DS Daily - 21st August 2012 |
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It’s ridiculous that addicts should be taking methadone indefinitely
Scottish ministers are facing growing calls to reduce Scotland’s £32 million methadone habit, and put more addicts on abstinence programmes instead | The Scotsman, UK
Methadone is waste of money and failure as a treatment, says expert
In spite of the misery, deaths, murders, shootings and abandoned children over the years, this Government persist in the policies that cost us millions but do nothing to reduce the numbers of addicts struggling to survive and the families who suffer with them | Daily Record, UK
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Methadone
Just like ex-junkie Russell Brand, I used to believe that “maintenance” was as bad - if not worse - than active addiction. Here’s how I came to understand how fatally wrong I was | the fix
Case study: ‘I might use heroin to wean myself off methadone’
After 17 years on methadone, Philip Nichol is so desperate to quit he is considering using heroin as a way of weaning himself off it | The Scotsman, UK
Llanelli ex-offenders and drug addicts 'dumping ground'
Some councillors in Llanelli claim Carmartheshire council is turning parts of the town into a "dumping ground" for ex-offenders and drug addicts | BBC, UK
Cardiff binge drinkers to see themselves on video
Cardiff binge-drinkers who need medical treatment are to be filmed, and given the option to watch the video once they have sobered up | BBC, UK
Sleeping pills: Britain's hidden addiction
One in 10 of us now regularly take a drug to help us sleep. But is it time we stopped popping zopiclone, temazepam and other tablets? And what are the alternatives? | Guardian, UK
Listening to Troubled Families
A report by Louise Casey CB | Department for Communities and Local Government, UK
Canada should train doctors to specialize in addiction
As a Vancouver physician specializing in inner-city medicine, I’m regularly asked by friends and colleagues about what can be done to improve the situation in the city’s notorious Downtown Eastside | Globe and Mail, Canada
CDC Now Recommends All Baby Boomers Receive One-time Hepatitis C Test
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released final expanded hepatitis C screening recommendations calling for all Americans born from 1945 through 1965 to get a one-time test for hepatitis C | AIDS.gov, USA
Launch of a new treatment manual that addresses comorbid PTSD and substance abuse
A new resource for clinicians working to treat coexisting posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders will be launched at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Symposium in Sydney on August 28, 2012 | NDARC, Australia
International Overdose Awareness Day
The official Australian launch of International Overdose Awareness Day