Drug treatment & recovery

• Research: Does Recent Physical and Sexual Victimization Affect Further Substance Use for Adult Drug-Involved Offenders?

  Study concludes that public health and criminal justice personnel working with substance-using offenders should screen individuals for victimization-related trauma and, if identified, provide assistance to evaluate and improve such individuals' mental health and, subsequently, decrease their likelihood of using substances. Read more about Research: Does Recent Physical and Sexual Victimization Affect Further Substance Use for Adult Drug-Involved Offenders?

• Research: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Intervention for Illicit Drugs

  

  Linked to the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) in clients recruited from primary health care settings in four countries. Read more about Research: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Intervention for Illicit Drugs

• Research: A policy-oriented review of strategies for improving the outcomes of services for substance use

  

  A new article concludes that policies that reward in-treatment outcomes and that allow patients to purchase desired recovery support services show more promise. Read more about Research: A policy-oriented review of strategies for improving the outcomes of services for substance use

• "Breaking the Habit"; Controversial Report on Methadone

  

  "Breaking the habit"- Why the state should stop dealing drugs and start doing rehab, is a controversial UK report on methadone by Centre for Policy Studies. Read more about "Breaking the Habit"; Controversial Report on Methadone

• Stable Methadone Deaths

  

  Although Scotland's drug related deaths dropped by 5 percent in 2009, the percentage of methadone related deaths have not decreased. Read more about Stable Methadone Deaths

• Scotlands Methadone Deaths

  

  Not only has the number of drug-related deaths in Scotland more than doubled in the last decade, the numbers of deaths linked to methadone has risen by nearly one third in two years. Read more about Scotlands Methadone Deaths

• Low Interest in Heroin Prescription

  Published  22.02.11

  80 heroin addicts in Denmark have shown interest in receiving free heroin treatment.The Danish Government has created the capacity for treatment of 300, but 75% of the treatment places remain empty after 10 months. Read more about Low Interest in Heroin Prescription

• Substitution treatment

  

  Articles and research Read more about Substitution treatment

• From Methadone to Recovery

  

  The British government plans to change drug treatment in a drastic reorientation away from harm reduction. Drug addicts will now receive help in overcoming addiction rather than primarily seeking to reduce the harm caused by drug use which was the main emphasis of the previous government’s policy.
  In the future, substitution treatment will play a "limited role" while fighting addiction will become the overriding treatment objective. Read more about From Methadone to Recovery

• The Heroin Trial Failure

  

  A report of a recent heroin prescription trial in Britain published in the Lancet (29th May 2010) was widely promoted as a success. The fact is that for a very costly intervention a surprisingly small minority got off street heroin. Read more about The Heroin Trial Failure

• Ethical Dilemmas of Heroin Prescription

  

  Professor Neil McKeganey points at fundamental ethical questions of prescribing heroin to heroin addicts. Heroin maintenance "runs the risk of undermining the very fundamentals of what addiction treatment is all about namely helping individuals to overcome their dependency", professor McKeganey writes. Read more about Ethical Dilemmas of Heroin Prescription