions she showed
as she described her experiences and expressed her views about
what she could see in the treatment system. She could not understand
why her daughter was treated as she was. It was difficult to
explain to her what is going on in the treatment system [David
Clark Blog, Wired In] |
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European
School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs |
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Use of illicit drugs among 15–16-year-old
school students, appears to have stabilised or slightly fallen,
according to the latest European study (20-page
PDF) of this group published by ESPAD [EMCDDA] |
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Ask
your MP to back Early Day Motion on drug treatment |
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DrugScope is calling on people to ask their
local MP to support a parliamentary motion recognising the benefits
of drug treatment [DrugScope, UK] |
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Population
in custody monthly tables January 2009 England and Wales January
2009 |
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Decreases were seen in motoring and drug offences,
down by 18 and 9 per cent respectively. 14-page PDF [Department
of Justice, UK] |
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New
NTA publications |
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BTEI:
a fresh perspective on delivering 'talking therapies' - BTEI:
building motivation manual - BTEI:
care planning manual - BTEI:
exiting treatment manual - ITEP
executive summary - ITEP:
the manual [NTA, UK] |
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Workforce
Development Checklist for the AOD field |
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In response to increasing interest in workforce
development (WFD) in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) field,
NCETA has developed a checklist which provides a quick overview
of some of the key issues that fall under the umbrella of WFD.
4-page PDF [NCETA, Australia] |
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