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[…] deaths – slightly up on previous years – with ‘worrying’ rises in Ireland, Lithuania and Sweden alongside those reported in the UK (DDN, October 2015, page 4). Cocaine remains the continent’s most commonly used illicit stimulant, cited as the primary drug for 60,000 people entering treatment, while levels of cannabis use are also rising […]

[…] of the world,’ he argues. ‘In the US the majority of people want to legalise cannabis, but less than 10 per cent want to legalise heroin or cocaine – there’s been no general spreading of that sentiment. If you look at polls of young people in Europe, they don’t want to; if you look […]

[…] the perceived ‘false dichotomy’ between harm reduction and recovery and explored the principles that actually unite them as an approach. Crew promotes a ‘stepped care approach’ to substance use which meets people ‘wherever they are at’ in their substance use and, crucially, doesn’t wait until people become problematic. It uses these principles in an approach that is person-centred and sets quality of life and wellbeing as important measures. CREWSUS workshops highlighted the key stages of the stepped care approach and invited delegates to look at practical measures that would work within their own organisations. Innovation was a key message for the day – particularly the potential in using new media for a range of interventions, beginning with information provision through to tackling problematic substance use within an environment increasingly fuelled by unregulated drug marketing.  Adam Winstock showcased the brand new web and smartphone based self-assessment tool  Drugsmeter.com. Crew also announced the successful funding of Crew Online, a service designed to support people looking to stabilise, reduce or stop their substance use based on the findings of their recent pilot and international collaboration OASIS, which clearly demonstrated an online service need in the community. From discussion with delegates, one of the main needs highlighted was ongoing updates on drug trends in Scotland. Crew training and outreach coordinator Katy MacLeod and George Burton from national training provider STRADA spoke about their development of training around novel psychoactive substances and emerging trends. In exploring key challenges for frontline staff, what was resoundingly echoed by delegates was a gap in services for psychostimulants users, with frontline staff and organisations generally opiate-focused and often lacking in knowledge and confidence to ask about or deal with psychostimulant use.  With statistics suggesting Scotland is the  cocaine capital of Europe (WHO), the rise in new psychoactive substances, re-emergence of MDMA and an increase in referrals for support around long-term cannabis use, it would be unwise not to respond to these findings. With current budget restrictions and more emphasis than ever on preventative spend, Crew suggests we need to be intervening earlier and not waiting until use becomes problematic. It also suggests the need to recognise that people  canand  douse substances relatively safely and therefore we must ensure that we have credible resources available for people to make informed choices.   So a day of highlighting challenges to workers certainly, but moreover a day of exploring ways of tackling these challenges, at every stage of substance use.  In partnership with Incite, Crew will be running open workshops in Aberdeen: Psychostimulation on 2b April and Legally High? on 25 April.   Crew are also running free training for trainers events on 30 April in Edinburgh and 21 May in Glasgow.  www.mind-altering.org beft: bive art at CREWSUS 2012 – demonstrating a range of outreach techniques to reach substance users. FbONTLINE CbEW For assessment information,   please call Steve Scorah on 07922 147200 enquiries@ttprehab.org.uk      www.ttprehab.org.uk s/VERSUCCESSFULCOMPLETIONRATESFROMBOTHCENTRES s0ICKFROMONEOFTWOHIGHQUALITYBED#1#REGISTERED   […]

[…] also have a ‘profound’ effect on Europe’s drug market. Cannabis is estimated to account for 38 per cent of the entire retail market for illicit drugs, while cocaine is the continent’s most commonly used illicit stimulant, with a market estimated to be worth at least EUR 5.7bn per year. The heroin market, meanwhile, is […]

[…] to ask that you get a little more angry.’ ‘Drugs are used as scapegoats,’ he said, quoting examples such as a newspaper headline from the 1930s: ‘Negro cocaine fiends are a new southern menace’…‘I hope this gives you conviction to change our narrative,’ he said. Using capability and courage involved critical thinking and calling on […]

[…] statistics. The figures represent a fall of around a fifth compared to 2005 and are down ‘hugely’ since the 1980s and ‘90s, says New opiate and crack- cocaine users: characteristics and trends. The downward trend has ‘flattened since about 2011, but available data do not suggest that this is the precursor to a new […]

[…] partly responsible for your death. This makes methadone significantly more toxic than heroin, (which had an implication rate of 83 per cent), buprenorphine (65 per cent) and cocaine (63 per cent). Put simply, methadone is the most dangerous drug out there. Methadone has the capacity to retain more people in treatment than buprenorphine, but […]

[…] widely consumed drug, with almost 20m people reporting use within the last year and more than 60,000 people entering first-time treatment for cannabis problems in 2013, while cocaine is still Europe’s most commonly used illicit stimulant. The document also reports increasing potency levels for cannabis, MDMA and other drugs. ‘The report shows that we […]

[…] widely consumed drug, with almost 20m people reporting use within the last year and more than 60,000 people entering first-time treatment for cannabis problems in 2013, while cocaine is still Europe’s most commonly used illicit stimulant. The document also reports increasing potency levels for cannabis, MDMA and other drugs. ‘The report shows that we […]

[…] per cent reporting alcohol use alongside other drugs. Many psychoactive substances were listed, including 2Cb, 2Ci, LSD, DMT, and AMT. Empathogens included MDMA powder and pills, while cocaine, amphetamine and skunk featured strongly. Men were significantly more likely to take psychedelics like DMT, LSD and mushrooms, as well as depressants, particularly diazepam. Of the […]

[…] years’ total immersion in Alcoholics Anonymous, to whom I owe a huge debt even though I don’t buy their disease model of addiction. Later I got into cocaine but didn’t become addicted to it – because the supply dried up. If it were legal I’d probably be a cokehead or dead by now. Damian […]

[…] means of identifying what substances an individual has used, and whether that use is recent or in the distant past. We can identify the use of cannabis, cocaine, heroin and a host of other drugs. At the moment though, drug testing programmes are used within prisons on a limited basis, with relatively small samples […]

[…] means of identifying what substances an individual has used, and whether that use is recent or in the distant past. We can identify the use of cannabis, cocaine, heroin and a host of other drugs. At the moment though, drug testing programmes are used within prisons on a limited basis, with relatively small samples […]

[…] typical user profile may be someone who’s taken drugs recreationally for years and whose drug use has previously been ‘relatively well contained’, he says. ‘They’ve taken ecstasy, cocaine, maybe some ketamine, but in the context of going out clubbing and maybe chilling out the next day – not this sort of days-on-end use. There […]

[…] device has been granted type approval and is available for purchase by UK police forces. The Securetec DrugWipe 3S – known as ‘Drugwipe’ – can detect the presence of cocaine or cannabis within eight minutes by analysing saliva, after which those testing positive can be taken to the police station for a blood test. ‘Drug drivers […]

[…] it is the actual fact of ‘usage’ which initiates and holds in place the addictive condition the drug generates. In addition to illicit drugs such as cannabis, cocaine and heroin etc, ‘hypnotic and addictive reinforced demand substances’ (which include the benzodiazepines, the ‘Z’ drugs, chloral drugs and derivatives, plus clomethiazole, and some of the […]