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DRINK AND DRUGS NEWS :: Archived features

04.06.07

When the diamorphine dried up
Plymouth User Forum talk to DDN about the real impact of the diamorphine shortage on local service users who were rebuilding their lives and stability on a script.

Quest for evidence
Roger Howard, chief executive of the new UK Drug Policy Commission, tells DDN how they will use the next three years to build an evidence base for drugs policy.

Want to be a better manager?
Trevor Boutall recalls his shock at realising that the title of manager did not come with a set of skills attached - and gives tips for improving management skills.

A licence to cure?
Could buying from Afghan opium farmers address the shortage - or would it create more problems than it solves? Prof Neil McKeganey considers the risks.

Post-its from Practice
Dr Chris Ford laments the poor state of in-patient alcohol detoxification.

Background briefing
Prof David Clark continues his look at what treatment could look like if it were based on the best science possible (part 4).

Letters
Responses to recent DDN features.

 

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