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Giving Voice
The morning’s second session, chaired by Peter Hunter, allowed audience members to put their concerns to some of the sector’s key players The new drug strategy is one of my key priorities,’ minister for preventing abuse, exploitation and crime, Karen Bradley, told delegates via video, and the government was looking for meaningful input to make […]
Picture This
[…] we go and meet people – our own personal experiences have allowed us to recognise the importance of late-night outreach.’ Bubic also carried out inreach work in prisons, he said, with a particular focus on trying to ‘encourage emotional intelligence and self-awareness’ prior to release. ‘People get “gate happy” and the risk is they’ll […]
Local news from the substance misuse field
Yes you can! Build on Belief (BoB) recently held their eighth annual award ceremony and celebrated their ten-year anniversary through an evening of entertainment and celebration at Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall. One of BoB’s volunteers, Kelly, explained how helping other service users got her back on track: ‘I had a rocky few years. Volunteering […]
Leaner and keener
In a climate of austerity the new drug strategy must grow from our successes, says Paul Hayes on behalf of Collective Voice Next month the government will begin its formal consultation to inform the drug strategy due in March. So how far has the 2010 strategy delivered its aspirations, and what insights have the last […]
Safeguarding conference 2015 – playing safe
Are we doing enough to protect children from their parents’ drug and alcohol use? At a recent safeguarding conference there was plenty of cause for concern, as DDN reports. ‘Graham Greene said “There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.” We are responsible for opening that door,’ Joy […]
UK drug policy reform
Off track? Drug treatment is being derailed by the sector’s refusal to push for reform, says Ian Sherwood The distressing reality of drug dependence alters little over time, but society’s response to drugs and drug users has changed markedly over 30 years. During this time the field has developed an avoidance of the drug reform […]
Local news from the substance misuse field
Duchess of cambridge visits treatment programme The Duchess of Cambridge visited HMP Send this month to see a RAPt addiction service in action. The programme, based in a standalone women-only unit, is an intensive 12-step drug and alcohol programme. The Duchess heard personal stories from some of the women about their experiences with addiction and […]
Alcohol and drugs in the news
Media savvy The news and views from the national media Laws against smoking have irreversibly shifted attitudes. The same drive is needed for alcohol consumption. The police, magistrates and judges must insist on rehab for alcoholics as they do for drug addiction. And finally, while the NHS must care for those already addicted, it needs […]
Psychoactive Substances Bil
[…] penalties to many otherwise law abiding’ people. Closing ‘headshops’ could also simply displace the market, he says, while those in charge of clubs, festivals, pubs or even prisons could be liable to prosecution. The ACMD says it is willing to work with the government to draw up lists of substances to be included and […]
Psychoactive Substances Bill
[…] penalties to many otherwise law abiding’ people. Closing ‘headshops’ could also simply displace the market, he says, while those in charge of clubs, festivals, pubs or even prisons could be liable to prosecution. The ACMD says it is willing to work with the government to draw up lists of substances to be included and […]
Drug-driving arrests
Monthly drug-driving arrests top 400 More than 400 people a month are being arrested for drug driving in England and Wales, according to the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). The figure is based on statistics obtained from every police force area by IAM under a Freedom of Information request. More than 900 arrests were made […]
The Naloxone Action Group
[…] said, and there were plenty of training packages that were free to download, including the e-learning module at www.smmgp.org.uk. A targeted approach to distribution could start with prisons and hostels, he said, but should be inclusive, and ‘service-driven at each hub by a naloxone champion’. See the naloxone action group on FaceBook and read more […]
Monthly drug-driving arrests top 400
More than 400 people a month are being arrested for drug driving in England and Wales, according to the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). The figure is based on statistics obtained from every police force area by IAM under a Freedom of Information request. More than 900 arrests were made by forces between March – when […]
From our foreign correspondent
In her first international column Chris Ford looks at Ireland’s lack of naloxone provision Noticing a number from abroad, I answered my phone. Before I could even say hello, a woman who I now know as Siobhan was telling me a story about her son Gary. Just 31 years old, he had died in the […]
Off the record
[…] to appreciate our services IDS will say they are not fit for purpose and we will be back to the mid ’90s – from what I hear prisons are already at mid ’90s standards. Yes drugs are continuing to change, but drug use is increasing while service provision is reducing, so please don’t buy […]
Comment from the drug and alcohol field
[…] services’, and that should worry us all at a time where overdose deaths have doubled in the UK and the government is planning to build more private prisons. To give credit where it is due, Brand is an ardent advocate for ending the war on drugs and in his book Revolution he gives a […]
Richard McCann shares his story
Against the odds The day’s final session saw an uplifting presentation from Richard McCann on the challenge of achieving things he’d never thought possible, and turning trauma and tragedy into triumph ‘Like probably a lot of you in this room, I was brought up on a council estate,’ Richard McCann told delegates. He lived with […]
Letters and comment from the drug and alcohol sector
The DDN letters and comments page, where you can have your say about the drug and alcohol sector. To be included in the next magazine, send your letters and comments to claire@cjwellings.com or to 57 High Street, Ashford, Kent TN24 8SG. Letters may be edited for space or clarity – please limit submissions to 350 […]
Letters
The DDN letters page, where you can have your say. To be included in the next magazine, send your letters and comments to claire@cjwellings.com or to 57 High Street, Ashford, Kent TN24 8SG. Letters may be edited for space or clarity – please limit submissions to 350 words. Competent compassion I am writing in response to Chris Ford’s […]
Vital connections
Communities and conversation are key to making recovery a reality, delegates heard at Addaction’s annual recovery conference. Jill Stevenson reports Communities working together was a central theme of Addaction’s fourth National Recovery Conference last month. The annual get-together looked at how peer support and combined neighbourhood/group action could provide the catalyst to further recovery from […]
In mind and body
This year’s HIT Hot Topics conference delved into neuroscience to challenge our perceptions of drugs and drug taking. Max Daly reports The fervour around crack cocaine reached such a level of hype in the US in the 1980s, neuroscientist Dr Carl Hart told the 2014 HIT Hot Topics conference, that at one point black civil […]