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Where US drug deaths are rising
Nationally, overdose is wtill going down. In the West, it’s going back up, Filter magazine warned. The CDC’s latest monthly provisional overdose death count showed that the crisis is fastest in New Mexico with a projected rate of overdose increasing…
Māori-led meth recovery model
A Māori-led methamphetamine recovery programme was hailed as a global leader in addiction research and recovery. He Haerenga ki te Whakaora, run by Mātai Medical Research, combined clinical science with mātauranga Māori to help people achieve sustained abstinence. “Te ao…
Australia: GPs on AOD stigma
GPs joined other health professionals as the faces of the Raise It campaign shining a light on stigma linked to alcohol and other drug use. It focuses on the lived experiences of clinicians working in an imperfect system. “I witnessed…
The new Justice Ministerial line-up
Russell Webster’s post on the Ministry of Justice ministerial team was updated this week, after Alex Davies-Jones resignation urging the prime minister to stand down. Contacts now are David Lammy MP, Lord Timpson OBE, Sarah Sackman KC MP, Baroness Levitt…
Green spaces and addiction recovery
University of Stirling published Greenspace programs and recovery from substance use and mental health challenges: evaluating nature-based interventions through the lens of recovery capital – reconfirming that such programmes [integral to rehabs] can support health and recovery amongst populations with problem…
Free music festival for people in recovery
Former rock wildman Pete Doherty is set to headline a free Recovery Connects music festival for people recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. The event, billed as “Scotland’s first alcohol-free festival”, will be held on 5 July. Organisers told The Sun that…
Genetics, cannabis and psychosis
King’s College London highlighted the distinct and shared molecular pathways linking cannabis use disorder and psychosis, offering the potential for identifying those at risk, as well as targeted interventions for cannabis-related psychosis. Its analysis of the data identified over 500…
Drug and alcohol treatment in custody, thanks to PCC funding
A pioneering programme that supports over 5,000 people every year who are taken into police custody and found to be addicted to drugs and alcohol has been renewed by the West Midlands police and crime commissioner. Simon Foster has funded the…
