As highlighted in the recent East of England 4th regional alcohol newsletter , presentations from the EOE Annual Conference on the 19 May 2010 have been published on the Alcohol Learning Centre including: Community Alcohol Partnerships – A new way of tackling under age drinking Alcohol Treatment Pathways – local routes Feb 2010 Information Sharing from Emergency Departments to Prevent Alcohol Related Assaults Reducing Alcohol Harm and Violence: Sharing ED Data Strengthening partnerships to improve alcohol services Sexual Health in Essex -Teenage Pregnancy and Alcohol Implementing a response to Families with multiple problems West Suffolk Hospital Alcohol Project Licensing Tools Improving Health, Supporting Justice in the East of England Tacking Alcohol Related Violence in Suffolk
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A paper published in the latest Alcohol and Alcoholism journal explores the implications of alcohol reduction policies within the broader context of substance misuse. 'Substitution and Complementarity in the Face of Alcohol-Specific Policy Interventions' has been written by Dr Simon Moore of the Violence and Society Research Group and is listed for debate
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Conclusion: The paper analyses the relationships between identity, consumption and citizenship by arguing that people’s ability to imagine collectivist, spiritual or interconnected social worlds has been contained within neo-liberalism rhetoric.
The coming weeks mark the return to school for many of our youngest citizens. Sadly the satisfaction of making new friends and obtaining good test scores may be overshadowed by the prospect of substance abuse for some school-aged adolescents. The previous decade has witnessed a two-fold increase in both alcohol consumption and intoxication by adolescents age 12 to 17…
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Despite medical research that indicates Vancouver’s supervised injection facility, Insite, reduces needle-sharing and overdose deaths, the facility’s fate is uncertain, states an analysis article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Alcohol pricing and taxation policy has been hitting headlines in the build up to Government consultations for tax (now closed) and Licensing (8th September). So here's a bit of a round up on what's been going on: Alcohol Concern has said tax on alcohol should rise by 10% to reduce deaths, fund treatment and discourage the production of extra strong beer – see Telegraph report or Alcohol Concern press release .
Background: Injection drug users (IDU) commonly seek manual assistance with illicit drug injections, a practice known to be associated with various health-related harms. We investigated the social structural factors that shape risks related to assisted injection and the harms that may result. Methods: Twenty semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with IDU enrolled in the ACCESS or Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study (VIDUS) who reported requiring assistance injecting in the past six months
Background: Substance use during pregnancy often leads to involvement in the child welfare system, resulting in multiple social service systems and service providers working with families to achieve successful child welfare outcomes. The Vulnerable Infants Program of Rhode Island (VIP-RI) is a care coordination program developed to work with perinatal substance-users to optimize opportunities for reunification and promote permanency for substance-exposed infants. This paper describes services used by VIP-RI participants and child welfare outcomes.
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An Observer feature focusing on the damage done by super strength lagers and white ciders claims 'Super-strength alcohol is killing more homeless people than crack or heroin' . The feature comes as a leading homeless charity continue to warn against the damage caused by such drinks.
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Researchers found that moderate alcohol drinkers are more likely to live longer over a 20-year follow-up than heavy drinkers and abstainers. Moderate drinking means consuming about one or two drinks per day…