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Letters to the editor – June issue
Downward spiral
I applaud Ms Durjava’s sensitive and respectful study of heroin users in prison (DDN, May, page 6). Government drug strategies invariably talk negatively...
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Letters to the editor – March issue
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Letters to the editor – Feb issue
Quadruple bypass
America’s opioid epidemic has been big news for a while now, but amongst all the headlines and documentaries and think pieces one issue...
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Responses to the new drug strategy
A new drug strategy was released by the Home Office on 14 July – here are some responses and we will add more as...
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Letters and Comment from DDN’s December issue
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Letters and Comment from DDN’s November Issue
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Resonating issues
The Resonance Factor is a new model that puts accountability – and empowerment – centre stage, says Kenneth Robinson
There is nothing special about substance...
Peer-led progress
Since founding Dear Albert four years ago, Jon Roberts has focused on developing recovery communities through peer-led interventions. He shares the latest exciting developments...
It’s...
Moral Failure
When will we start listening to the evidence, asks Prof David Nutt ‘What are the prospects for an evidence-based drugs policy?’
Prof David Nutt was asked...
The Third Way
At a recent Volte Face/DDN event in London, Johann Hari interviewed Maia Szalavitz about her newly published thoughts on addiction. This is an extract from...
Reasons to be cheerful
Paul Hayes is determinedly upbeat in the aftermath of Brexit
The country currently has no government, no prime minister, no opposition, no friends, and may...
Letters July/August 2016
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What next for prison reform?
The recent Prisons Bill promised the biggest shake-up of prisons since the Victorian era (DDN, June, page 5). At a VolteFace event in London,...
Letters and comment, June 2016
Lethal label
Difficult though the challenge of the emergence of new substances is proving, and whether or not you agree with the recent legislation, I...
Letters, May 2016
Bull at a gate
The ‘raging bull’ cover (March issue and Colin Miller-Hoare’s letter, April, page 12) was exactly what was needed to express the...
Media savvy
The Psychoactive Substances Act should have become law today, but its implementation has been delayed while ministers work out what they have banned… The...
View from the coalface
The work can be demanding and draining – so why do it? Keith Stevenson shares the highs and lows of working at the Mulberry Community Project
I...
Recovery Capital
New government funding of £10m has just been awarded to drug and alcohol services ‘committed towards improving recovery outcomes’ across England – capital funding that...
Voice on the stairwell
The launch of Collective Voice saw the group emphasising their commitment to service users.
‘It’s Important that our Service Users inform our services,’ said Lord...
Get real
Losing her daughter to an accidental overdose made Anne-Marie Cockburn determined to campaign for the realistic drugs education that could have saved Martha. She...
Media savvy
The news, and the skews, in the national media...
There is no perfect template for reform. Different countries have had vastly different experiences. Culture, fashion,...
Media savvy
Drug abuse and HIV continue to present profound challenges to the health of gay people, but a climate of moral panic and blaming the...
Cold caller
A craving is the salesperson we can choose to ignore, says Chris Robin
It’s a fact that a craving has to strike before a person...
First impressions
The pressure to collect data from new clients should not replace essential rapport, says Shahroo Izadi
Emerging Horizons’ facilitators often begin training by asking delegates...
Comment from the substance misuse sector
Letters and comments
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Drug and alcohol in the news
Media savvy
The news and views from the national media
If the Lib Dems have any function now, it’s on issues such as drug decriminalisation, child...
Comment from the substance misuse sector
Letters and comment
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Letters and comment
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Comment from the substance misuse sector
Cheers…
Thank you for organising the national service user involvement conference. It certainly was a day to remember and could not have come at a...
Comment from the drug and alcohol field
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Female friendly services
Women first
Lisa Goodall and Caryn Smith tell DDN how the North Ayrshire Council Addiction Services (NACAS) changed parts of their service to support women
It...
The news and views from the national media
Media savvy
Legalisation would no doubt suit places such as Vancouver, New York or Liverpool. But how would it work in wretched barrios around the cities...
Letters and comment from the drug and alcohol sector
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Media savvy
Who’s been saying what..? DDN’s round-up of what’s being said in the national papers
Parliament’s response to this week’s report on the 1971 Misuse of Drugs...
Media savvy
Who's been saying what?
The state can only do so much. Most of us aren’t alcoholics. We just drink too much. With every drink, we make...
Letters
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Media savvy
Who’s been saying what..? DDN’s round-up of what’s being said in the national papers
The economic commoditisation of human pain is dangerously close to victim-blaming. Such...
Letters
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The next issue of DDN will be out on 3 November — make sure you...
Letters
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The next issue of DDN will be out on 3 November — make sure you...
The golden key
Working with people who use drugs is a multidisciplinary landscape with key workers at its heart, says Dr Steve Brinksman
For the past six months...
Letters
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The next issue of DDN will be out on 8 September — make sure you...
Media savvy
Who’s been saying what..? DDN’s round-up of what’s being said in the national papers
When laws are widely flouted they cease to be laws and instead...
Media Savvy
Who’s been saying what..? DDN’s round-up of what’s being said in the national papers
I’m wholly on the side of senior nurses who, at their annual...
letters 7 july
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The next issue of DDN will be out on 7 July — make sure you...
Letters
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The next issue of DDN will be out on 7 July — make sure you...
Exporting the disease
Lise Reckee brings a Scandinavian perspective to the debate about the 12-step model
I am writing in support of Stanton Peele’s exceptional wisdom and freedom...
Media savvy
Who’s been saying what..? DDN’s round-up of what’s being said in the national papers
Unless you have a young male family member who is repeatedly stopped...
Media savvy
Who’s been saying what..? DDN’s round-up of what’s being said in the national papers
The sad fact is that when any drug is found to be...
Letters
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The next issue of DDN will be out on 2 June — make sure you...
Opening doors
Drug treatment within custody needs an overhaul, says Alan Rushmore
Drug treatment in prison lacks consistency and is over-burdened and over-complicated by assessment. It need...
Media savvy
Who’s been saying what..? DDN’s round-up of what’s being said in the national papers
The ONS advises a certain degree of caution when it comes to...
Letters
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The next issue of DDN will be out on 5 May — make sure you...